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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gammadoodler" data-source="post: 8191768" data-attributes="member: 6914290">We're getting to the point where were arguing about the argument. Which I suppose we can continue..Fantasy plants, mushrooms, goats, whatever, are exactly as valuable and alter the world exactly as much as the DM says. And what I've held to is that halflings are distinctly not commercial farmers, which means they grow plants to make the best tasting food for them. So, just because they can grow saffron (or fantasy saffron), doesn't mean they grow saffron to the exclusion of other less valuable crops. They grow the stuff that tastes good with saffron. For farms where the focus is commercial, dedicating time, energy, and space for a crop with a lower return is a sacrifice those farmers feel, that the halfling farmer does not.(By the way, the prestidigitation cantrip could single-handedly render the spice trade, if it even exists, obsolete. So making a big deal out of how many wars have been started for flavor IRL kind of misses some key ways that D&D settings are not the same as real life)And as it relates to your position, my understanding is not just that they should have a trained militia or whatever, but that they need to have such a force or "they don't make sense". Incidentally, I disagree with both. Neither of us is right though, it's purely fantasy preference.And I directly compared Naturally Stealthy with Natural Illusionist. Both of which are subrace abilities, and neither of which is particularly useful in hiding a village.. as baselines for extrapolation. If a race is naturally good at illusions...then how does that race guard their homes vs. if a race is naturally good at being stealthy...then how does that race guard their homes.As it relates to your unwillingness so far to state how the gnome illusionists would accomplish their goals, I mean, fair is fair. I gave you generalities for the rogue, and you demanded specifics. So I gave you specifics, and then you required detailed logistics in order to go beyond "that's quite a stretch". If you are unwilling to discuss your particulars and logistics, then don't demand them of others.And at the end of the day, you keep missing my point about the hand waving. I don't actually care if you do it. I care that you object so stridently to others doing it. It's like some kind of weird blind spot.</blockquote>

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