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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 8192873" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>I keep insisting that there are real problems, because people keep accusing me of things. </p><p></p><p>I've been accused of lacking reading comprehension</p><p>Of twisting words</p><p>Of hating halflings</p><p>Of strawmen</p><p>Of not reading books that I own and have read</p><p>Of lying</p><p>Of being a hypocrite</p><p>Of hating hope and wanting everything to be grim dark and death</p><p></p><p>And yet, despite it all, the issues I pointed out exist. </p><p></p><p>Sure, sticks and stones can break the bones of humans when thrown by other humans. Are halflings as strong as humans? Are Ogre bones as weak as humans? I think I know what your answers would be if you were honest about it. </p><p></p><p>And yes, as I have said "the gods did it" is a weak excuse for why no one can find halfling villages. I find it to be poor story telling and in fact, it is something lambasted in the Drow race constantly, how they only exist because Lolth props them up and intervenes. </p><p></p><p>Well, Hallfings are propped up by their gods, only continue to exist because they are constantly interveneing, but that's fine because they live a pastoral ideal that was never real? </p><p></p><p>It was brought up by [USER=63508]@Minigiant[/USER] many times that halflings are treated differently than any other race, what better proof than the fact that they are bubble wrapped by their gods to live in a pastoral paradise untouched by the wider world? That is their default position, an idyllic paradise where they spend most of their time lazying in the sun (yes Mordenkainen's, the book [USER=23751]@Maxperson[/USER] thinks I've never read has an entire part about how they turn idleness into an art form, you know, these farm folk who are completely self-sufficient, being idle as an art form) and never worrying or risking anything. </p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, everyone else fights against the darkness in the world. They fight the demons, the devils, aberrations, warlords, for every other race in existence, they defend their moments of peace fiercely. Halflings are given peace on a rustic platter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 8192873, member: 6801228"] I keep insisting that there are real problems, because people keep accusing me of things. I've been accused of lacking reading comprehension Of twisting words Of hating halflings Of strawmen Of not reading books that I own and have read Of lying Of being a hypocrite Of hating hope and wanting everything to be grim dark and death And yet, despite it all, the issues I pointed out exist. Sure, sticks and stones can break the bones of humans when thrown by other humans. Are halflings as strong as humans? Are Ogre bones as weak as humans? I think I know what your answers would be if you were honest about it. And yes, as I have said "the gods did it" is a weak excuse for why no one can find halfling villages. I find it to be poor story telling and in fact, it is something lambasted in the Drow race constantly, how they only exist because Lolth props them up and intervenes. Well, Hallfings are propped up by their gods, only continue to exist because they are constantly interveneing, but that's fine because they live a pastoral ideal that was never real? It was brought up by [USER=63508]@Minigiant[/USER] many times that halflings are treated differently than any other race, what better proof than the fact that they are bubble wrapped by their gods to live in a pastoral paradise untouched by the wider world? That is their default position, an idyllic paradise where they spend most of their time lazying in the sun (yes Mordenkainen's, the book [USER=23751]@Maxperson[/USER] thinks I've never read has an entire part about how they turn idleness into an art form, you know, these farm folk who are completely self-sufficient, being idle as an art form) and never worrying or risking anything. Meanwhile, everyone else fights against the darkness in the world. They fight the demons, the devils, aberrations, warlords, for every other race in existence, they defend their moments of peace fiercely. Halflings are given peace on a rustic platter. [/QUOTE]
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