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why do we have halflings and gnomes?
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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8197500" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Who ignored the Dragon? The Halfling signed on to kill it if it's there.</p><p></p><p>That statement is by RAW, false. Many adventurers don't conform to racial lore for their motivations. So many Halfling adventurers are out there for the $$$ or fame or whatever.</p><p></p><p>Not really. Wandering from town to town exterminating roaches is an odd job that an outcast would have. As is traveling salesman. And many more. Only those who are suicidal or just plain dumb would become adventurers and lead that kind of life. Most half-elves wouldn't take that insane risk and would find normal odd jobs while they wander.</p><p></p><p>I've said it literally 20+ times in this thread, but I'll quote it again since you missed it.</p><p></p><p>"Each race's description in this chapter includes information to help you roleplay a character of that race, including personality, physical appearance, features of society, and racial alignment tendencies. These details are suggestions to help you think about your character; <strong>adventurers can deviate widely from the norm for their race</strong>."</p><p></p><p>If you are stuck on the halfling lore for why they would adventurer, you are ignoring RAW in favor of your pre-conceived bias. Halflings go out and adventure for all the reasons that humans, elves and dwarves do.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, "many" is a relative term. If you have 10 tieflings in the world and 40% of them become those things, that's many of the tieflings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8197500, member: 23751"] Who ignored the Dragon? The Halfling signed on to kill it if it's there. That statement is by RAW, false. Many adventurers don't conform to racial lore for their motivations. So many Halfling adventurers are out there for the $$$ or fame or whatever. Not really. Wandering from town to town exterminating roaches is an odd job that an outcast would have. As is traveling salesman. And many more. Only those who are suicidal or just plain dumb would become adventurers and lead that kind of life. Most half-elves wouldn't take that insane risk and would find normal odd jobs while they wander. I've said it literally 20+ times in this thread, but I'll quote it again since you missed it. "Each race's description in this chapter includes information to help you roleplay a character of that race, including personality, physical appearance, features of society, and racial alignment tendencies. These details are suggestions to help you think about your character; [B]adventurers can deviate widely from the norm for their race[/B]." If you are stuck on the halfling lore for why they would adventurer, you are ignoring RAW in favor of your pre-conceived bias. Halflings go out and adventure for all the reasons that humans, elves and dwarves do. Again, "many" is a relative term. If you have 10 tieflings in the world and 40% of them become those things, that's many of the tieflings. [/QUOTE]
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