Halflings: Races in 5e Dungeons & Dragons

Halflings: Races in 5e Dungeons & Dragons - Web DM

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We continue our series on Races in 5e Dungeons & Dragons!
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@WebDM 6 жыл бұрын

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@LucaPariah 6 жыл бұрын

Isn't that ironic? Videos getting demonetized all over the site for supposedly "advertiser-unfriendly" content, and the ads on your video are freaking racist? What in the world??

@bigs5078 6 жыл бұрын

Web DM Where were they coming from?

@Ray_juicy 6 жыл бұрын

SusanSnapDragon what was racist?

@LucaPariah 6 жыл бұрын

The ads, apparently. Not Web DM!

@blakebrockhaus347 6 жыл бұрын

SusanSnapDragon I got a couple from prager university but that's all I can think of

@DCJMS 6 жыл бұрын

'' the best way to live a comfortable life is to conquer your enemies''- Halfling general

@Bluecho4 6 жыл бұрын

Tanya Degurechaff, is that you?

@DCJMS 6 жыл бұрын

NO :)

@DefenderofFaith97 6 жыл бұрын

Halfling Paladin of Conquest

@MisterSmith00 4 жыл бұрын

"Well, that escalated quickly." "Did you just make a joke about my height?!" "OH GODS, NO...!!!"

@logancole5101 3 жыл бұрын

"Yes! We'll be done by tea time at this rate! Our small forms are finally advantageous as we slip past the bars of gates and invade the big folk from the inside!" The halfling soldier.

@saint3371 6 жыл бұрын

"Living with a toddler now .. What if i gave that kid a sword, that would be terrifying" Jim Davis, 2017

@MrDmitriRavenoff 4 жыл бұрын

I live with a pair of toddlers. 2 and 5. The 5 year old (halfling size) is brutal with a light saber or nerf bat.

@Barrlounge 6 жыл бұрын

"Living with a toddler, I look at him and think 'you know if I gave this kid a sword, that would be terrifying..." Jim Davis: expert DM and parental advice.

@OkamiG15 6 жыл бұрын

I really like the idea of the fearless halflings. Not in the bravery sense, like the Hobbits of old, but just a halfling who realized everything could kill them pretty easily. So to them, the hulking goliath barbarian is no more threatening than the shop owner across the street. Just completely unfazed by feats of strength, nonplussed by intimidation tactics, unmoved by a dragon's roar, etc. Something here can kill me in an instant? Eh, it's just another Tuesday...

@jonathandrain9610 6 жыл бұрын

Everything is equally threatening?

@nicolasdiaz1542 6 жыл бұрын

no everything could kill him easily

@TrapTrixDM 6 жыл бұрын

Tuesday? lol

@oliverjamesatkinson 6 жыл бұрын

That makes so much sense

@duncanmcokiner4242 6 жыл бұрын

Not everything is equally threatening but everything is so highly threatening that it doesn't even matter anymore. When everything has a 95% chance of killing you are you really going to give that much more of a shit about something with a 98% chance of doing it?

@t20sgrunt36 6 жыл бұрын

That intro wasn't half bad.

@masterzedd4 6 жыл бұрын

it was a little short...

@saltyslug6598 6 жыл бұрын

I saw the title and knew they had it in the baggins

@wyattmathers6260 6 жыл бұрын

God, this comment section keeps lowering my expectations

@joshkaid 6 жыл бұрын

Wyatt Mathers I'm sorry to fall so short.

@lordmurderkitten6098 6 жыл бұрын

I like a few fantasy puns every so often, but let's not make a hobbit of it.

@jgr7487 6 жыл бұрын

human: "OMG! that wolf is as big as a grown man!!!" halfling (unfased): "for us, every wolf is *at least* as tall as a grown man"

@rythmiccoma2809 6 жыл бұрын

Gnome: Man this is a really furry tunnel

@thecourtjester2610 5 жыл бұрын

Hahahha

@thecourtjester2610 5 жыл бұрын

This brings me joy.

@beastwarsFTW 4 жыл бұрын

@@rythmiccoma2809 Ah, the gnome chewtoy.

@TVlord5 6 жыл бұрын

Halflings are by far my favorite race. All of the characters I want to make seem to start as a halfling. Halfling thieves, bards, barbarians, and of course my main man. Thomas Shortwick, draconic sorcerer

@francescospuntarelli7369 6 жыл бұрын

TVlord5 seems like the good race version of the kobold in first Neverwinter nights

@chaddixon9764 6 жыл бұрын

Halfling Barbarian ftw!!! No shin is safe!!!

@joshuarichardson6529 6 жыл бұрын

Halfling Cleric as a battlefield medic, tumbling around and healing the party without the enemy even noticing. They didn't even mention this once.

@lordmurderkitten6098 6 жыл бұрын

No ankle unshanked.

@mr_grumpyotter3510 6 жыл бұрын

Antlions are your worst enemies

@jgr7487 6 жыл бұрын

make it a Stout, then call it Honeybadger

@haileddaffodil9546 6 жыл бұрын

Joshua Richardson I'm in my first campaign ever and that's exactly what I am. My character runs around the battlefield, slapping my team on the ass casting cure wounds and shield of faith. I also pop out from between our fighters legs yelling "surprise mother fucker" while swinging with my mace. I didn't know how much I needed this game in my life lol.

@Jgosse 6 жыл бұрын

This is hands down the best D&D channel on KZfaq.

@chaddixon9764 6 жыл бұрын

It's up there.

@drowjack 6 жыл бұрын

They are Pun Masters what do you expect? Haha

@marti5420 6 жыл бұрын

Jgosse oh yes. Based in e5 but explained so you can take it to other RPGs.

@AnubidIsAwful 6 жыл бұрын

These guys and Matt Colville are my favorite 2

@youcantbeatk7006 6 жыл бұрын

*Bullshit*

@tmannintendo 6 жыл бұрын

"You don't wanna shit your meal?" Jim Davis, 2017

@WebDM 6 жыл бұрын

LOL

@drowjack 6 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆😆😆

@l3lackhusky 6 жыл бұрын

I read this comment at the exctly same time he said it :D

@TheNeoAvalonEmpire 6 жыл бұрын

I literally screamed.

@teeonhighhill8827 6 жыл бұрын

That might be the best last line of any video. What a way to close the scene

@RooblesYT 6 жыл бұрын

Big fan of the Halfling Paladin because of the whole "no-fear" thing.

@Sean-ne3gx 6 жыл бұрын

I think you guys forgot about the Took Clan from the original Hobbit and LoTR, They live in the Shire with the quiet and pastoral folk, but they're considered "not respectable" because they went off on adventures, Bilbo had a Took mother and whenever he does something adventurous and bold the narrator talks about "his Tookish side". The adventuring halfling has never been their societal norm and I don't know about the stealing from allies, but they've always been there. I also blame Tolkien for the human halfling homogeneity, Bree is apparently full of hobbits.

@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 6 жыл бұрын

In D&D, I think those are the fallowhide subrace? It's been a while, but I think I remember there were harfoots, stoors (stouts), and fallowhides.

@catrionapritchard4679 Жыл бұрын

also, they engaged in guerilla warfare with Saruman's men during the occupation of the Shire, which is AMAZING

@dracoargentum9783 6 жыл бұрын

Awwwww! Not one mention of Dark Sun's Halfling... 2ed Complete book of halflings said it best: Halfling rangers are rarely ever seen. Not that they don't exist, you just never see them"

@vxicepickxv 3 жыл бұрын

Om nom nom

@lordmurderkitten6098 6 жыл бұрын

Goddamn halflings. Going on random adventures. Not packing any handkerchiefs.

@vikashv1 6 жыл бұрын

Dinosaur riding halflings that have gone native (Thank you Ebberon)

@MPPRODUCTIONSger 6 жыл бұрын

Jubes I'm really disappointed that the eberron halflings didn't get mentioned in the video :D same for the dark sun halflings.

@jezebelmei195 6 жыл бұрын

Do it in Chult

@captainpeaches3063 6 жыл бұрын

I have an idea of an overcompensating Halfling character who rides a battle-pig into battle. Super excited to play that one.

@BennysGamingAttic 6 жыл бұрын

Web DM Web MD God, I'm slow

@Zapper1993 6 жыл бұрын

Ben Walters literally the reason I started watching this channel. I knew there would be puns.

@forthelols9176 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I'm even slower XD

@danielahs1169 6 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't that female halfling be called Princess Mininoke?

@Nahrku 5 жыл бұрын

You, Sir, just won the Internet :D

@Fpwc2 5 жыл бұрын

Halfling ranger with a wolf companion

@MajorStalker8D 5 жыл бұрын

I’m using fan art of her for my ghostwise halfling!

@KickyFut 4 жыл бұрын

Wow Daniel... That ain't half bad!😁 (Seriously, I'm going to steal this character idea!)

@blahlbinoa 6 жыл бұрын

Eberron makes halflings super awesome and VERY important in the lore

@abouttime837 6 жыл бұрын

super agree with the first point about them just being there in Faerun for no reason (but then again lots of things in Faerun don’t make sense) Eberron halfling tho. that’s where it’s at

@grymhild 6 жыл бұрын

Halflings in Faerûn are from the land of Lurien in the Shining South

@lordmurderkitten6098 6 жыл бұрын

Eberron in general was where it's at

@maromania7 6 жыл бұрын

For me, when I think halfling I think of my monk. A may be tiny but I have a 20 strength and you're still getting punched to death. He was specifically a dragonhunter. He could run as fast as they flew and launch himself up to face them in air XD

@jonnyransom8568 6 жыл бұрын

I always felt bad for a little person in a D&D world. "Oh your a halfling!" "No I am just a really short human"

@DCJMS 6 жыл бұрын

It might be interesting to hear Jim just talk about how Willow has inspired him.

@ajtrink 6 жыл бұрын

I was wondering, when comparing the crit damage of two-handing a longsword 2D10 (2-20) to a greatsword 3D6 (3-18), why wouldn't the greatsword damage be 4D6 (4-24)? I thought a critical hit caused you to double all damage dice that would normally be rolled for that hit, like sneak attack for rogues.

@RPanda3S 3 жыл бұрын

2H Longsword = 1d10 Greatsword = 2d6 Critical hit = roll all damage dice again I think they were thinking crits add one die of weapon damage (so 2d10 vs 3d6) but that's not correct. It'd be 2d10 vs 4d6.

@drowjack 6 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait for the Gnome’s episode

@mikeelarsen1964 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, their episode is gonna be awesome! I can't wait either.

@chaddixon9764 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I agree with the Halflings being shorted on lore.

@CBuM27 6 жыл бұрын

I heard the word Kender and got visibly upset.

@BaronSengir1008 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, kender are not halflings...

@immortalwolf3055 6 жыл бұрын

technically they are halflings, if halflings were mentally deficient and high functioning autistic.

@hydrainfernos9081 4 жыл бұрын

Immortal Wolf you do realise that's a contradictory statement right

@PaladinsFury 6 жыл бұрын

I'm seriously thinking about making a Halfling Fighter Cavalier who rides a Mastiff

@adventuringwolf8517 6 жыл бұрын

David B Do it!

@addictedtominisandlovingit3912 6 жыл бұрын

Third edition had a prestige class for exactly this haha

@PaladinsFury 6 жыл бұрын

I want to, but I'm currently playing a Bard in my campaign but the Cavalier is my backup if he dies

@s92dx 6 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of people do it with the Paladin class also, as you can easily summon a "mount" when they invariably die in battle (mastiffs have low hp). Also, pick up a Lance. You'll get a heavy hitting weapon with +5 reach that only needs one hand while mounted (can have shield or second weapon in offhand, theoretically TWO LANCES lol), but when off the mount you need two hands. Either way, a melee halfling is so much fun. I went Dex, two weapon fighting, stout halfling. Criminal background, and I actually pumped Con first, I now have more HP at level 7 than anyone else in our party. I have fun Dex proficiencies for stealth, sleight of hand, thieves tool kit and decent Charisma for some intimidation/deception to boot. I'm a rogeulike fighter in utility, who happens to be a tank and a whirlwind of rapier pokes.

@Force2reckonVods 6 жыл бұрын

I have been sloooowly picking up small bits of videos from you and I just... Every one I see is entertaining and informative, thank you guys!

@Overlord99762 3 жыл бұрын

My headcannon/home brew concept for Hobbits is that they are agricultural based small hippies who sell EXCELLENT and HIGH QUALITY fruits and vegetables to any allied humanoids, Halflings at a young age leave to get their adventure itch scratched, then, upon returning settle down and become proper halflings, it'd be a sort of coming-of-age thing.

@AGrumpyPanda 6 жыл бұрын

I love that these two just embrace the crazy, right when it's needed.

@JacksonOwex 6 жыл бұрын

I LOVE when they do the behind the scenes outros, they are hilarious!!!!!

@Lucasofyugioh 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing video as always guys!

@Azeur 6 жыл бұрын

Think it took me months to realise that 5E halflings' most common alignment was Lawful Good. It just seemed so jarring to the image I had of halflings, as wandering tricksters & rogues, when they are all about community and sticking together. I mean, it kinda makes sense in hindsight, but still caught me off-guard.

@forthelols9176 3 жыл бұрын

Haha that ending. You guys aren't the only d&d talks channel I watch, but you may be my favourite. Aside from having interesting things to say, you have good chemistry with each other, are respectful to each other and just really comfortable. Your whole package deal makes your videos relaxing and entertaining as well as informative and thought-provoking.

@WebDM 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@willmackinnon9397 5 жыл бұрын

I just started curse of strahd as a halfling oath of ancients paladin and you guys gave me a lot of food for thought! Ser Strong Nogglust is a pious warrior of the light!

@darkironsides 6 жыл бұрын

"You dont want to shit your meal?"

@andrewszmauz3529 6 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that you lived in VT! I live in New Hampshire! I moved back from Dallas last year. I've been playing D&D for about 5 or 6 months now, and I just want to tell you that what you guys are doing is amazing. As soon as I started playing I got into your videos and I watched all of them and this is the highlight of my Wednesday. So thank you for doing this. If you're ever in the Keene NH area, don't be afraid to gimme a shout.

@arthurwdavis 6 жыл бұрын

Williow, awesome movie. Mass polymorph, "Pigs, your all pigs" Our first game I got my brother to play, he rolled up a Kinder and we spent hours getting the characters tools up and ready to go. Within 10 min they were captured, knocked out, taken deep in the Undermountain, and about to be sold as slaves. They organized a frantic escape as the slavers and guards were busy dealing with multiple Beholders that had wandered into the slave auction. Anyway Kinders were awesome and a pain.

@jager_schnitzel 6 жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard when Jim Davis mentioned giving his toddler a sword.

@atlas_of_prescottia 6 жыл бұрын

The sad part is that Pruitt's face photoshopped onto the halfling from the 5e Player's Handbook is an improvement.

@keith5615 6 жыл бұрын

Halflings. Everyone's favorite emergency food supply.

@WJWTAC 6 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic show. You guys inspired me too play Tuffnot my take on the half barbarian. I've got a bunch of other great ideas. Consistently the best D&D changed on KZfaq.

@benjaminodonnell258 3 жыл бұрын

Piratecat's story hour had a great halfling wizard named Agar - he either came from or had spent time in the Far Realm and had levels in a Cthulu-esque presitge class. Like a really friendly tiny mad scientist type, but with tentacles popping out of his and his familiar's bodies at odd moments.

@mordiveer5957 6 жыл бұрын

loved this, cant wait for the Gnomes!

@InvaderHelpUnit 6 жыл бұрын

Dont forget that Bountiful Luck feat for that halfling wizard. I had the same build idea, except my guy enjoyed basically giving the middle finger to fate.

@CelticCubby 3 жыл бұрын

I played a Kender cleric in our Dragonlance Campaign. She viewed other peoples pockets as unused storage space so I was always putting random trinkets in peoples pockets, colorful rocks, bright feathers or a particularly shiny button. I had a lot of fun with it, also gave up a lot of excess coin to other party members that way.

@oliviabean8264 5 жыл бұрын

I like how they did it in fifth edition, the way they made them very community focused kind of gives that hobbit feel without making them just a race of people who never wants to leave their damn home.

@Osafune2 6 жыл бұрын

I'd be interested in hearing about Jim's homebrew setting in detail, I find it useful to see how other DMs arranged everything

@lancer4224130 6 жыл бұрын

The after show clips made me subscribe. Such real ppl. lmao. Good shit guys!

@SketchyDetails 6 жыл бұрын

Halflings in Tales of Maj'Eyal, a true roguelike, are known as conquerors.

@snow8624 6 жыл бұрын

Was waiting all day for this.

@Hitoyama2287 6 жыл бұрын

Jim's last comment in the after talk reel of lunch ordering made me laugh so hard I spit lunch mid chew. Bravo, Sir! Bravo.

@TwoGoblinsInATrenchCoat 5 жыл бұрын

Wendell O'Malley- A soldier thrown out of the local Legion, stumbling upon a magical shapeshifting cap/hood/hat/circlet, etc. that instills a drive to become a thief. Basically a mild twist on the "halfling thief" archetype.

@iamalpharius7998 6 жыл бұрын

One of my players is running a halfling lore bard/awakened mystic in my storm kings thunder campaign. He is an absolute terror against giants. He can’t take a hit but he’s so good at disabling Giants because they have terrible wisdom saves. He’s been the character that the rest of the party rallies behind.

@CthulhusDream 6 жыл бұрын

"You don't wanna shit your meal?" HAH man I almost spit my drink XD

@drubeardslee89 6 жыл бұрын

Please do an episode on Hydras! Classic and underutilized D&D monster! Thanks for the amazing content as always!!

@zombiesnivy 6 жыл бұрын

I joined back with my mates and am playing a halfling barbarian in a exploration of multiple islands using fancy boats and such and am ready to charge in and just be the little crazy halfling when we start doing combat

@d-m-n 6 жыл бұрын

The magic card that perfectly describes any halfling barbarian, ankle shanker.

@awolbacon9148 6 жыл бұрын

I have been playing a halfling wizard exactly as described by Jim for the past five weeks. He is basically a short, young Gandalf the Grey, with some quirks of Sherlock Holmes. He had is a Transmutationist, and loves smoking pipes.

@Bloodymecha 6 жыл бұрын

I haven’t played a halfling but I have played a Jawa with the lucky feature and I had it 4 times a day. He later became a Jedi Master.

@NCROCKS1 3 жыл бұрын

I'm playing a halfling divination wizard. Taking the Bountiful Luck, Lucky, and Second Chance Feat has made the character such a unique challenge for my DM; because none of his rolls are set in stone. Super fun and my friends have really reconsidered halflings.

@TheCaptainstupendous 5 жыл бұрын

17:03 definitely coming back to steal this someday

@lmprison3d 6 жыл бұрын

I started laughing at the part about taking people's knees off, I have a player in my group who is playing a halfling warlock who screams KNEECAPS as he charges in to battle.

@Melantrist 6 жыл бұрын

well KNEECAPS is a pretty standard battlecry... or is it just my neighborhood?

@thesephiam 4 жыл бұрын

Funny you mention the halfling Napoleon idea, one of my BBEG is a Halfing in the campaign I’m running right now. It’s called the city of the nine realms and it’s founder has been living of the lives of the inhabitants through a spell called hex of ages where she takes half the years they’re meant to live and gives it to herself.

@4eis4me 6 жыл бұрын

Dark Sun had the best halfling's. Small feral cannibals.

@Licjr 6 жыл бұрын

Redshirtbiker I was surprised Dark Sun wasn't mentioned

@joshuarichardson6529 6 жыл бұрын

Didn't Eberon have them riding dinosaurs? I rather like that concept.

@alexschmidt5819 6 жыл бұрын

Yessss. I'm running darksun soon, and imma bust out the murderous pygmys.

@shortguy2206 6 жыл бұрын

I played a Halfling Bard in a Dark Sun game. I was a cannibal assassin that threatened to eat people to get information. That was fun.

@rustyspurs771 6 жыл бұрын

Most of my roleplaying interactions with halflings throughout the years have shown them to be energetic, happy, eccentric, and most importantly, when it's go time, Ultra Fucking Violent. I wouldn't have it any other way.

@edwardnigma9756 6 жыл бұрын

I think you might have been thinking of the militiristic halflings from Tales of Maj'Eyal who created the first great Empire by military force and magical mad science. They loved to enslave and experiment on humans, orcs, and other sentients . They also committed the first act of mass necromancy in history, and are pretty much responsible for most of the settings woes.

@carolynreid42 6 жыл бұрын

My very first D&D character was my halfling Druid in 3.5. There's definitely nostalgia involved but I still love halflings as a race. I'm working on a halfling monk who's a cook. This is a great source for ideas of how to incorporate more halflings in my world as a DM though. Also Pruitt was so proud of his "big feat/feet" pun!

@Venomm12 6 жыл бұрын

One of the best Halflings I have played is a Stout Halfling Barbarian using Bear totem for the half damage. He was Boscoe the Monster Hunter and had a big dog called Roscoe. They ended up being called the Boscoe and Roscoe Show. The whole party was actually afraid that if something went wrong the rest of the party would not be unable to bring him down.

@deandoyledeandoyle 6 жыл бұрын

Jim, that halfling ranger idea is AMAZING.

@NoahAregood 6 жыл бұрын

I'm playing a Halfling Inquisitive Rogue in a small side campaign as a break from DM for me and it's been a wonderful time

@colbybastian17 6 жыл бұрын

Speaking of a Fateweaver Halfling, I played a Lightfoot Halfling with Lucky who was an Arcane Trickster for Reliable Talent and Bard for Jack of All Trades. Never rolling less than a 10 on Skills and adding at least half Prof bonus and many with Double and tons of Inspiration and Cutting Words.

@fantell 6 жыл бұрын

Halflings in my world are generally wanderers. Gypsy folk living in moving caravan villages, circus folk and carnies, sailors ( the knucklefoots for example are a prestigious pirate clan) . There is one village, filled with waterways and floating islands that they can rearrange with some small effort, that use boats to move about freely so that they can sink invading forces when they feel threatened. There is another that lives almost entirely in the trees of the great forest, stringing walkways hundreds of feet up that can also be changed at their whim to protect themselves. But regardless any village of halflings you can find is there because they found a place they were welcomed long enough to settle down and make a bargain with a nearby settlement to remain under their protection.

@tahxicandy1832 6 жыл бұрын

love it.

@johnr7279 6 жыл бұрын

Great show! I think Frodo was a Fallohide or at least mostly so. Fallohides are the more Elvish Hobbits just as Stoors are seemingly more Dwarvish. I love this channel and noticed Jim on Nerdarchy today which was nice to see--keep up the great work!

@sylviamarburger907 3 жыл бұрын

I love my hafling monk (elemental school). 20 dex and that is what she bases her attacks on instead of strength. A bit of a "little" sister to the rest of her party. Kicks butt and is all over the map for battle control and catching fleeing or long range enemies.

@fiddlewheelx 6 жыл бұрын

I love my Half Orc Forest circle druid... a custodian of nature torn between his natural rage and the search for inner peace.

@whyamihere3153 6 жыл бұрын

My personal favorite halfling beasmaster companion is the pterodactyl. It's ridiculous because you just see this little man flying around the sky on the back of a dinosaur. It's beautiful.

@flashcardz3150 6 жыл бұрын

I've had a character idea kicking around in my head of a halfling transmuter wizard named Mouse. She used to literally be a mouse picking around through a wizard's tower when, being caught by the wizard, was greater polymorphed into a halfling and made to clean up his mess. The wizard, taking a liking to his new servant, decides to keep her as an apprentice. Her inspiration for adventure would be to go out and find her master after he leaves the tower on an errand, but doesn't return.

@mr.incorporeal7642 6 жыл бұрын

Hah, the talk of an ape mount and "Master to its Blaster" brings me back to a super fun Halfling I played way back. He wasn't a Beastmaster or anything, but he did a similar setup... with my buddy's Half-Orc character for a mount instead of an ape! They were Mikey the Halfling and Mickey the Half-Orc, and were specifically built to work together like that. Mike was entirely built around support, with absolutely zero offensive capability of his own, all of his abilities were based around beefing up Mic and giving him stuff like free attacks and movements. Mickey was a fighter/rogue who hit like a friggin' mac-truck just on his own, but with Mikey's help he blasted his way around the battlefield like a god damn freight train!

@cameronlloyd9752 6 жыл бұрын

Playing a Halfling Monk - way of Shadow, and it's a great combo. Stealth master supreme moving around the battlefield with ease. Dex bonus for monk attacks and armor. Monk counteracts the lower speed. Plus it's just cool to try to play up looking completely non-threatening.

@VBadBaboon 6 жыл бұрын

You guys should do an episode or a series of episodes based on adventure environments, like coastal, forest, arctic, etc. Did you guys do that? I don’t remember. Anyway I love your work Web Dm!

@spikebarnett 6 жыл бұрын

I'm currently playing a halfling diviner with the lucky feat. It's quite good. I didn't even think of throwing bard into the mix. I'll have to have a look at it.

@comradeshmoo 6 жыл бұрын

In my setting, halflings are heavily based on the Aiel and the Fremen. They live in the desert, are believed to be few in number and survive as nomadic raiders, but in fact have large communities living together in their sietch. They're masters of desert survival, rich as hell, have tons of water. They're ferocious combatants, and have a zeal born of powerful tradition, honour, and religious belief.

@zegethys7663 6 жыл бұрын

I actually rolled a Sorcerer version of the Halfling Jim was talking about, started him about two months ago. aiming for 6 levels of Wild Magic Sorcerer for the Bend Luck Feature, 3 levels Bard for College of Lore, and 2 Levels Wizard for the School of Divination. Our DM let us start with a Feat so I chose Lucky, first ability score increase Bountiful Luck from Xanathar's. I asked my DM if Leprechauns existed in his world, so I based that as the reason for his wild magic "Gram gram had a fling with a Leprechaun. It left it's mark."

@joelwest6507 7 ай бұрын

My halflings were created as a gift for Bahamut, who saw that many of his dragonborn were tempted by greed and pride, and the halflings with their simple pleasures and hombody nature were meant to 'temper' the pride of dragons. My 'Shire' exists as an enclave in the dragon realm, and a halfling-dragonborn adventuring duo is very common to see. (My players have a halfling wizard and a dragonborn paladin who are an adorable duo!)

@beastwarsFTW 4 жыл бұрын

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles has a halfling race called Lilties that are lance using roman legionaries. When you have a race know for their bravery and cunning, they end up making strong soldiers.

@darrellwoolsey5701 6 жыл бұрын

When I played 2nd edition I had a kender halfling thief that befriended a wood giant that was in our party. We became best of friends and got into so much trouble and did some crazy stuff together. We had our dm scratching his head a lot.

@iX1NS0MN14CXi 6 жыл бұрын

I recently created a halfling sorcerer that's under the divine soul origin. Essentially Yarras is a prophet for Annam, the Giant Deity whose only spells consist of similar giant elements and effects, such as gust, but also has enlarge. I can't wait to play them

@Lumpyrox1412 6 жыл бұрын

In my homebrew campaign i treat halflings as an actual half-race. They are the offspring of a Dwarf and a Human.

@barbarianofkhazmodan9975 6 жыл бұрын

Lumpyrox how does that work if they are smaller than even gnomes. And there are subspecies.

@Lumpyrox1412 6 жыл бұрын

I make Gnomes absolutely small compared to the Halflings. Gnomes are treated the same as Humans, Elves, Orcs and Dwarves. They are a pure race. Gnomes are too small to procreate with anything bigger than them. I denote subspecies as sort of based on where that member of the race is found.

@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself 6 жыл бұрын

I've always pictured gnomes as smaller than halflings too. A halfling might average 3 to 3-1/2 feet and top out at four for one of the subraces, but a gnome at 3-feet tall would be considered tall (again, depending on subrace).

@immortalwolf3055 6 жыл бұрын

in a manner i like the origin story for the kender but not the kender themselves. perhaps a proto group like humans got split into the dwarves and gnomes and then a subrace formed over time to become halflings.

@pacoes1974 4 жыл бұрын

favorite character ever ... third edition vampire halfling fighter with monkey grip with a great sword.

@kr2454 6 жыл бұрын

In my homebrew PF(3.5) setting [This is insanely large city] all halflings were basicly Aasimars and Tieflings. I got the idea when i read that halfling-aasimars would have all the other normal stats from Aasimar but would have small size category. The city and its surrounding immense desert was a battlefield between angels and demons aeons ago, halflings being the people that got caught in between but now centuries later all of them have either celestial or infernal blood in them.

@Thuggle_Bus 4 жыл бұрын

my halfling wild magic sorcerer, Gary Glitterfritz, with both the halfling luck and lucky feat was probably the most fun I've had roleplaying. I asked the DM to flip a coin with every spell I cast to see if I roll on the wild magic table. He was just a goofy, accident prone, yet inexplicably lucky little guy spraying the table with the weirdest magic imaginable.

@andrewmcfarland508 5 жыл бұрын

Jim Davis! I created your "luck halfling" character and I love him! His name is Fluke Foresight and his "spellbook" is a deck of cards. He stopped a charging adult dragon by casting Hypnotic Pattern on it and forcing a roll of 1 on the saving throw (Portent). So much fun!

@locket-loading1206 3 жыл бұрын

Lol I’m actually playing a rogue stout halfling myself, and the idea of her being a poisoning chef has me intrigued lol.

@jamesmorton6934 10 күн бұрын

I am running a Ghostwise Halfling Circle of the Moon Druid! He is a beast!

@redshadow2099 6 жыл бұрын

I finally broke because of you guys (alright because of Jim), but I finally watched Willow. Yes a great movie, Yes I also recommend it.

@siryvain1602 6 жыл бұрын

I actually got an idea for a Halfling Druid from you guys. Back during your druid class video, I really liked the idea of a druid naturalist who studies animals. I added a monk level for unarmored defense for both utility and her backstory growing up in a monastery. But she is basically Nigel Thornberry but a small Halfling woman.

@kyubii972 6 жыл бұрын

I miss that show lol, and his voice.

@MisterSmith00 4 жыл бұрын

My favorite concepts with halflings have always been pairing them with classes that bolster their martial capabilities... You wouldn't expect a halfling to be particularly strong, after all...then a barbarian halfing cleaves an orc's legs off at the knees...or a paladin halfling propelling a gnoll across the room with a thunderous smite...or a halfling monk zooming around, leaping a high-kick to the bottom of a goliath's jaw.