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In the 5th edition of the D&D Player's Handbook, Halflings are given an average height of 3ft while Gnomes are given an average height of 3-4ft. This is, frankly, BS and I don't enforce it when I DM. Also while we're on the subject, Kobolds are described in the Monster manual as cold blooded reptiles but their physiology and behavior is more consistent with that of warm-blooded dinosaurs and dragons. If they were cold blooded, living in cold, underground caves would make them sleepy, not mischievous.
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Mar 18, 2019 07:43
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Hell yes, I love science threads.
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Mar 18, 2019 07:46
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Mar 18, 2019 07:48
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Pretty sure Kobolds are spotted dog like creatures. 
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Mar 18, 2019 07:52
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Halflings should not be a player race along all the other half-breeds like half golems (who would gently caress a golem!? How does that even work?!), half-beholders and others. Lings should take their place in some bestiary.
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Mar 18, 2019 07:53
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Colonel Cancer posted:Halflings should not be a player race along all the other half-breeds like half golems (who would gently caress a golem!? How does that even work?!), half-beholders and others. Lings should take their place in some bestiary. “Halflings” are D&D’s version of copyright-free Hobbits and, as far as I know, are not actually a hybrid of any two races.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:02
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Pawn 17 posted:Pretty sure Kobolds are spotted dog like creatures.  this is kind of like the fish/bird thing with sirens one of them's the "right" one, but people have been waffling on it for so long that either one has enough precedence to not strictly be "wrong" I think current greyhawk canon reconciles them as doglike lizards with goblinish traits
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Mar 18, 2019 08:04
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Colonel Cancer posted:Halflings should not be a player race along all the other half-breeds like half golems (who would gently caress a golem!? How does that even work?!), half-beholders and others. Lings should take their place in some bestiary. A gnome is an Earth Elemental (read your Paracelsus!!!), so it's perfectly okay for a Gnome to gently caress a Golem, as long as it's okay for a human to gently caress an Android.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:04
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They're called halflings because they're half as tall as a normal person.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:06
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aren't kobolds supposed to be little rat dudes who scream "you no take candle"?
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Mar 18, 2019 08:07
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Also I don’t give a gently caress what the player’s guide says: Dragonborn have tails.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:08
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I hear the gnomes are better endowed in the, heh, penis area.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:13
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Applewhite posted:“Halflings” are D&D’s version of copyright-free Hobbits and, as far as I know, are not actually a hybrid of any two races. Nuh uh they are half lings. What are lings? Perhaps one of the most guarded secrets of Gary Gygax. Maybe the next beastiary will finally let us know how many hps lings have and what loot they drop when killed.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:14
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Applewhite posted:Also I don’t give a gently caress what the player’s guide says: Dragonborn have tails. Why aren't they called "Dragonhatched"?
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Mar 18, 2019 08:14
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font color sea posted:aren't kobolds supposed to be little rat dudes who scream "you no take candle"? You are thinking of the Ratfolk.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:15
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Grevling posted:I hear the gnomes are better endowed in the, heh, penis area. Gnome account spotted.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:15
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:Why aren't they called "Dragonhatched"? Because Dragonborn are viviparous.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:15
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Colonel Cancer posted:Nuh uh they are half lings. That’s how they make their money. They always tease that their next Monster Manual will reveal the secrets of the Lings but they never do.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:17
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Colonel Cancer posted:Halflings should not be a player race along all the other half-breeds like half golems (who would gently caress a golem!? How does that even work?!), half-beholders and others. Lings should take their place in some bestiary. i agree with col. cancer
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Mar 18, 2019 08:17
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font color sea posted:aren't kobolds supposed to be little rat dudes who scream "you no take candle"? That's from a different fantasy setting. The one with two-pool Ling rushes.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:18
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Colonel Cancer posted:Halflings should not be a player race along all the other half-breeds like half golems (who would gently caress a golem!? How does that even work?!), half-beholders and others. Lings should take their place in some bestiary.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:35
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Zane posted:gnomes are the ones who should be dis-included. the other traditional races are all tolkeinesque metaphors for different historical peoples. gnomes however are (traditionally) more abstract metaphors for the capriciousness of nature. D&D has expanded beyond Tolkien and now steals from a wide variety of fantasy authors.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:37
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name one interesting loving gnome!!!!
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Mar 18, 2019 08:41
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Zane posted:name one interesting loving gnome!!!! Rumpelstiltskin? Also the leprechaun.
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Mar 18, 2019 08:43
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Zane posted:name one interesting loving gnome!!!! Look no further than this video, friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n3pFFPSlW4
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Mar 18, 2019 08:46
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op I feel that gnomes and hl should have reversed height stats tbh perhaps gnomes should be even shorter than that idk
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Mar 18, 2019 08:47
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Zane posted:name one interesting loving gnome!!!! 
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Mar 18, 2019 08:50
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SniperWoreConverse posted:op I feel that gnomes and hl should have reversed height stats tbh Exactly! Right?
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Mar 18, 2019 08:52
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cZqRzHnI8s
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Mar 18, 2019 08:58
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n3pFFPSlW4 This thread just got gnomed on tool
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Mar 18, 2019 09:13
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Colonel Cancer posted:who would gently caress a golem!? How does that even work?! Anyone who summons a golem is def trying to gently caress it. They even invented the FleshGolem explicitly for this purpose.
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Mar 18, 2019 10:14
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How drunk are you dude? This is quite the lovely thread deluge.
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Mar 18, 2019 10:15
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Mooey Cow posted:Anyone who summons a golem is def trying to gently caress it. They even invented the FleshGolem explicitly for this purpose. lies most golems are formed out of the most locally-plentiful resources
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Mar 18, 2019 10:22
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Pawn 17 posted:Pretty sure Kobolds are spotted dog like creatures. Kobolds are like Kirins, they seem to be different in every RPG universe. They range from mini Gnolls to short lizardfolk or rat-men with candles. My guess is at least in the DnD world, Kobolds as little dogs would be pointless because Gnolls exist. Even early artwork depicts them as little lizard goblin things. Personally I think lizard Kobolds are way more interesting than when they are depicted as the Gnoll's lamer cousin.
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Mar 18, 2019 11:10
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You just got gnomed on son.
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Mar 18, 2019 11:21
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Is this thread pro or anti Deekin?
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Mar 18, 2019 11:23
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I always thought gnomes should be full on David the Gnomes and ride foxes and poo poo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsdZQub7QVE
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Mar 18, 2019 11:51
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Zane posted:gnomes are the ones who should be dis-included. the other traditional races are all tolkeinesque metaphors for different historical peoples. gnomes however are (traditionally) more abstract metaphors for the capriciousness of nature. Tolkien had gnomes in all that weird extra fluff stuff that nobody reads. They were the most tech-savvy type of elf. Well, when I say nobody, I mean nobody except for people who need to rip off something for their totally new and unique fantasy setting, because god loving forbid they make up something themselves.
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Mar 18, 2019 11:57
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I agree with the thread title but im not reading a loving WORD in this THREAD and theres NOTHING you can do about it
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Applewhite posted:Because Dragonborn are viviparous. They also feed their young milk, as evidenced by their scaly tits.
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