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Jelennet
Learned Scribe
Russia
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 Posted - 10 Jul 2011 : 14:31:42
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What is the difference between a kender and a tallfellow halfling? I read somewhere that tallfellows have mixed heritage with elves. Is that true? Then what about a kender?
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 10 Jul 2011 : 14:43:57
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| Kender are an entirely separate race, on a separate world. According to the myths, kender were created by effects from the Greygem of Gargath. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 10 Jul 2011 : 14:59:08
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Kender are a product of the DRAGONLANCE Saga/World, and wholly limited to that setting [excepting the few instances they've travelled to other worlds via planewalking and/or spelljamming].
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 07:15:57
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Tallfellows are tolerable, in small numbers. In fact, they generally contribute positively to the ecology by manufacturing smoking pipes and other useful trinkets.
Kender on the other hand, while superficially similar in overall appearance, are vermin who are best removed by hiring the services of a professional exterminator. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 07:24:59
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Originally posted by Arik
Kender on the other hand, while superficially similar in overall appearance, are vermin who are best removed by hiring the services of a professional exterminator.
Or, failing that, a Dragon Overlord.  |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 17:46:54
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| -Maybe it's because I don't really care for Halflings too much (I don't dislike them either, mind you), and because so little has been written about them, as contrasted to other races, but I don't really see the point of different Halfling subraces. For me, one size fits all, and differences among groups can be chalked up to social and societal differences. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 18:06:11
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Originally posted by Lord Karsus
-Maybe it's because I don't really care for Halflings too much (I don't dislike them either, mind you), and because so little has been written about them, as contrasted to other races, but I don't really see the point of different Halfling subraces. For me, one size fits all, and differences among groups can be chalked up to social and societal differences.
I like the subraces, in general, but I'm not really a fan of halflings, and pay little attention to them. |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 18:14:10
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| -Exactly, same here. Maybe if more was written about Halflings, and their subraces, I'd be more inclined to like them, and feel that they are all justified as existing and being different Halfling subraces (as opposed to cultural differences, and whatever else). But, so far, none of that really has happened, and I do not envision it happening in the near future, either. Really, TSR/WotC has gone out of it's way not to write too much about Halflings and Gnomes, the 'Forgotten Folk', to keep them 'forgotten'. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 19:04:54
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Originally posted by Lord Karsus
-Exactly, same here. Maybe if more was written about Halflings, and their subraces, I'd be more inclined to like them, and feel that they are all justified as existing and being different Halfling subraces (as opposed to cultural differences, and whatever else). But, so far, none of that really has happened, and I do not envision it happening in the near future, either. Really, TSR/WotC has gone out of it's way not to write too much about Halflings and Gnomes, the 'Forgotten Folk', to keep them 'forgotten'.
The Five Shires is a good halfling-specific sourcebook. It's obviously not a Realms sourcebook, but Ed himself said that it was almost like someone wrote it to be easily usable in the Realms (I'll provide the exact quote when I'm home).  |
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Bakra
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 19:34:13
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| The AD&D supplement, Complete Book of Gnomes & Halflings by Niles, details halflings and their various sub-races. |
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