What are some alternative aesthetic for halflings without changing their nature much?It seems a little weird to have a race of small humans when there are actual small humans in our world (midgets). They should have something else. Should they be furries? tailed? demonic?
>>98828724>hey guys let’s use an alternative style for halflings, thereby making them not halflings anymore and defeating the entire fucking point>my idea? Well as you can see from my image it’s to literally make them goblinsFucking retard slide thread kys.I think we should reinvent halflings as tall and beautiful with long flowing hair, they would live in the forest and be skilled with bows
>>98828724>their natureLet's start by roughing out what this is and it will be easier to make alternative aesthetics that fit the themes and can have mechanics derived from them or adjusted to suit. What is the nature of halflings?
>>98828724Why does the existence of midgets make halflings any weirder? Halflings are an evolved race. Midgets are freaks who aren't biologically adapted to being that small, but halflings would be. You could actually have halfling midgets who are less than 2 feet tall
I like small races to still have the body proportions of adult humans just as at a smaller size, be they half the size of a human or the size of a thumbAlso helps making them distinct from looking like kids or people with dwawrfism
>>98828724So their thing is:>high DEX>luck>nimble>stealthy>lazy>like to sleep, eat, and go fishingThey're cats. Replace them with cats. Tabaxi are all big cats, they're lions and tigers. Make halflings housecatfolk.
>>98828724why? What's wrong with having little fellas who love food and weed and turn into vietcong if pushed a little too far?
>>98829100It's the daily "I don't play games so I'm confused why being short is a gimmick for so many races in these games". Usually they make these about gnomes. OP doesn't know what a halfling is but thought he should make that a thread prompt instead of googling it.
>>98829083Rabbits/Bunnies work too
>>98829108truly dead internet huh
>>98829127He hasn't even seen lord of the rings. That actually pisses me off more than it should.
>>98829125Well it works for most of it, but cats fit a bit more with the attitude halflings usually get. Also you can then replace goblins with hairless cats.
>>98828724I don't think anything furry or demonic could fit the same niche as stereotypical halflings. Off of the top of my head, maybe gnomes? They've both got the folksy gardening association.>>98829083Cats are carnivores while halflings are all associated with farming. It could work but a maritime setting or region would probably be best for the fishing theme.>>98829100Not everything needs to have a deeper reason behind it than aesthetics. Sometimes the look or feel of something is worth tweaking, and it's generally good to ask for opinions. The /tg/ of 2015 would've been all over this thread. Gutless faggots like you killed it the same as the leeches on YouTube and no-life autists like bumpfag and puckee.
>>98829100Apologies, I meant >>98829227 for >>98829108. The cynicism that's crept into this board has driven me mad.
>>98829083That comment is probably a bit of trolling, but replacing halflings with cat-people actually makes sense, it fits their nature.
>>98829142>>98829125ntaI think rabbits works well if you lean into ye olde marginalia lagopmorphs being cheeky buggers, the simple country folk attitude of casually just taking your shit or hitting you when you're being retarded and large families adding to a somewhat comical take on mortality, I don't have halflings or little folk of any sort really in my fantasy games. Not racist just don't like em. But if I did I'd run the rabbit asshole country folk ones.
