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"Developed severe allergies to the poison his successor was feeding him", I'm stealing that.

remember " when your short, any bump on the road is a hill to die on"

"The short end of the stick" Oh, you...

I like dragonlance as much as the next guy, but these guys are like the Kinder done 1000x better

Mystaran halflings are some of the very few halflings from TSR to shake off the "Hobbit clone" dust, alongside Dark Sun's Rhulesti (Rhulisti? Whatever), and it really shows that there can be something done with these guys that's interesting. Were Ghostwise halflings, the ElfQuest expy, a thing back then, or not until 3e? Honestly, I'm using halflings as the result of crossbreeding between humans and dwarves in my Victoriana-inspired D&D setting, with two subraces that were forcibly bred by the dragons for their usefulness as servants, but maybe there's something I can take from Mystara's hin...

I like this take on halflings. it both pays conceptual homage to thier tolkien ancestors, but also takes a new twist on their concept. its almost like a whole nation of bilbos, frodos, and Tooks instead of normal homebody hobbits! a homely lot that eventually gets the urge to adventure before returning with their treasures and stories. But their nation isnt just a peaceful one, but one made by sweat and arms and piracy, and vigilent and somewhat paranoid because of that. It feels like a development of the hobbit idea without being a copy or a full rejection/subversion of it. And thats my preferred kind of balance to strike!

I am a pathfinder "native" admittedly but I do like dnd settings. I don't entirely know how I got here but I have been watching these videos up to this and the world is very interesting. And I like it. (Even if I haven't fully grasped the spheres of the immortals).

Cool video. I don’t have this Gazetteer, and now I think I’ll pick it up. The history makes them a lot interesting than the standard Tolkien-esq version.

Ever read Weber’s War God series? (I think Oath of Swords is still on Baen’s free library.) interesting take on halfings, being the mutated survivors of a magical war. First encounter with them has them threatening to carve up a paladin several times their size if he doesn’t get off their boat.

It may be that this didn't make it to your 5e conversion, but I always found it interesting that once Masters reach high enough level in BECMI, they spend more time in the form of an animal (via spell) than in their hin form, so that they can keep an eye on the Shires without people coming running to them every time there's a problem to the point that they are dependent.

Two Videos in one day you spoil us sir!

Thank you for more Mystara, even this a reupload

This video is amazing. Thank you

Very nice video if a little short given the subject matter.

love your humor

Your the best Mr. Welch.

Love of their homeland no matter where they are, everyone can fight, ex-slaves who fight tooth and nail for their land, and they love to adventure, drink, and sail.... The Irish

A Dwarf, an Elf and a Human walk into a bar; the Hin laughs and walks under it. The Hin have always been a beloved race to me. I lost count how many copies I made of the Gazzetteer to scribe notes. One of my three oldest characters (played for decades) is a Hin; the other two are a Half-Elf and Human. I did tweek the Masters and Blackfire use for a special allowance to use their abilities outside of the Shires if on a path of immortality. Have you seen their alternative history in VoP?

I do like alternate halfling takes, I like how Warhammer does them even if I recognize they're a pretty hateful Moorcock inspired anti-countryfolk screed turning Tolkien on its head.

What annoys me is that this is one of the gazetteers that isn't available in print on DrivethruRPG recently got northern reaches, karmikos, glantri, rockhome and atrugan so wanted it for the shelf, its strange given the author I'd thought it would be the most likely to be in print. Question on mad musing would you consider doing Chainmail or is it too much of a wargame?

13:29 I mean do dwarves "Tower" over them? Or just outweigh them fivefold?

Where do you find your information I find it most interesting

I like ed Greenwood i,m up to book 4 in the alminster saga

Mean while, I'm struggling to convince any one of my players to try Halflings out in Forgotten Realms.

Really Trolling Ed, hope this isn’t Mystara’s forgetting Ed’s original was Becmi. It’s a good thing you’ve taken trolling Faerun to a fine art. I would hate to think this is just envy of Faerun’s Greenwood’s success. Great video for one my favourite Modules

Is it cannibalism if a human or Elf eat a halfling?

@MrWelch Q: What happened to your LiveJournal account that had your "Things Mister Welch Is No Longer Allowed To Do In A RPG" list? Not to mention your posts on Gandalf being a high level fighter and the Rey parody of the Gascon song.

Hin novelty items, roll for an \

Is there a good explanation somewhere of what the blackfire artefact actually is and why it exists? And what is it really meant to do?

Hey dude, I left you a message on the Darokin video asking if you had heard of Age of Ravens and the reviews of the Gazetteers on that site. If you get a minute, please check it out, and let me know what YOUR thoughts are about what THEIR thoughts are on the Gazetteer. Thanks dude!