A realistic view on Halflings

[Nyeshet]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ews.html?in_article_id=513820&in_page_id=1811

I came across this article today, and it occurred to me that his height and weight are quite close to that of halflings in 3.x Ed.

He is not quite 3 feet tall, weighs around 20 lbs, and typically weight-lifts around 3 lbs. In many respects he is far closer to how I have always imagined halflings - rather than how they were presented in LotR movies.

Is this more or less how others have imagined halflings, or have most of you seen them as they were portrayed in LotRs (books or movies) ?

 

[hunter1828]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ews.html?in_article_id=513820&in_page_id=1811

Is this more or less how others have imagined halflings, or have most of you seen them as they were portrayed in LotRs (books or movies) ?

I've never really seen them as that small, going all the way back to 1st Edition, or even Original D&D. The way they were presented in the LotR films is pretty much how I have always pictured halflings (minus the furry feet - only some of my halflings have furry feet; the others don't).

 

[Klaus]

Well, there's Richard Sandrak ( http://www.richardsandrak.com/ ), world's strongest child:

He's now 15, but he appeared on Ripley's Believe It or Not at age 8.

 

[Delta]

Definitely as in LOTR.

 

[Arkhandus]

That guy's too skinny and a bit short compared to D&D halflings. Even compared to 3E halflings, he's scrawnier than any adult halfling.

A 3E halfling is at least 32 pounds (male) or 27 pounds (female), and at least 2'-10" (male) or 2'-8" (female). The smallest halflings are roughly the same height as him, but many pounds heavier in muscle mass and bone mass.

Also, I tend to think of halflings and gnomes as having musculature closer to orangutans and other apes, just somewhat less, making up for the fact that they're so much lighter-weight than humans. Their muscles are just very compact, but very powerful for their size.

And anyway, the average halfling is almost half a foot taller than that Indian guy, and almost twice as heavy. They may be childlike in size, but they're ape-like in muscle power.

 

[Greylock]

Looks more like a Gnome to me. Mustache and all.

 

[FATDRAGONGAMES]

Definitely as in LOTR.

Ditto.

 

[Wandering Star]

Noooooo!! I cant STAND gnomes and halflings looking like that. The artwork in certain books that depicts gnomes and halflings as simply scaled-down humans just totally destroys my suspension of disbeleif. Ive always pictured gnomes and halflings having their own unique proportions, gnomes slightly broader in shape and feature than halflings.

I dont think I would tell this guy to his face he looks like a gnome. He looks dangerous, man.

 

[Wandering Star]

...Though the kid looks like a halfling barbarian.

 

[Klaus]

He's not nicknamed Little Hercules for nothing.