Halflings/Hobbits How Much Weaker?

[Hierax]

How much weaker (than a Human) is a Halfling/Hobbit?

[Curufea]

-4 for mine - they're Tolkein (equivalent to children in mass)

[Fitz]

I'd give them a little more STR than a human child, since although they're about the same size as an eight-year old, they've had time to grow into their bodies and develop the muscular coordination 8-year olds lack.

[Hierax]

FWIW, here's what I'm using:

• Hairfoot (Standard Halfling/Hobbit): = 6 STR (-4)
• Tallfellow (Slightly Elven): = 5 STR (-5)
• Stout (Slightly Dwarven): = 7 STR (-3)

[Curufea]

I thought it was Harfoot, rather than Hairfoot?

[tkdguy]

The Middle Earth types of hobbits are Harfoot, Fallohide, and Stoor. The D&D halfling types (especially in Greyhawk) are Hairfoot, Tallfellow, and Stout. The types seen in the Forgotten Realms are the Ghostwise, Lightfoot, and Strongheart halflings.

[swobeas]

I would locate the STR of hobbits about 7-8. Yes they are smaller but they don't seem to very slim (as most children are), at least on the average

As having already measured STR with 8-10 year old children, I can honestly say that they are not very weak at all and hobbits should be stronger than kids, they are at least adults...

What could possibly contradict is the fact that their lifestyle seems to show at lot less work requiring muscles than other races like humans or dwarfes, so they could have a PSL couch potato on STR

[Fox1]

While this poll address the average, I also think their Max stat value should also be lower, and not by the same amount.

So while I voted for a -5 average STR, Frankly I'd capped them at a 10 STR normally and allow double cost to take them to a 13, maybe 15.

[Hierax]

Yeah, good point. I agree that with a 5 Average STR a 10 NCM and 15 ACM is just right.

[Old Man]

I voted -3 to -9 meaning that someplace in there is where they should be.

STR 10 sounds high for a Halfling, 4-8 should be average.

[Hierax]

Sorry it shoudl have read -7 to -9 or 1 to 3 STR. It won't let me edit the poll to fix my typo

[tm80401]

I said about a STR of 5. Depending on size, DND3 halflings being about 2-3 feet high, I figure that should be about right.

[Trencher]

around 6 should be good for halflings.

[TheTemplar]

Once again turning to TTA, I went with -4 (6) as the starting base STR for Halflings (and would house rule that anything above 16 would cost 2 pts per pt.)

[prestidigitator]

Same strength-to-weight ratio as humans. Half the height. -5 Str, as Power, so 5 starting, 15 NCM.