The bit about the Strikers targeting Baron von Hendricks (and the diplomatic problems it causes for Duke Stefan) makes me imagine the Duke sending the Shires an exasperated note: 'If you're going to cause an international incident, at least kill the man so I don't have to make nice with him later.'
He's probably tempted, but would only actually send that if he *really* meant it, because I'm pretty sure that the Strikers both could and would. Could be an interesting plot point or adventure seed.
Yeah, but don't confuse surprise with endurance. A lot of people bad-mouthing the bucketheads forget just how bad the fuzzballs fared once the troops got over the shock.
Yes! House 2 is one of my favorites and Bill the electrician makes a greater impact in 5 minutes than most characters in a whole film. Also, that was a quality overview of what makes for a unique military organization in the Known World. Wish there was more on how Denial helps the Hin cover some of their weaknesses, but I guess that is up to creative players.
The Hin hit different compared to most of the other halflings. Just wondering about those oar-powered galleys... I would imagine that given the size of the Hin, they'd be better served by larger sailing ships, with nice aft and forecastles to repel boarders. More like the Great Ships of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Mary Rose, Sovereign of the Seas. Granted, those had cannons, too.
They're closer to book-accurate Hobbits than any other D&D setting's halflings are, but being Mystara have a bit of their own flavor and a _tiny bit_ more fight just because they can't be _as_ secluded from the violent surroundings.
@@RoninCatholic There is definitely a Scouring of the Shire FAFO energy with the Hin, but where they differ is that the wanderlust is typical for the Hin, while it is atypical for the Hobbits. This in turn means that the Hin go straight from FA to FO, no Horn of Rohan needed, and being much more efficient at it thanks to their experience and weapons from the adventuring days, so they are much closer to Merry and Pippin than to an average hobbit. Granted, the Tooks went 'F that noise' and started the guerilla warfare as soon as the Ruffians started ruffianing. And the Tooks have always been described as more 'restless' than the average hobbit.
I feel like this just reinforces my thoughts about how halflings in typical D&D settings can almost always be replaced by goblins without any change whatsoever. Okay, maybe a bit more pyromania, but that's the Pathfinder 1e talking. I dunno, just from the start of my D&D playing way back when, I never saw the point of halflings, aside from the pandering to Tolkien-obsessives, but that's held fantasy back more than it's enriched it...
Personally I always wanted to just drop Halflings and use Gnomes as your hobbit-standins among player characters, but with actual mage options that'd be inappropriate to Tolkien-themed hobbits. I'm also growing ever more fond of making ugly humanoid monsters like ogres, trolls, goblins, and orcs exclusively evil and building the world around that...getting really sick of the "everyone is roughly equal shades of gray" morality that's been all the rage for a few decades, much as I love being a big dumb brute with an intimidating visage. My own primary setting seems to be dropping all the standard nonhumans in favor of a wide variety of beastmen as I develop it. I love elves and dwarves, but people have slightly less fixed expectations of cheetahs and polar bears and crocodiles.
@@templarw20 Not for literal demons or soulless undead. I've grown weary of being beaten over the head with the "exceptions" to the slavering horde of cannibalistic, rapist slavers happening to somehow occasionally churn out exactly enough innocents or people who just randomly decided to rebel against their evil society by being good to say "See? We're just like you, we have free will and stuff" and try to make me feel guilty about killing them by the hundreds or the thousands. It's _lazy_ storytelling and it kills the fun of having an adventure about being a cool good guy fighting against bad guys and winning.
@@RoninCatholic Not talking demons and undead, dude. Talking all the various "savage" races that lazy writers say "they're different, feel free to kill them." So yeah, I'll take the heroic orcs and the friendly goblins rather than the "barbarian horde" BS.
For some reason I'm picturing the Hin using pikes by wielding it as a _team_ . Maybe it's 'cause I've read _The Dark Eye_ , where this is one of the ways their dwarves (who also double as Halflings in one of their cultures) have slain dragons in the past.
The bit about the Strikers targeting Baron von Hendricks (and the diplomatic problems it causes for Duke Stefan) makes me imagine the Duke sending the Shires an exasperated note: 'If you're going to cause an international incident, at least kill the man so I don't have to make nice with him later.'
He's probably tempted, but would only actually send that if he *really* meant it, because I'm pretty sure that the Strikers both could and would. Could be an interesting plot point or adventure seed.
Don't equate fierceness and size, that's how Storm Troop learned to fear the darkness.
Yeah, but don't confuse surprise with endurance. A lot of people bad-mouthing the bucketheads forget just how bad the fuzzballs fared once the troops got over the shock.
The "tennis match" clip was a thing of beauty.
Yes! House 2 is one of my favorites and Bill the electrician makes a greater impact in 5 minutes than most characters in a whole film. Also, that was a quality overview of what makes for a unique military organization in the Known World. Wish there was more on how Denial helps the Hin cover some of their weaknesses, but I guess that is up to creative players.
Brilliant! Your choice of video clips is inspired in this one. 😂
Doesn’t hurt that the hin are one of my all time favorite races.
The Hin hit different compared to most of the other halflings.
Just wondering about those oar-powered galleys... I would imagine that given the size of the Hin, they'd be better served by larger sailing ships, with nice aft and forecastles to repel boarders. More like the Great Ships of the 16th and early 17th centuries. Mary Rose, Sovereign of the Seas. Granted, those had cannons, too.
They're closer to book-accurate Hobbits than any other D&D setting's halflings are, but being Mystara have a bit of their own flavor and a _tiny bit_ more fight just because they can't be _as_ secluded from the violent surroundings.
@@RoninCatholic There is definitely a Scouring of the Shire FAFO energy with the Hin, but where they differ is that the wanderlust is typical for the Hin, while it is atypical for the Hobbits. This in turn means that the Hin go straight from FA to FO, no Horn of Rohan needed, and being much more efficient at it thanks to their experience and weapons from the adventuring days, so they are much closer to Merry and Pippin than to an average hobbit.
Granted, the Tooks went 'F that noise' and started the guerilla warfare as soon as the Ruffians started ruffianing. And the Tooks have always been described as more 'restless' than the average hobbit.
I feel like this just reinforces my thoughts about how halflings in typical D&D settings can almost always be replaced by goblins without any change whatsoever. Okay, maybe a bit more pyromania, but that's the Pathfinder 1e talking. I dunno, just from the start of my D&D playing way back when, I never saw the point of halflings, aside from the pandering to Tolkien-obsessives, but that's held fantasy back more than it's enriched it...
Personally I always wanted to just drop Halflings and use Gnomes as your hobbit-standins among player characters, but with actual mage options that'd be inappropriate to Tolkien-themed hobbits. I'm also growing ever more fond of making ugly humanoid monsters like ogres, trolls, goblins, and orcs exclusively evil and building the world around that...getting really sick of the "everyone is roughly equal shades of gray" morality that's been all the rage for a few decades, much as I love being a big dumb brute with an intimidating visage.
My own primary setting seems to be dropping all the standard nonhumans in favor of a wide variety of beastmen as I develop it. I love elves and dwarves, but people have slightly less fixed expectations of cheetahs and polar bears and crocodiles.
@@RoninCatholic less "shades of gray" and more "oh... having races be inherently evil is pretty shitty world building."
@@templarw20 Not for literal demons or soulless undead. I've grown weary of being beaten over the head with the "exceptions" to the slavering horde of cannibalistic, rapist slavers happening to somehow occasionally churn out exactly enough innocents or people who just randomly decided to rebel against their evil society by being good to say "See? We're just like you, we have free will and stuff" and try to make me feel guilty about killing them by the hundreds or the thousands.
It's _lazy_ storytelling and it kills the fun of having an adventure about being a cool good guy fighting against bad guys and winning.
@@RoninCatholic Not talking demons and undead, dude. Talking all the various "savage" races that lazy writers say "they're different, feel free to kill them." So yeah, I'll take the heroic orcs and the friendly goblins rather than the "barbarian horde" BS.
@@RoninCatholic well if you followed Tolkien only angels and the odd elf would have mage options.
For some reason I'm picturing the Hin using pikes by wielding it as a _team_ .
Maybe it's 'cause I've read _The Dark Eye_ , where this is one of the ways their dwarves (who also double as Halflings in one of their cultures) have slain dragons in the past.
Duke Stefan really does go too easy on his cousin...
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Dude, what's with the argument going on in the background?
Daughter chatting in her room. Shouldn't have been audible. Mic is directional, need to check the settings
@@Mr_Welch Yeah, it was pretty loud.
Mr. Welch having a daughter is a far greater revelation to me than it probably should be.
Sounds like an angry Hen, yelling at him for talking shit about the Hen
When the Smurfs meet the Viet cong.
Not to be a jerk but it's CAV-alry not CAL-vary. Cavalry on men on horses. Calvary is where they crucified Jesus.