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#posco'sburrow2013

it's funny cuz Aris made that

Anyways, I'm thinking we're gonna need a new layout for the new Halfling area. So I gave it a shot cause why not (it might be crap).

 

Green = Forest and Shizz

 

Yellow = Farms and whatnot

 

Orange = Lil' Halfling landmark maybe a statue or something

 

Light brown circle = Big inn (Some one come up with a name for it)

 

Red = Festival Area / Shops

 

Dark Brown Turds = Burrows

 

Grey = Docks

 

Blue dot near the wheat field = Mill/storage area

 

Purple dot near lake = Water Mill/ Place to rent lil boats and fishing rods

 

I loveeee it

Here is my take on a burrow, based on the pic I sent earlier. Sorry no fancy texture.

 

 

 

P.S Benny make a burrows section in the main topic as well. But I like shift's burrow design much better and I think that should be the new style, at least for the larger burrows. 

Shift's burrow looks fantastic, but it's a bit huge for even a bigger burrow.

I for one think we should go with this burrow design:

But I mean Aris' first idea is cool too

Posco makes a few changes to the posters. All of the flyers now read.

"The Hollyfrost Brewery is now under temporary use new ownership, and is up and running once again! Brewing will start immediately, and you will once again be able to have the most delicious ale in Lenfarthing, brewed and aged 'til perfection! Stop on by today!"

-Gamle Irongut, Brewmaster and perfume user of the Hollyfrost Brewery

Eh, why not.

Forum Name :: Felonious (Posco Bramble)

MC Name :: gorgo_empire

In-Character Area of RP :: Lenfarthing and erryting having to do with Halflings

Time spent on the forums :: Way more than I should.

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Your character's race and subrace: Halfling

Posco chuckles and cheers as he continues stuffing himself with cake.

((OH GOD I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING))

"T'is very kind Posco, bu' I'd very much rathe' ye be Elde'. I can do work withou' such titles, nor am I deservin' o' it"

 

Richard writes a note, crossing out his name

"Posco"

"Course ye deservin' o' i'! Ye do more work 'en te curren' Elders!"

With a sigh, Posco adds onto his original note.

"I vote fer Rich. But if he don't wanna 'come an Elder, I vote fer Yokey."

Posco read over the notice, sighing as he reads over the pinned note.

"Never 'eard o' tis Eldon fellah. Don' tink a burrowless 'Alflin' would make a good Elder."

He pins a note below Eldon's.

"I vote fer Rich."

Everything in Lenfarthing is free (that includes burrows) which is why Halflings don't care for minas, the Elders are the leaders and basically there word is final, we aren't particularly fond of adventuring, and we get up to lots of light hearted shenanigans. Most of us don't lock our stuff ('cuz community and all that) and shovels tend to be the only weapons wielded. 

The old pale artist quickly smiles, and begins to draw in hasty, and large strokes, a large smile on his face. once he finishes, he hoplds up a portrait.

((OH MY GAWD THIS IS SO PERFECTLY BEAUTIFUL))

Posco chuckles as he hands the man the minas and takes the portrait.

"Looks jus' bally like me! I'll 'ave 'o 'ave an ale wit ye a' sum poin'!"

After another quick nod and a smile he skips back to his home, admiring the beautiful portrait all the while.

A council could work, but that might rely on the entire council being on at the same time, and as there really aren't too many active Halflings it might take a while to get stuff done. The good thing about the Elder system is that (when they're active) stuff gets done pretty quick.

I think the less mountains around the village the better, though that could just be me being stupid.

Edit: The Elder system works for the most part, they just need to be more active.

edit: perhaps you could extend the mountain around to block the water off from the main part of the village. Perhaps you could have three peaks like the ones we have now.

That could work, but we probably don't want the (hopefully small) village completely blocked off by mountains from one side. We probably wanna make this Halfling village a lot easier to find.

"Fifty and it's yours."

"Alrigh' 'en! Fif'y minas i' is."

The Halfling grumbles as he counts up the minas in his coat pocket.

"Eh, 'ow's 'bou' four'y fer te ting?"

A chubby little Halfling approaches the vendor, keeping his eye on  the violin and bow

"'Ow much fer te fiddle?"

Hob stabs a spider with an Elvish blade while adventuring with a party of Dwarves and a Wizard.

Posco shivers and frowns as he feels his jimmies being rustled.

Posco looks over the post uninterested till he notices the painting.

"OH DEAR PUMPKIN LORD!"

As he runs away from the poster trembling with fear and sobbing like a baby, he shouts to himself.

"TERE AIN' NAY SUCH TING AS A MUNCHKIN, TERE AIN' NAY SUCH TING AS A MUNCHKIN!"

The drawing fuels Posco's vivid nightmares till the end of his days.

Halfling first names tend to be either typical American/British names or really odd sounding Hobbit names usually chosen from one of the many Hobbit name generators. Some good example would be stuff like Oscar, Bertie, or Walter. Or, if you're using the name generator something like: Bodo, Dimple, or something slightly sillier like Hamson.

Last names are a lot funner, as you can just combine two things that sound vaguely like something you would find in the countryside and you got yourself a last name. Of course you could always just use the generator. You could also try to tailor the name into what your character is interested in, like if your character smokes a lot his last name could be "Pigpipe" or "Pipetrotter", of course it's all up to you. 

So some full Halfling names could be:

Bertie Pigpipe

Goldie Shroomdigger

Rosie Wooster

Samson Merryturf

A chubby little Halfling, named Posco, waddles up to the artist with a smile and wave he greets the man.

"Wha' ho, big un! I was wonderin' ye could draw me, ye know sos I could 'en buy i' from ye."

After a quick nod, Posco goes fishing into his pockets for some minas.

((He's a chubby little Halfling with curly brown hair and a little scruffy goatee. Oh and he'll usually be smiling.))

Or you could use my avatar as a reference

Deputy Posco Bramble scowls and scratches his beard.

"Wot kind o' bloody blasted 'anged fool would kidnap children? And an 'Alflin' no less!"

Shaking his head, Posco scrounges up the few minas he has. 

"Wonder wha' type o' bird can carry 'ha' much money ..."

What if we all made event proposals centered around the Halflings? Of course anyone who wanted to could show up, but we could just make a bunch of event proposals that take place in Lenfarthing.

Also VALON, YOU ECCENTRIC GENIUS, GO GET THAT MAN-FROG LORE IMPLEMENTED!

IF a halfing couple are having a kid or something I'll be a halfling.

 

The reason I (and possibly others) don't want to play a halfling is because halflings are more or less contained in one town. Lenfarthing or whatever. This makes it hard for us to just make a halfling and walk into Lenfarthing. It'd make sense that Halflings come from Lenfarthing, right? So where did this halfling that's new come from? It's awkward, and the halfling doesn't know anyone so why bother continuing. 

 

Know what I"m sayin'!?

That's actually a pretty simple thing to solve. Either say that your parents were weird improper Halflings from a big un city, don't talk about your past, or say that you lived in a little secluded burrow outside of Lenfarthing. If you're a Halfling and you at least try to follow the lore, we'll welcome you with open arms and we probably wont care about what slightly iffy sounding past you came up with.

If you want to meet other Halflings in Lenfarthing, just stick around the Inn. You're bound to meet the active Halflings and get some RP going. But if you really want to make a Halfling that knows some people and makes sense within the lore, just PM one of the active Halflings and ask if you can be a cousin, brother, or some other relative. Most of us would probably love to add a member to our little Halfling family tree.