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[!] Darn, these halfling tavern advertisements just won't end! Why must they fill your aviary every year? T'a 2nd Drinking Night! ~An ol' gathering of people for cooking in Hayhollow~ The Tippen's Tavern opens its doors for ye weary travelers and weefolks alike once more! Free drinks will be provided as usual, and special brews will be brewed just for the occassion. May we drink to our hearts content! Knox bless the tavern, Knox bless the shire, Knox bless Hayhollow! ~Mimosa Applefoot, Mayor of Hayhollow-Bywater. ((6:30 PM EST Tomorrow on Sunday the 18th of December, 2022. Located within Hayhollow-Bywater, the home of the halflings on Almaris: ))

Never did I think someone would make LoTC-specific grindstone lore. Just add a redline that the flywheels can’t store power forever and it should be good.

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[!] Another one of these halfling tabloid 'newspapers' finds its way into your aviary mailbox once again. You really ought to send a formal complaint. T'a Hay Herald: Volume 10 ~Who even reads these?~ Contents: ~GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE!~ ~The Tippens Tavern Opens!~ ~Is that beans & toast I smell?~ ~GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE~ ~The state of the big-folk economy~ The entire biggun economy has COMPLETELY COLLAPSED! The auctioneering guild & associated gnomish and elven merchants have all gone bankrupt, leaving behind thousands of unemployed mine & factory workers who can no longer use their services to sell goods. Homelessness and poverty have skyrocketed worldwide, and many are at risk of famine in arid regions. Thankfully, the shire is completely unaffected thanks to the ingenious economic system of "Bernardist Thought" that originated way back in Dunshire, where all halflings contribute what they can and take what they need from the collective. This has kept things running more or less smoothly in Hayhollow, apart from temporary shortages in rare earth metals such as gold and magic-stone. It will be some time until supply lines are able to recover. While new trade routes for gold and magic-stone are expected to open up with the Dwarves in coming years, our shire is left on its own economically more than ever as even barter is hard to operate when so many potential trade partners languish in poverty. ~The Tippens Root Tavern Opens!~ ~The well stocked shelves of the Hayhollow tavern~ In better news, the Tippens Root Tavern has opened, offering FREE DRINKS on annual Drinking Nights to all of its customers. On normal business days, of course, travelers must barter for their drinks. This tavern will dramatically grow the Hayhollow economy and offer employment for many! I for one am very excited to see this tavern grow with us in these coming years. ~Is that beans & toast I smell?~ ~The Gnomish Oven 2000 roars away!~ In a unique display of our ancient halfling culture, a Bake-off was recently held here in Hayhollow-Bywater, with several halflings and big-folks alike in attendance! All contestants' meals were submitted to none other than the Thain King Cyris himself! As the greatest halfling family to have ever existed, of course, the winners of both categories (sweet and savory) were both Applefoots: me and my daughter Rosebud! This has been the tenth edition of the Hay Herald! Mimosa Applefoot, signing off!

[!] You find a letter floating through the wind. It hits you in the face comically, forcing you to read it! Drinking Night! ~It's quite cozy in here~ My daughter, Rosebud Applefoot, has constructed a WONDERFUL tavern for us here in Hayhollow-Bywater! With a warm hearth, smoking lounge, and splendid bar-counter, this tavern is sure to amuse and guaranteed to fill your mug with beer 'till the cows come home! Thus, I announce a day of FREE DRINKS in the Tippen's Tavern, named after the Tippens Root gifted to us from a kind biggun in the tavern's first ever opening hours. Let us drink until we reach the bottoms of our mugs and them some! ~Mimosa Applefoot, local halfling and Mayor of Hayhollow-Bywater. ((5 PM EST, TOMORROW on Sunday the 11th of December, 12/11/2022 ))

Grohnst the Olog arises from his slumber, a few furs falling off of him "Da tWigGies nUb'hoZh aGin? Nubz newz... nuffin' DifFreN'..." he'd go back to sleep, chewing on his most flavorful bedtime storybook as he counts pebbles in his dreams.

[!] Another note is pinned to the notice tree of Hayhollow. Cooking wi' Mimosa! Lo dere! I'm Mimosa Applefoot, t'a best halfling chef in all of Almaris, and welcome to my kitchen! I'm looking for only the best and bravest chefs in all of Hayhollow to compete in a cook-off of the century! May the best chef, WIN! Categories: -Fish & Meat -Salad -Baked Goods Only the best will win the GRAND APPLEFOOT PIE, the final reward! ~Mimosa Applefoot, local halfling and Mayor of Hayhollow-Bywater. ((8 pm est, TOMORROW on Friday the 9th of December, 12/9/2022. Located within Hayhollow, the home of the gnomes and halflings))

It depends on what you are building. Villages and towns are fine built by hand. Capital cities and huge PvP castles might be a bit trickier. It's funny when you can tell that something was made on a build server just by walking around it. A big sign for me is that creative-paste houses never have conveniently placed crafting tables, a flaw that'd be quickly noticed and corrected if it was made by hand instead. Also depends on what kinda vibe you are going for. Some build styles just shouldn't be made outside of creative mode. In general, when it comes to hand building, simpler is better because it means things get built faster (avoiding the problem of stuff staying under construction for too long), there's less disconnect between stuff made by top-tier builders and newbies, you don't have to grind as many expensive build materials (seriously some building styles are STUPID expensive, I HATE log walls I HATE log walls), etc. If you try to use a creative mode style for hand building it'll be pretty obvious so don't do that. You DON'T build the same when you are building by hand vs in a build server for a paste (or at least you SHOULDN'T!). ~Willow Hollow circa 2016~ Hand building is why old halfling villages look super EPIC! I need to revive old halfling hand-building styles and techniques so bad man..... creative mode has corrupted us

CRP Hacked clients will be a thing in the future

Y’all remember Electrical Evocation? The one that was THE magic meta back in the day?

how do you pronounce tomatoes

I'd like to know your opinion on the Halfling Slice-of-Life Hour events I used to run, where I'd pick a time for halflings to log online and simulate a day in the life of their character, waking up, eating breakfast, heading out and working on something, etc. That's how I expanded upon halfling farm & artisan RP back in the day before it faded out due to a lack of interest. Perhaps I should bring that back, or maybe people prefer more structured formats instead of free-form "simulate a day of your character's life!" sort of things, idk.

~Halfling farm RP amenities, the threshing floor!~ The halfling roleplay niche & style was made organically in starting in 2011. It is currently 2022, and it's very obvious that never once did anybody make a full culture write-up for halflings with specific traditions and practices. This is why "proper" halflings are determined mostly by what they DON'T do rather than what they DO do (no minas, no locks, no shoes, no swords, etc.), and due to many changes over the years, a lot of these cultural taboos aren't even followed anymore (Hayhollow has minas shops and many burrows have locked chests)! While great strides have been made in recent years to create and record halfling cultural elements (such as the halfling religion, which went from a total meme into an actual fleshed out set of beliefs thanks to @TakeMeT0TheFae), much remains to be done and many interesting bits of halfling culture have either been lost to time over leadership & village transitions or were never expanded upon in the first place. Furthermore, the old halfling roleplay niche of "Small, quaint, chill community that doesn't do wars and raids" isn't very unique anymore, what with LOTC as a whole going through dry spells with barely any warfare or significant player conflict. Back in 2018 there would always be massive influxes of new halflings whenever huge wars started up & players made halflings to ride out the storm. This simply isn't the case anymore. This is why I hope to finish the project I started in the summer of 2021 and redefine halflings as something BETTER! We don't have a huge population, but there are events & roleplay niches that work best in smaller settings, and I believe that is what we ought to focus on. My current idea is to focus halflings around farming RP much more than usual and run several farm-focused events every week (planting, harvesting, threshing & milling grain, work with animals, etc.) and lean into the productive & work-RP side of halflings. On top of more cultural lore posts, this should (hopefully) make halflings far more interesting! I'd like to see your thoughts on the matter! This feedback thread is geared towards both halflings and non-halflings alike.

That landscape background looks really good woah.

This is really good! My character doesn’t wear shoes or boots, however, so maybe try running this again with shoeless or some negative -shoes -boots prompts?

Short halfling, green clothes, maroon hair, pastoral landscape artwork.

[!] Another note is pinned to the Hayhollow-Bywater Notice-tree First Election Results! Good evenin', halflings and gnomes of the shire! The results are in, and our new leadership rises strong! ~Sheriff~ Nob: 6 Ja'Runk'Ungri: 0 ~Mayor~ Mimosa: 6 Bill the Fox: 1 Let us welcome the newly re-elected Mayor, Mimosa Applefoot, and the new Sheriff, Nob! Knox bless Hayhollow! 𝅘𝅥My Shire t'is of thee Sweet land o' liberty O' ye I sing. Land where t'a ancien's died, Land o' t'a farmer's pride, From ev'reh hillock-side, Let freedom ring!𝅘𝅥

[!] You find something in your aviary mailbox Ye are invited to Supper! ~The remodeled interior of the Applefoot burrow~ Ye be invited to a humble supper 'n the Applefoot burrow! Head on o'er up the hillside upon this next comin' Pumpkin Day and knock on the burrow door to be served good booze, warm meals, and a sweet dessert! Cheese WILL be on the menu, so bring your own crackers if you have any! Special invitations for: ~All halflings~ ~All gnomes~ ~All honorary halflings (especially Nemea)~ ~Abragan and the other plains folks~ ~That one Ceowulf friend of his~ Be there and ye'll have a wondrous time, I promise! ~Mimosa Applefoot, local halfling of Hayhollow-Bywater ((4 PM EST, tomorrow on Saturday the 3rd of December, 2022))