Imagine being a dm and the first three of 5 boars consecutively roll a nat 1 on their first attacking roll. The first three were supposed to suprise them and the other two were supposed to be an extra suprise. Instead the first three all dashed towards the party and tripped leaving every single one of the prone in melee range 😂
Or Fjord's three sandbags in a row. Though wouldn't the "reroll a 1" mean that you'd reroll the new 1? I'd put that one up to the DM to answer, giving you either 1/20 the fumblefails or none at all.
It honestly took me a second because my brain wanted to auto complete "Hob-Goblin" and then wen "Well that doesn't make sen... ohhhh". I am the worst nerd. Sorry Tolkien.
@@browncoatkevin Hobbit in this sense was invented by Tolkien (he also uses the term halfling, though). There are a handful of references for the word hobbit or close facsimiles prior to him, but only as a synonym for bogeyman or hobgoblin or similar-not as anything like a Middle Earth hobbit or D&D halfling. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit_(word) discusses some of those.
Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes gives some great insight into Halfling culture. Instead of conventional treasures, halflings tend to prize and collect artefacts related to great triumphs or stories. "This is the very rock Billiwick the Brave threw at the stone giant!" or "Why, this is Roswyn Ticklefoot's plate from the Great Feast of Mordeg's Demise!" It's easy to find a mundane item related to the adventures you have, so when you learn to think like a halfling, you always get great loot!
id like to see him play a bard of the college of tragedy (a subclass matt is building/plans on building since he got the idea on one of the live talks machina/interviews)
Apparently he planed to bring in a Halfling Monk as a backup character if Vax died (earlier) in the previous campaign. He would have been an Ashari widower sent by Keyleth's father to help her with her grief.
I know the Handbook. I use it all the time... but I also enjoy these videos. Anyone else watch for entertainment value just as much as reference or refresh?
I honestly think their ability to reroll 1's might be the most powerful racial ability in the game. The only other things I might think come close are variant humans for the feat or half orcs for the chance to stay up in combat a little longer, but that Halfling reroll seems to save halflings from failures a lot.
@@fieldy409 rerolling ones sure is cool, but doesn’t even come Close to Elven accuracy, which halflings well, unsurprisingly, cannot pick. In 5e there are two kinds of races - high Elves, halfelves, variant humans and everything else, inferior to them.
@@KL-ho2uy I like the idea of non-combat oriented characters. What class did you roll with? All of them have innate combat abilities, so it's also hard to role-play a normal dude who left their old life behind to become a stronger normal dude.
@@Falsimer I have a divination wizard for the re rolls and lucky feat. Basically he just trys to talk his way out of everything and is incompitent at everything else.
Currently playing a lightfoot halfling mastermind rogue, hit level 4 and took the bountiful luck feat. Bonus action giving allies advantage on attacks rolls within 30 feet while also using my reaction to negate their 1s. Never have I seen party members so determined to keep the little luck and advantage buff-bot alive. Outside of combat they get to do all the roguey things.
Classic- halfling rouge, halforc barbarian, dwarven cleric, elf wizard, and human fighter. Edit: i did nott requeat this much attention. Back to the shadows for me.
Rolling a halfling monk is the best thing you could ever play. Watch ogres get super mad as they spin around and around trying to find you only to come to a state of shock and confusion as a tiny foot kicks them square in the jaw. Please treat yourself and play a halfling. PLEASE.
Halflings have always been one of my favorite races and they dont get nearly enough love, a fighter halfling with a crossbow is a force to be reckoned with. The Greatest Adventure is what lies ahead.
Celestial Warlock halfling w/ criminal background helping the almost animal/childlike primal positive energy entity inside him grow and mature into something kinder was a good choice and personal redemption/discovery choice.
Halfling has been my go-to since my first DND game when I had no clue what DND was but I loved the LOTR series. Now that I’m a DM, I love to have halfling NPCs.
People seriously underestimate how much fun a Halfling can be. One of my favorite concepts is the "machine-gun" concept. Play a rogue, hide behind your resident meat-shield (fighter, barbarian, paladin...) and shoot around them with a cross-bow. And, for extra flair, make a custom hearse with handles to put your feet on so that you can look over their back! You're essentially a shoulder-mounted turret at that point.
That moment when you realize that Liam was the one to make the Halfling video so we didn't catch on to Nott's secret origins as a Halfling reincarnated as a Goblin
Be a Halfling Wild Magic Sorcerer and take the Lucky, Bountiful Luck, and Second Chance feats to become almost as lucky as Charmalaine, Halfling Goddess of Luck! (Make them your patron deity for bonus points)
if you want to make your DM scream at you because of how many times you can get to roll/reroll try halfling divination school wizard with of course the corresponding feats if allowed between the dice rolling and then divination spells the DM might hate you the dex and constitution are always usefull for a wizard too!
@@gantzplayer.n.m4410 I'm aware of the potency of Portent, however, it is not typically a good idea to go quite that far... Also Wild Magic feels more thematic and better suited to be a Luck-Bender, and Sorcerer gets proficiency in Constitution saves to better maintain concentration, and Metamagic can be applied to taste. Personally, I like Empower, Subtle, and Careful spell
@@baldrdash5062 yes, indeed i do, Willow the sorcerer.. vanquisher of Queen Bavmorda.. and friend to the greatest swordsman in the world, Martigan the mad.
I love playing my halfing druid so much she's just a ball of sunshine and hecking fun to play. these videos are so helpful honestly i've learnt so much from them
I'm currently playing a happy-go-lucky lightfoot halfling bard. It's a big change to be playing a curious, enthusiastic character, because most of the characters I write are angry and sarcastic.
I have a halfling wizard in a game I'm in. Every time he rolls a one almost without a skipped beat he would just go "I'm a halfling" and reroll. Unless it was for the daily portent. Then the real fun begins.
I think the double ones were a reference to Liam himself. In particular the time he rolled double 1's to avoid being caught by Vex leaving Keyleth's room.
the luck trait is like having a feat at lvl 1. not to mention with xanathars luck feat as well as lucky feat, you are practically the most useful player.
If you roll a halfling wizard, you also get the Ritual Caster feat for free (because wizards). My human wizard, Level 1, thus has the equivalent of two feats, and taking Tough added onto his +3 CON modifier means he doesn't have the fewest HP in the group (guaranteed 6 per level, max of 11).
@@starcrafter13terran It not broken if you have relatively full adventuring days. Three rerolls isn't that many in the grand scheme of things if you're doing 3+ encounters per day. Sure if more than one member of the party takes it that gets a bit ridiculous, but lots of the combat feats are easily just as good.
@@agilemind6241 That's what a lot of things come down to in 5e. The concept of the adventuring day is one of the reasons making challenging combats is so hard, because that's just not the way most people run the game.
Literally playing a halfling tonight for the first time in ages (also just getting to play for the first time in ages since I normally dm). Looking forward to representing the brave small-folk!
I wanna preface this with I’m a visual learner and suck at maths but I finally understand how to calculate skill checks and saving throws from the + animations you guys did so thank you so much !!
Was a DM for my very first DnD game lately and honestly the Lightfoot-Hafling Rogue of the group as our MVP. Character was reserved by nature but a line of natural 20's made everything they did look effortlessly easy. Even more fun when the other members of the group only rolled laughably low throughout the game!
I loved playing a Halfling Monk, Way of the Dunken Master. A lot of fun to RP, plus extra movement and not provoking opportunity attacks after Flurry of Blows meant I could roll throughout the battlefield.
I love halflings! One of my greatest characters is a halfling, started almost 30 years ago in AD&D. He adventured his way into the hearts and memories of many fine campaigns and parties.
I'm so used to Liam's voice delivering speeches about "vengeance" and "darkness" and "retribution". Feels weird to hear him sound so positive for once :)
This made me love the idea of playing a halfling. I’ve been playing goblin for the ‘underdog effect’, but right now I’m looking at rolling up a halfling for my next character.
I’ve been trying to role up a old bard hafling that spent the majority of his life as a guard in a port city until a close call with an axe made him want to retire, see the world and finally learn to play the flute before he dies. He is essentially Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon in attitude.
Halflings are by far my most favourite race in D&D. Halfling Luck is just so good to not want to take all the time, even if they don't have Darkvision.
I was a halfling cleric in my first campaign!! They're so much fun, and that halfling nimbleness definitely came in handy when the party would pick fights in the worst terrain they could find
Of course Liam would value Halfling Luck as the best part. It sounds does indeed great. Advantage against poison and fear plus a CON bonus sounds Stouts are tough little guys. However, I"d say my favorite part of this is how Liam started with the roleplay value and seamlessly transitioned into the mechanics. A perfect blend.
Halfling roll-call! My current halfling character is Yahtzee Longshanks, Chaotic Neutral Celestial Warlock. After making a deal to free a captive unicorn from the slave pen of his cruel master, Yahtzee now travels the land, providing comfort to the dispossessed and grifting everyone else with his healing hands and silver tongue.
Halfing conjuration wizard Reed Teatopple. Can conjure a stepping stole whenever he needs one. The slightly evil man is obsessed with planes and is bored with shire living, wanting to explore the powerful and weird. Partied with his good friend the halfling barbarian, Reed Tealeaf (names were not planned together) who wanted to be a wizard as well, but just couldn't quite cut it. And that fact makes him oh so angry. They became Big Reed and Reed One, as neither wanted to be the second of the two Reeds.
My first D&D character was a halfling druid, Euphemia Leafspinner, who was scared of everything. I also have a bard, Primrose Thornholler, waiting for the right game. And then there was the rogue pre-gen with the Folk Hero background I played at a conference game that's begging to be fleshed out into a full character... I think I may have a type.
I'm currently playing a lightfoot halfling bard, Hala Underleaf. She's almost annoyingly cheerful and enthusiastic, if rather insecure, and has a huge fascination with heroes, but spends most of her time acting as tactician and morality chain for her angry paladin friend.
i would just like to thank liam and this video because inspired by this video to make my new character a halfling, and our waterdeep adventure would not be the same without her
I'm currently playing as a stout halfling monk, and it's the best decision I have ever made when it comes to characters. I've loved all the characters I played, but I'm having so much fun with this one. Sassy, curious, adventurous and maybe a tad bit violent.
Played a halfling barbarian once for a one-shot named Sean Bloodbadger. He was so freaking fun with both high Dexterity and high Strength, he dodged most of the attacks that went his way and wrecked house with his lovely battleaxe, Matilda. Landed a near killing blow to the boss. Too much fun.
Also, if you have advantage on a roll and get 1 on either (or both) dice, Lucky let’s you reroll each 1 on a die once and still use the larger number from the advantage. Of course, that also applies to disadvantage rolls, so after your Lucky rerolls, you take the lowest.
Mippin the Bear. A ghostwise halfling Barbarian sporting a great two-handed axe almost his size and a beard because he was raised by Dwarfs. A blast to play.
There are also 3 other halfling "sub races" You have the Ghostwise, which can be found in page 110 of the sword coast adventurer's guid (they make pretty good monks if I do say so myself). Then you have the the mark of healing, and the mark of hospitality which can be found in Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron, on pages 98-100.
Working out a halfling Sword Bard soon...background as an Urban Bounty Hunter. Personality-wise, they fulfill pretty much your typical halfling...charming, friendly, charismatic... And just when you guard is down...whack!...crack goes the quarterstaff. It isn't anything personal...they're actually the most hospitable bounty hunter you'll ever meet.
There are also the Ghostwise Halflings from the Swordcoast Guide, halflings so reclusive and shy of the world that they have inherent telepathy. As for my favourite Halfling, it must be my Catalina Hilltopple, the Stout Halfling Fighter. Nothing beats a Combat Master that can get in between the legs of their enemies, and completely ignore the enemy frontline while running at the Enemy magician. Mobility and Shield Master feats are highly recommended.
Possibly my favorite character I've ever built is a halfling 'luck manipulator'.I rolled REALLY crap stats and what I decided was that despite being told I could reroll, I would take them, and use this build I'd had in mind for a good while. See below if you're interested. Halflings naturally have some luck, but they also have a few racial feats that expand upon luck even more so. And there's the normal Lucky feat. If your scores are just bad... why not invest in not rolling bad and making others roll bad / good with these feats? Also, those advantages on fear and poison are tweaking more rolls in your favor if you're Stout. On top of that take 2 levels of Wizard to become a Diviner and know the results of two things of your choice in advance every day! You KNOW that you're going to win the arm wrestling contest and you KNOW the big bad is going to fail his save on the Druid's Polymorph. From there? Just go Bard. Bonus action to make rolls better for your friends! From there it's just a matter of picking Bard spells and 2 levels worth of Wizard spells that suit you- in my case ones that don't rely on my own numbers to be good like Magic Missile, Rope Trick, and Message. Pick up a familiar while you're at it- grant yourself dark vision despite being a halfling and have them use the help action for your allies in combat. A very useful character even if they're not amazing in raw stats. When push comes to shove they'll win or make sure you win. You can even grab the guidance and bless spells with magical secrets, and jack of all trades and expertise are always handy even in the hands of the mediocrely statted.
I made a halfling arcane trickster, who was a guild artisan alchemist, Varo is 2 foot 7 inches tall, he has purple eyes, ashen skin and his jet black hair is styled into a pompadour. he has two mastiffs one of them pulls his chariot and the other serves as a combat mount. absolutely awesome
I'd also add the expanded sub-race known as the Ghostwise Halflings. These are a nomadic group of halflings...a bit more of a warrior family. They gain a plus 1 Wisdom and roam in clans through the wilds. They can communicate telepathically (a skill fostered by their ancestors taking a vow of silence), and are known for riding giant owls...imagine a totally silent tribe of hostile halflings swooping down upon an unsuspecting enemy camp. It's like Frodo meets Rambo...Frambo. Frobo? Rodo...? ...it needs some work.
My character now is a Lightfoot Halfling Ranger, a Beastmaster with a goat as an animal companion. I absolutely adore her and that "reroll your 1's" has saved me countless times, hahah.
You forgot fighter! Halflings make incredible Dex based fighters, even considered making the gunslinger im playing to be halfling because of it. I didn't cause it personally though it would break the gun play a bit to much since i'm using a misfire 1 pistol so far.
I am playing a ghostwise halfling monk/rogue/warlock right now. I love playing her, especially since everyone underestimates her, and she plays that to her advantage.
"Rolling two Natural 1s is highly unlikely"
(Cries in Travis Willingham)
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I’ve done it...
*COUGH WIL WHEATON COUGH*
*raises hand*
Imagine being a dm and the first three of 5 boars consecutively roll a nat 1 on their first attacking roll. The first three were supposed to suprise them and the other two were supposed to be an extra suprise. Instead the first three all dashed towards the party and tripped leaving every single one of the prone in melee range 😂
I was a halfling barbarian in my first campaign and rolled at least 29 back to back 1’s
"Rolling two consecutive ones is not impossible" *Flashback to Vax's walk of shame*
Or Fjord's three sandbags in a row.
Though wouldn't the "reroll a 1" mean that you'd reroll the new 1? I'd put that one up to the DM to answer, giving you either 1/20 the fumblefails or none at all.
@@browncoatkevin If you roll a 1, you can reroll and MUST use the new roll, even if it is a 1.
Hob-
Uhhh I mean the legally distinct Halfling.
Hilariously, "hobbit" was the universal term for hobbit-like folk before Tolkien. "Halfling" came later because it became iconic to Middle-Earth.
It honestly took me a second because my brain wanted to auto complete "Hob-Goblin" and then wen "Well that doesn't make sen... ohhhh".
I am the worst nerd.
Sorry Tolkien.
Davvy????
@@browncoatkevin Hobbit in this sense was invented by Tolkien (he also uses the term halfling, though). There are a handful of references for the word hobbit or close facsimiles prior to him, but only as a synonym for bogeyman or hobgoblin or similar-not as anything like a Middle Earth hobbit or D&D halfling.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit_(word) discusses some of those.
D&D originally called them hobbits, but had to change it because Tolkien's estate was extremely litigious.
The Sad Travis drawing made my whole day
Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes gives some great insight into Halfling culture. Instead of conventional treasures, halflings tend to prize and collect artefacts related to great triumphs or stories. "This is the very rock Billiwick the Brave threw at the stone giant!" or "Why, this is Roswyn Ticklefoot's plate from the Great Feast of Mordeg's Demise!"
It's easy to find a mundane item related to the adventures you have, so when you learn to think like a halfling, you always get great loot!
i'd love to see liam in the next campaign make a nice halfling with a extremely brooding backstory
Or if Caleb bites the big one, then he could bring a halfling to this campaign :P
Super smiley on the outside, Caleb, Percy, Nott, and Vax mixed in a blender on the inside.
id like to see him play a bard of the college of tragedy (a subclass matt is building/plans on building since he got the idea on one of the live talks machina/interviews)
Apparently he planed to bring in a Halfling Monk as a backup character if Vax died (earlier) in the previous campaign. He would have been an Ashari widower sent by Keyleth's father to help her with her grief.
I'm playing a Halfling bard like that! Loads of fun
I know the Handbook. I use it all the time... but I also enjoy these videos.
Anyone else watch for entertainment value just as much as reference or refresh?
Me. I pretty much know it inside and out. Although there have been one or two things that made me go "Really? Huh."
Yeza was his name, the Halfling man!
@cannotthinkofaname Yes, I'm very sweet
One of the most underrated races in the game for sure
I honestly think their ability to reroll 1's might be the most powerful racial ability in the game. The only other things I might think come close are variant humans for the feat or half orcs for the chance to stay up in combat a little longer, but that Halfling reroll seems to save halflings from failures a lot.
@@fieldy409 rerolling ones sure is cool, but doesn’t even come Close to Elven accuracy, which halflings well, unsurprisingly, cannot pick.
In 5e there are two kinds of races - high Elves, halfelves, variant humans and everything else, inferior to them.
In 3.5 halflings were one of the main races everybody picked for certain character types (to the point of maybe being overrated... or overpowered).
Halflings and gnomes both. Someday people will understand that smol is justice.
I had a passive-aggressive halfling and a diplomatic dwarf. Its bit backwards.
I had a halfling that was a paladin monk. DIVINE FISTS OF FURY! ORA!
I currently have one thats a ship captain and literally just doesnt know how to fight.
@@KL-ho2uy I like the idea of non-combat oriented characters. What class did you roll with? All of them have innate combat abilities, so it's also hard to role-play a normal dude who left their old life behind to become a stronger normal dude.
@@Falsimer I have a divination wizard for the re rolls and lucky feat. Basically he just trys to talk his way out of everything and is incompitent at everything else.
This isn't backwards.
Currently playing a lightfoot halfling mastermind rogue, hit level 4 and took the bountiful luck feat. Bonus action giving allies advantage on attacks rolls within 30 feet while also using my reaction to negate their 1s. Never have I seen party members so determined to keep the little luck and advantage buff-bot alive. Outside of combat they get to do all the roguey things.
Your party must call you "Rabbit Foot", what with you being their good luck charm and all.
1:42 "The Halfling heart proves and endless font of kindness, empathy and courage"
*laughs in Dark Sun*
Classic- halfling rouge, halforc barbarian, dwarven cleric, elf wizard, and human fighter.
Edit: i did nott requeat this much attention. Back to the shadows for me.
Halfling Rouge. Is that a makeup product line?
Rogue! It is Rogue!
Elf RANGER is more of a classic
@@sddreviverjojoba7899 Not in D&D though
*hides lightfoot halfling swashbuckler*
Rolling a halfling monk is the best thing you could ever play. Watch ogres get super mad as they spin around and around trying to find you only to come to a state of shock and confusion as a tiny foot kicks them square in the jaw. Please treat yourself and play a halfling. PLEASE.
I have a ghostwise halfling cobalt soul monk currently and it's a lot of fun.
I'm surprised Liam loves halflings so much, considering that they're thieves. They're nasty, little thieves.
They stole from us...
Ok Gollum, calm down. Remember what happened the last time you tried to take back your "stolen goods." Lol.
This aged well, considering Caleb’s favorite thief is a halfling
WE HATES THEM! They stole from us. Nasty, smelly, little Baggins!
The concept of making a halfling bard with every luck feat is just so tempting
Halflings have always been one of my favorite races and they dont get nearly enough love, a fighter halfling with a crossbow is a force to be reckoned with.
The Greatest Adventure is what lies ahead.
Or a gun (from Matt Mercer's 'Gunslinger' Martial archetype). "Oh my gun jams on a roll of 1 does it? I'll just reroll that then."
@@andrewrawlings5220 I went Scout from Kits of Old for the Superiority dice that let you spike your AC and half damage.
Celestial Warlock halfling w/ criminal background helping the almost animal/childlike primal positive energy entity inside him grow and mature into something kinder was a good choice and personal redemption/discovery choice.
Halfling has been my go-to since my first DND game when I had no clue what DND was but I loved the LOTR series. Now that I’m a DM, I love to have halfling NPCs.
People seriously underestimate how much fun a Halfling can be. One of my favorite concepts is the "machine-gun" concept. Play a rogue, hide behind your resident meat-shield (fighter, barbarian, paladin...) and shoot around them with a cross-bow. And, for extra flair, make a custom hearse with handles to put your feet on so that you can look over their back! You're essentially a shoulder-mounted turret at that point.
That moment when you realize that Liam was the one to make the Halfling video so we didn't catch on to Nott's secret origins as a Halfling reincarnated as a Goblin
Be a Halfling Wild Magic Sorcerer and take the Lucky, Bountiful Luck, and Second Chance feats to become almost as lucky as Charmalaine, Halfling Goddess of Luck!
(Make them your patron deity for bonus points)
if you want to make your DM scream at you because of how many times you can get to roll/reroll try halfling divination school wizard
with of course the corresponding feats if allowed
between the dice rolling and then divination spells the DM might hate you
the dex and constitution are always usefull for a wizard too!
@@gantzplayer.n.m4410 I'm aware of the potency of Portent, however, it is not typically a good idea to go quite that far...
Also Wild Magic feels more thematic and better suited to be a Luck-Bender, and Sorcerer gets proficiency in Constitution saves to better maintain concentration, and Metamagic can be applied to taste. Personally, I like Empower, Subtle, and Careful spell
Don't forget about your luck blade
And, of course, the Wand of Wonder
I have a Wildmagic Sorcerer with the Lucky Feat in my campaign and it's a pain when I want to cast a particular spell on her.
Everyone is always talking about Frodo baggins, but where is the love for my homies Willow,
and Wilbur weather vane.
By willow, do you mean the greatest magician in the world? able to make pigs disappear with the flick of a wand.
@@baldrdash5062 yes, indeed i do, Willow the sorcerer.. vanquisher of Queen Bavmorda..
and friend to the greatest swordsman in the world, Martigan the mad.
@@vanhende Ally to the brownies and Trollslayer.
@@baldrdash5062 need to watch it again.. it's been a while.
@@baldrdash5062 Fun fact, the spells in the movie, contain names of the Celtic gods "the tuatha de danann"
I love playing my halfing druid so much she's just a ball of sunshine and hecking fun to play. these videos are so helpful honestly i've learnt so much from them
I'm currently playing a happy-go-lucky lightfoot halfling bard. It's a big change to be playing a curious, enthusiastic character, because most of the characters I write are angry and sarcastic.
I have a halfling wizard in a game I'm in. Every time he rolls a one almost without a skipped beat he would just go "I'm a halfling" and reroll. Unless it was for the daily portent. Then the real fun begins.
Rolling consecutive 1s, and dissing goliath barbarians? Man, this turned roast Travis quick.
I think the double ones were a reference to Liam himself. In particular the time he rolled double 1's to avoid being caught by Vex leaving Keyleth's room.
Halfling bard here. :D And, yes, the Lucky trait is a glorious thing to have and has saved my bacon a number of times.
Love me some halfling or tiefling bard. A lot of potential personality
the luck trait is like having a feat at lvl 1. not to mention with xanathars luck feat as well as lucky feat, you are practically the most useful player.
that's powergaming to be honest. luck is broken as a feat
If you roll a halfling wizard, you also get the Ritual Caster feat for free (because wizards). My human wizard, Level 1, thus has the equivalent of two feats, and taking Tough added onto his +3 CON modifier means he doesn't have the fewest HP in the group (guaranteed 6 per level, max of 11).
@@starcrafter13terran There's a reason the PCs weren't allowed to take it in campaign 2.
@@starcrafter13terran It not broken if you have relatively full adventuring days. Three rerolls isn't that many in the grand scheme of things if you're doing 3+ encounters per day. Sure if more than one member of the party takes it that gets a bit ridiculous, but lots of the combat feats are easily just as good.
@@agilemind6241 That's what a lot of things come down to in 5e. The concept of the adventuring day is one of the reasons making challenging combats is so hard, because that's just not the way most people run the game.
That's my president!! #VoteWithYourJohnson
Also, sad travis drawing was addoorrable
Literally playing a halfling tonight for the first time in ages (also just getting to play for the first time in ages since I normally dm). Looking forward to representing the brave small-folk!
"I love love LOVE halflings, Ifeel they're criminally overlooked" I KNEW there was a reason I loved Liam so much.
liam likes halflings so much because he's so much of a dad he immediately goes teary-eyed at anyone shorter than him
I think his daughter's DND campaign team has like 3 halflings in it.
Liam: "They are so determined to see good in everything..."
Me, playing LE halfling paladin of conquest: "Yeah... Good in everything... Sure..."
Loving all the new content and directions with Critical Role! Keep it coming, folks!
His nervous laugh is amazing
I wanna preface this with I’m a visual learner and suck at maths but I finally understand how to calculate skill checks and saving throws from the + animations you guys did so thank you so much !!
My favorite thing about playing Halfling:
"That's a natural 1... O WAIT IT ISNT CUZ IMA HALFLING BAM!!! .... that's a 2..."
Flash to Sam only use Luck racial feat to reroll his 1 to keep that dagger...
The ding at the end is what keeps me coming back for more
Was a DM for my very first DnD game lately and honestly the Lightfoot-Hafling Rogue of the group as our MVP. Character was reserved by nature but a line of natural 20's made everything they did look effortlessly easy. Even more fun when the other members of the group only rolled laughably low throughout the game!
I loved playing a Halfling Monk, Way of the Dunken Master. A lot of fun to RP, plus extra movement and not provoking opportunity attacks after Flurry of Blows meant I could roll throughout the battlefield.
I love halflings! One of my greatest characters is a halfling, started almost 30 years ago in AD&D. He adventured his way into the hearts and memories of many fine campaigns and parties.
I'm so used to Liam's voice delivering speeches about "vengeance" and "darkness" and "retribution".
Feels weird to hear him sound so positive for once :)
I really like the sad Travis drawing near the end with the Goliath. That was great.
This made me love the idea of playing a halfling. I’ve been playing goblin for the ‘underdog effect’, but right now I’m looking at rolling up a halfling for my next character.
I’ve been trying to role up a old bard hafling that spent the majority of his life as a guard in a port city until a close call with an axe made him want to retire, see the world and finally learn to play the flute before he dies. He is essentially Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon in attitude.
Halflings are by far my most favourite race in D&D. Halfling Luck is just so good to not want to take all the time, even if they don't have Darkvision.
I was a halfling cleric in my first campaign!! They're so much fun, and that halfling nimbleness definitely came in handy when the party would pick fights in the worst terrain they could find
Of course Liam would value Halfling Luck as the best part. It sounds does indeed great. Advantage against poison and fear plus a CON bonus sounds Stouts are tough little guys.
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I"d say my favorite part of this is how Liam started with the roleplay value and seamlessly transitioned into the mechanics. A perfect blend.
Halfling roll-call!
My current halfling character is Yahtzee Longshanks, Chaotic Neutral Celestial Warlock. After making a deal to free a captive unicorn from the slave pen of his cruel master, Yahtzee now travels the land, providing comfort to the dispossessed and grifting everyone else with his healing hands and silver tongue.
Mine is a halfling rogue named peggy longbottom
Halfing conjuration wizard Reed Teatopple. Can conjure a stepping stole whenever he needs one. The slightly evil man is obsessed with planes and is bored with shire living, wanting to explore the powerful and weird. Partied with his good friend the halfling barbarian, Reed Tealeaf (names were not planned together) who wanted to be a wizard as well, but just couldn't quite cut it. And that fact makes him oh so angry.
They became Big Reed and Reed One, as neither wanted to be the second of the two Reeds.
My first D&D character was a halfling druid, Euphemia Leafspinner, who was scared of everything. I also have a bard, Primrose Thornholler, waiting for the right game. And then there was the rogue pre-gen with the Folk Hero background I played at a conference game that's begging to be fleshed out into a full character... I think I may have a type.
I'm currently playing a lightfoot halfling bard, Hala Underleaf. She's almost annoyingly cheerful and enthusiastic, if rather insecure, and has a huge fascination with heroes, but spends most of her time acting as tactician and morality chain for her angry paladin friend.
I'm definitly an Halfling ah ah wan't to play this mom left on adventure to look after her son ah ah
LIAM FINALLY GETS TO PLAY HIS HALFLING
i would just like to thank liam and this video because inspired by this video to make my new character a halfling, and our waterdeep adventure would not be the same without her
I'm currently playing as a stout halfling monk, and it's the best decision I have ever made when it comes to characters. I've loved all the characters I played, but I'm having so much fun with this one. Sassy, curious, adventurous and maybe a tad bit violent.
One of the best of these ever. Super meta&amazeballs!
An ordinary race, with a knack for doing extraordinary things.
I like that this is happening after we've had a glimpse into the world of halflings with Yeza
Played a halfling barbarian once for a one-shot named Sean Bloodbadger. He was so freaking fun with both high Dexterity and high Strength, he dodged most of the attacks that went his way and wrecked house with his lovely battleaxe, Matilda. Landed a near killing blow to the boss. Too much fun.
Also, if you have advantage on a roll and get 1 on either (or both) dice, Lucky let’s you reroll each 1 on a die once and still use the larger number from the advantage. Of course, that also applies to disadvantage rolls, so after your Lucky rerolls, you take the lowest.
I love halflings, such a fun race to play. They are great for Rogues but also make fantastic Monks as well.
I'm really digging these little explanations
3:28 i rolled double 1's for hp when my character leveled up only two weeks ago and i feel like this video is LITERALLY JUST HERE TO SPITE ME
can we just stop a second and appreciate how good Liam is at hosting??between this video and talks machina...watch out Brian W. Foster i say!!
The W stands for Brian Who?
Mippin the Bear. A ghostwise halfling Barbarian sporting a great two-handed axe almost his size and a beard because he was raised by Dwarfs. A blast to play.
Halflings are my favorite! 😊
There are also 3 other halfling "sub races" You have the Ghostwise, which can be found in page 110 of the sword coast adventurer's guid (they make pretty good monks if I do say so myself). Then you have the the mark of healing, and the mark of hospitality which can be found in Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron, on pages 98-100.
I will always love halflings. And did indeed come in handy whilst fighting a fire giant.
Working out a halfling Sword Bard soon...background as an Urban Bounty Hunter.
Personality-wise, they fulfill pretty much your typical halfling...charming, friendly, charismatic...
And just when you guard is down...whack!...crack goes the quarterstaff.
It isn't anything personal...they're actually the most hospitable bounty hunter you'll ever meet.
There are also the Ghostwise Halflings from the Swordcoast Guide, halflings so reclusive and shy of the world that they have inherent telepathy.
As for my favourite Halfling, it must be my Catalina Hilltopple, the Stout Halfling Fighter. Nothing beats a Combat Master that can get in between the legs of their enemies, and completely ignore the enemy frontline while running at the Enemy magician. Mobility and Shield Master feats are highly recommended.
One day I''ll make that Talenta plains halfling dinosaur rider. Don't know what it is about the short races but I loves me some small folk!
In my first campaign with my halfling warlock, and it has been a hilarious misadventure!
Of course is Liam that talk about halflings. He is actually Martin Freeman.
Possibly my favorite character I've ever built is a halfling 'luck manipulator'.I rolled REALLY crap stats and what I decided was that despite being told I could reroll, I would take them, and use this build I'd had in mind for a good while. See below if you're interested.
Halflings naturally have some luck, but they also have a few racial feats that expand upon luck even more so. And there's the normal Lucky feat. If your scores are just bad... why not invest in not rolling bad and making others roll bad / good with these feats? Also, those advantages on fear and poison are tweaking more rolls in your favor if you're Stout. On top of that take 2 levels of Wizard to become a Diviner and know the results of two things of your choice in advance every day! You KNOW that you're going to win the arm wrestling contest and you KNOW the big bad is going to fail his save on the Druid's Polymorph. From there? Just go Bard. Bonus action to make rolls better for your friends! From there it's just a matter of picking Bard spells and 2 levels worth of Wizard spells that suit you- in my case ones that don't rely on my own numbers to be good like Magic Missile, Rope Trick, and Message. Pick up a familiar while you're at it- grant yourself dark vision despite being a halfling and have them use the help action for your allies in combat.
A very useful character even if they're not amazing in raw stats. When push comes to shove they'll win or make sure you win. You can even grab the guidance and bless spells with magical secrets, and jack of all trades and expertise are always handy even in the hands of the mediocrely statted.
I love the halfing. I ran a samurai fighter halfling in Dragon Heist and I have never had so much fun
I made a halfling arcane trickster, who was a guild artisan alchemist, Varo is 2 foot 7 inches tall, he has purple eyes, ashen skin and his jet black hair is styled into a pompadour. he has two mastiffs one of them pulls his chariot and the other serves as a combat mount. absolutely awesome
I'd also add the expanded sub-race known as the Ghostwise Halflings.
These are a nomadic group of halflings...a bit more of a warrior family. They gain a plus 1 Wisdom and roam in clans through the wilds.
They can communicate telepathically (a skill fostered by their ancestors taking a vow of silence), and are known for riding giant owls...imagine a totally silent tribe of hostile halflings swooping down upon an unsuspecting enemy camp.
It's like Frodo meets Rambo...Frambo. Frobo? Rodo...?
...it needs some work.
I'm currently playing a halfling trickery cleric. She's an absolute delight and a menace with her spiritual weapon
STOP FLEXING ON ME WITH YOUR VOICES LIAM GODS YOU ARE GOOD
My character now is a Lightfoot Halfling Ranger, a Beastmaster with a goat as an animal companion. I absolutely adore her and that "reroll your 1's" has saved me countless times, hahah.
If Liam loves the little folks so much, I'm surprised he hasn't played one on stream yet
One of my favorite characters I have ever played was a halfling, and I chose the race on a whim. I plan to play many more halflings in the future 😊
An halfling monk sounds pretty badass, what do you think?
Halfling ranger here, weathering all the inevitable height jibes from our elf and tieflings...
From the legendary rogue himself. RIP Vex
You forgot fighter! Halflings make incredible Dex based fighters, even considered making the gunslinger im playing to be halfling because of it. I didn't cause it personally though it would break the gun play a bit to much since i'm using a misfire 1 pistol so far.
That or paladin!
I'm calling it, Liam's next character is an Australian accented halfling bard that's the brother of Thaddeus Candleglow.
Liam: Plethora of options.
Me: *Literally has a setting with 2 to 3 times the amount of player options.
That cartoon Willingblam was perfect.
That Lucky feature has come in handy a couple times for my bard!
Currently I'm playing a halfing barbarian, who has gone down the path of the giant.
Ghostwise halflings are very cool.
Been wanting to play a Ghostwise Halfling with a certain Homebrew Rogue Subclass possibly with 2 levels in Diviner Wizard.
My favorite race!
Halfling's luck comes up a LOT.
As a teen I always played a Halfling druid. He was kind of a green Willow.
Just started playing d&d playing a halfling barbarian raised by dwarfs and loving it
"save that barbarian build for the next campaign"
Laughs in 1st level 18 ac stout halfling barbarian
I am playing a ghostwise halfling monk/rogue/warlock right now. I love playing her, especially since everyone underestimates her, and she plays that to her advantage.
The fucking title sequence gets me every time.
Halflings sound like that one person thats says "well look on the bright side
Who else knows how to play DnD but still watch these videos because of these charismatic people?
Playing a halfling bard named Pip at the moment and I love her so much. And yes, totally named after my favourite character from LotR.