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[deputyfife]

So when is SFR going to make Hobbits? They could be earth and the true fifth element, Food. (forget the movie "5th Element" and its goofy concept of "love.") Food would be brown on dice, the color of many grains. The hobbits would be horrible fighters and even more horrible at magic, but their "Bread" and "Ale" SAI's would allow them to bring NEW hobbits to the fight. [Not resurrecting; a hobbit player could bring as many hobbit dice to a game as they want, but would be limited to starting with HP equal to the other player(s).] Every hobbit rare would have the Bread SAI, and no other SAI's. Their monsters would include Entwives, Tom Bombadils, Gollum/Smeagols, Shapeshifters/Lyncanthropes, and Wizards.
Hobbits rolling for magic would halve their results(except for their Wizard monsters), and could not double icons. They would have their own brown spells, mostly having to do with hiding and running away, or occasionally getting angry and fighting like cornered animals. They could use any magic items, and would be resistant to magic. (Opposing armies would have to spend double the magic points of any spell targeting a hobbit or an army including hobbits.) Hobbit dice would typically feature fewer icons overall, and most would be save and maneuver. They could even have a special "hide" or "sneak" icon that counts as saves or maneuvers (much like fly for the Frostwings.)
Oh yeah, and their dice would all be smaller than their counterparts; that is, a common hobbit would still be 1 HP, but only 2/3's the size of a regular common dice, and so on.

Yes, I had time.

[ddicerc]

Just when you think you're making a joke...

OK, there are no Hobbits in Dragon Dice, but some of the ideas you had were worked into Dave Papay's Gnomes Unofficial Kicker Pack. They had one fewer icon than their counterparts of other races, and, while they didn't have a new element, they were a three-colored race (air/earth/fire).
They were tinkerers with magic items, and attempted to "improve" them incessantly. They had their own Gnome illusionist spell list, and were the only race with Champions. There were stickers you could add to dice to make Gnome dice (and yes, I did make a set of Gnomes, which I still have). They also had a great backstory.

Dave, if you're lurking out there, is there anyplace to access the Gnome rules and stickers? If not, I have them somewhere, and would be happy to post them on my web site with proper permission.
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[deputyfife]

After I made the post, I was thinking to myself that there was an interesting idea in there. As far as I know, there's not a die in the manufactured sets that produces dice in exactly the same way I was talking about. (Of course, a Troll's regen, Feral, Dragonkin, Swampstalkers, and healing spells all work in the same vein.) But a die that inherently *blew chunks* overall, but could "replicate" itself, and had something like a resistance to magic(or missile, etc..), so that you would want just enough in your army to possibly multiply, and provide that resistance, would be interesting.

Plus, a "Bread" or "Ale" icon would be fun.
Probably need to stay away from the Ale icon if you're wanting to attract younger players, though.

[ddicerc]

I don't think "Ale" would put off young players (or their parents) any more than, say, "Decapitate" or "Impale."
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[Netherworlder]

My take on Hobbits are called "Earthkin". You can take a look at them on my website:

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Fortress/8090/DDindex.html

Scroll down to find the Earthkin at the intersection of Light and Earth. Monsters are Giant Badger, Gelatinous Cube, Stone Giant (my favorite ID icon in the set), Behir and Sylph.

BTW, full rules sets and full color printable sheets to make your own dice are there for 20 new races, Ether (purple), Light (white) and Shadow (grey) dragon and dragonkin. Plus a few other things you might find interesting.

Comments are always welcome. I hope you enjoy.

[deputyfife]

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[ddicerc]

[ddicerc]

Andrew Hart (aka Taven) had hobbits as one of his adaptive races (although I think that particular term might be mine). Hobbits used Dwarf dice, but were blue and gold and counted maneuvers as saves in Flatland. I don't know if he ever adapted any monsters for them.

Adaptive races are covered in the article "New Races for Your Campaign" in the Dragonmaster archive on the DDRC site. (Hey, I'm not above a shameless plug!)
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2014-2015 U.S. National Champion
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