tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post8061294700006770300..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: WrenMen - Making Halflings Interesting?pjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-53593133700033307512019-05-17T21:06:54.467-07:002019-05-17T21:06:54.467-07:00aw dang you made hobbits appealingaw dang you made hobbits appealingscrap princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01278801560026111482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-13867646685916673922019-05-17T18:26:07.022-07:002019-05-17T18:26:07.022-07:00Love the write up, I've enjoyed all the other ...Love the write up, I've enjoyed all the other ones too. The idea of halflings origins being off world is one I gravitated to as well, mostly because they never seem to fit into the origin of the worlds of classic D&D. They are always shiftily inserted into a corner with paint drying over the label, obscuring the name "Hobbits" and replacing it with some variation of "Totally not Hobbits." <br /><br />The idea of the Ghost is pretty cool, and disturbing. I also like the sort of entrenched pleasantness, and fixed middleground mentality that suffuses them to the point of madness. The way they KNOW they are reasonable, reminds me of many humans. <br /><br />Is there any connection between the name Wrenmen and the Wrannamen of the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn books by Tad Williams? Lurkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13648658376559737272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-19876116306210857122019-05-17T07:59:38.413-07:002019-05-17T07:59:38.413-07:00There isn't one really. Most of the Uud races ...There isn't one really. Most of the Uud races have a kind of para-SciFi interpretation or aspect to them. And most of them have some kind of spritual or parralel world duality to them. The word 'Somon' for Homo Sapiesn, relates to them only having one name when encountering extradimensional creatures. Every other race has multiple names, or with Nathlings, no name at all. And I wanted the Homon to have been in space in some way, so I liked the idea of them having an extraterestrial parasite/symboite of some kind, and it seemd to fit in easily enugh and synergised well with everything else about them, and gave them a world-particuilar 'hook' so it was clear that 'our halflings are different'.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-65828709291909095342019-05-17T05:47:55.639-07:002019-05-17T05:47:55.639-07:00This can go into all kinds of disturbing very well...This can go into all kinds of disturbing very well. I always thought that the horror of hobbit life (or, rather, of the ideal that Tolkien built it on) is underused.Kyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992025061183651850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-87085160015014174052019-05-17T05:11:59.891-07:002019-05-17T05:11:59.891-07:00Another great one! Really digging into the core of...Another great one! Really digging into the core of these fantasy concepts.<br /><br />What is the subtext of the ghost, if any? Or in other words, how does it contribute to the overall "theme" of the homon? It does give them some "traditional" halfling abilities, but otherwise seems kind of out of left field, but I may be missing something. Nothing wrong with that, I'm just wondering about your inspiration and intentions.maxcan7https://www.blogger.com/profile/12504030224075149157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-92004715003383066182019-05-17T04:37:17.118-07:002019-05-17T04:37:17.118-07:00Got my copy of Silent Titans in the mail yesterday...Got my copy of Silent Titans in the mail yesterday. It's great, can't wait to wrap up my current campaign to start it!Pershorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16499781015445440071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-69836189644843877282019-05-16T17:43:29.643-07:002019-05-16T17:43:29.643-07:00Not just interesting, but creepy too, in an Invasi...Not just interesting, but creepy too, in an Invasion of the Body Snatchers-esque nightmare of conformity. Cool to see Tolkien's idyllic view of rural English life through your other lens.semiurgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10613841869525544649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-88099538842950698692019-05-16T17:16:51.833-07:002019-05-16T17:16:51.833-07:00So halflings ARE AmericansSo halflings ARE AmericansTheGumYouLikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07556561330003076165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-17049634047663457552019-05-16T07:53:30.124-07:002019-05-16T07:53:30.124-07:00Best one yetBest one yetIan Robothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131583390990219217noreply@blogger.com