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famous mountain so if you don't mind
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good sir I would just like to pass you
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shall not I see uh well this this is
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awkward how about if I just squeeze past
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you real quick I would squash you like a
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bug no um well
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just a little cultural dance that we can
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perform to Signal Mutual trust and
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respect yes so just real quick so it
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goes up up down down left right left
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right b
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a I've already talked about which
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historical arms and armor would make the
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most sense for Fantasy dwarves link
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below if you haven't seen that yet so
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what about someone else who's also
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rather short but not necessarily as
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gifted in the Warrior
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Department Hobbits halflings maybe even
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gnomes I'm just going to lump them all
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together for the sake of convenience and
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I'm going to be talking about them in a
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kind of broad generic sense not a
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specific setting or system like not DND
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D in particular or load of the Rings in
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particular just kind of short people who
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are not quite as Stout as dwarves shall
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we say all right right so if you're a
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little short there are basically two
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ways of dealing with it one is
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compensating the other is leaning into
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it and making the best of the strengths
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that you do have in the case of dwarves
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there is an argument to be made in favor
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of compensating for their lack of reach
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with longer weapons so something like
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Spears pole arms a large two-handed axes
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swords things like that I don't think
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that works the same way for gnomes
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because they're just not quite as
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physical as dwarves for one dwarves are
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usually known for having high
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Constitution they're tanks you know
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they're Broad and stout they have
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thicker bones and and who knows what
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they can take a beating and they don't
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need to be that mobile they can armor up
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they can form a shield wall they can
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stand their ground and go toe-to-toe
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in case of halflings or gnomes I don't
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think that's a great idea there are some
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systems where you have
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subspecies or types that do get a bonus
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to Constitution typically not as much as
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dwarves but generally when I think of
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Hobbits or halflings I don't really
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think of them as people who are are like
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super Stout and can tank hits so what do
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you do when your strengths are not
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strength but rather Charisma agility and
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stealth well first off ditch the armor
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alt together not even light armor you
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know even if there is pretty decent
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leather armor or whatever it's it's not
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worth it because even if it's fairly
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light it always hampers you somewhat it
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always restricts your Mobility it adds
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bulk you know hea gear is a good example
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it's all light it's meant to be light
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because what we're simulating is
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unarmored combat so you have various
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Plastics and rubber and just modern
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materials it's not supposed to slow you
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down but I can tell you full gear is
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awkward even if it's light it's still
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cumbersome it's hot for one and also it
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always restricts your range of motion to
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an extent there's just extra bulk you
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don't move quite the way you normally do
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if there's some kind of Enchanted
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clothing or armor that moves the way
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clothing does and doesn't hinder you
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whatsoever but still protects you of
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course that's a good option but
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otherwise I think the best policy is
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just don't get hit easier said than done
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so Speed and Agility are Paramount
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evasion over defense
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that also applies to weapons first I'm
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going to talk about a few swords that
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would make sense and one that you might
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think could suit a halfling well that I
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disagree with and then move on to the
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weapons that I really think would be
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perfect sting actually makes a lot of
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sense in this case you know yeah you can
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say if you're already short why would
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you pick a short sword because now you
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have even less reach by the time you can
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finally reach someone and cut them with
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your sword or stab them they can punch
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you you let alone they have an actual
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long reaching weapon a short light
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weapon or maybe even two is just easier
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to move around with and nothing can slow
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you down nothing can get stuck somewhere
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you need to be able to just do a quick
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in andout some of you dudes are already
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used to that anyway now moving in close
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where you risk getting into grappling
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against a stronger opponent can be
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extremely dangerous they can't get a
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hold of you but if you're short and fast
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enough that they won't you just dance
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around them and you slip when they try
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to reach for you and you just you know
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go in just stab when you're past the the
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effective reach of their weapon you're
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good you know for example especially if
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you're dealing with someone who has a
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pole AR you know once you get past the
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head of the pole arm you manage to evade
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that and and slip in now they can't do
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much of anything other than grab their
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own dagger and you're going to be faster
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most likely so this is also where a
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blade like that comes in handy because
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thrusting takes less Force than cutting
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it's also more effective against armor I
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mean that's what this is all about
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thrusting into the gaps instead of
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actually dealing with the armor so yeah
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sure crawling around on someone's back
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may not be the most dignified thing you
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can do but it's not going to be quite so
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funny when the halfling starts jamming
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stuff so if you're interested you can
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check it out if not let's just go back
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to the video now you could argue for a
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Rapier with a narrow blade like this
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because it's light fast gives you plenty
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of reach and it's still very effective
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in the thrust doesn't require a whole
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lot of force but it's cumbersome still I
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mean there quite a large guard so it's
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not easy to carry it's very long you
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know if you um downsize that to halfling
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level to to maintain the same
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proportions it's still quite a bit if
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anything a small sword would be better
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it's just a shorter Rapier more compact
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as well that would work quite well for
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dueling at least for dueling other
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Hobbits and overall I think that would
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actually be a pretty good choice overall
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yeah you're not going to block and Parry
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larger weapons with it or larger
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opponents even but you don't want to
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anyway your your strategy is evade
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ideally be undetected you know sneak up
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on them and shank them but uh if you
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can't avoid a a direct confrontation you
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need to be as slippery as possible and
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for that a small sword Works quite quite
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well even though it's normally a very
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gentlemanly weapon for open honest
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dueling it would also work in the hands
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of a rogue for a sword with a longer
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blade that has plenty of Versatility I
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think this Hanan would work quite nicely
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because it is extremely light it has a
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longer handle so you can use it with one
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hand and the handle acts as a
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counterbalance but you can also use both
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hands for more powerful Cuts I said you
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know a halfling is not going to generate
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a whole lot of force compared to plenty
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of other species in fantasy scenarios so
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cutting may not always work that well
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but there are going to be some
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situations you know sometimes you face
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something even smaller than you some
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kind of monster or who knows what and
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then you might need Cuts this is going
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to work well it's great for thrusts too
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and it's reasonably easy to carry not as
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easy as a short sword or dagger but it's
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not a problem all right so the type of
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weapon that I think would be perfect for
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halflings that I don't usually see is
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this sickles commas War picks things
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like that why well there's just nothing
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else that makes it quite that easy to do
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horrifying amounts of damage just
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mechanically I don't think you can beat
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this the kind of Leverage you're dealing
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with here and the absurd amount of force
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that's being concentrated at the end of
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this vicious Point cannot be
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overstated this is much much easier than
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cutting with a sword or even stabbing
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with a dagger this annihilates armor and
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penetrates deeply into all kinds of
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material and if a halfling needs to
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climb up on a large monster to find a
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weak spot shadow of the Colossal style
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this becomes a climbing
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aid until you get up and you jam that
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sucker right into the eye or some Gap in
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the the dermal plating or who knows what
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and when you're dealing with much taller
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enemies what's the best Target for you
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to exploit the legs depending on the
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height difference you might be able to
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reach the legs if you just Crouch down
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real low and you cut their ankles or or
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the calves or you know the hamstrings
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which is kind of a big deal you could
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hook around the leg and slice this is
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perfect just imagine there this tiny
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Rogue sitting in a tree some we're
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waiting for the Target to come by and
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drops down and slams the point of the
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tickle down onto the head or the neck or
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oo yeah it's not great for defending
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there's not much to catch an enemy
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weapon with the hands are exposed but
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we've already established that you don't
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want that anyway evasion is the main
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defense here if for some reason the
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halfling absolutely has to fight a duel
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can't avoid it a hook Shield like this
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would be quite useful because it's
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fairly light it gives you a whole lot of
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protection you know particularly when
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you're shorter this covers almost
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everything basically it covers from the
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center up to the head and then down to
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the thigh maybe and when you're that
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short who's going to Target your legs
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anyway it's not really much of a concern
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in fact you can probably hold it higher
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to make sure that your head is perfectly
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safe and um there you go and then
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combined with maybe uh something with a
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longer handle some kind of warpick or
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sickle that would work quite nicely what
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about ranged weapons bows I think would
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be suboptimal just think about how much
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shorter the draw length would be and
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that's really what you want the longer
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the draw length the better because the
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more time there is for the arrow to be
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accelerated by you know whatever drawway
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limbs you have and that's the other
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problem they are going to be not going
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to be able to draw quite as heavy as
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humans or Orcs so the bows will be much
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weaker even against humans let alone a
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species with significant L higher
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Constitution sometimes halflings are
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shown with slings like in Heroes of mind
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and Magic that makes more sense to me
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yeah sure the the output is reduced not
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as powerful as when you're stronger and
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taller have longer arms but at least
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slings are very easy to carry so going
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with the philosophy of you need to be as
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agile and stealthy and quick as possible
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that works you just roll it up stick it
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in your pocket you can pick up some
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rocks you find so yeah it's not bad if
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you want sheer damage output it would
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probably have to be a crossbow of some
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kind now that's still difficult when
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you're this compact because crossbows
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are kind of bulky you want the prods to
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be fairly long otherwise you're limiting
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the effectiveness the shorter the prods
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are the shorter the draw again which
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means you have to crank up the draw
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weight quite a bit to get not a whole
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lot out of it so yeah it works but it
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it's not fantastic so joke or not this
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would be ideal for halflings when you're
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talking Force multiplier how can you
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beat this you only need enough strength
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to hold it for aiming and to handle the
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recoil that's it and it is an option in
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some scenarios you know you have gun
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artificers in DND D I made another video
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about that if that's not an option what
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would be the next best Force multiplier
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aside from m magic that's always an
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option of course
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well all you need is something enough to
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pierce the skin of whatever the target
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is you know whether it be humanoid or
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Monster or whatever so a small compact
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self-cocking crossbow like this one here
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or a bow or throwing weapons or a blow
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gun even yes smaller lungs but with
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poison as long as you break the skin
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it'll do something even if they're tall
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and dangerous and have natural armor a
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poison blow gun Dart to the eyeball
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might do the trick and of course daggers
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again for the same reason so that's
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about all I've got hope you found this
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entertaining thanks for watching and
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take care folks check out my other
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videos too
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This is for those of you who enjoy some (modest) measure of realism in your fantasy scenarios, be it fictional writing, tabletop RPGs or video games. Which historical arms and armor would make the most practical sense for a short, agile character who is not as stout and tanky as a dwarven warrior? Here is my perspective on that, informed by experience with HEMA (historical European martial arts). Applies to halflings, hobbits, gnomes, and similar species. Hope you enjoy the atmospheric background... that took unreasonably long to render. :) Check out Gamer Supps through my affiliate link: https://gamersupps.gg/Skall My taste test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wk3oPdfV70 Previous videos about the best weapons for a dwarf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seih9n2MuYc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdR3MHXNI0 The swords shown here: Ewart Park bronze sword by Neil Burridge https://www.bronze-age-craft.com/swords_for_sale.htm 14th century medieval knight's rondel dagger by Tod Cutler https://www.kultofathena.com/product/tod-cutler-14th-century-medieval-english-knights-rondel-dagger/ - Affiliate link (AF) Qama / kindjal by Devil's Edge https://www.kultofathena.com/product/devils-edge-qama-kindjal-high-carbon-steel-version/ (AF) Munich Town Guard sword by LK Chen https://www.kultofathena.com/product/lk-chen-munich-town-guard-sword (AF) Tizona - 17th century Spanish cup-hilt rapier by LK Chen https://www.kultofathena.com/product/lk-chen-tizona-17th-century-spanish-cup-hilt-rapier (AF) *** Sources / credits *** https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halfling_Thief.png https://sleeplessinstarsong.fandom.com/wiki/Halflings https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/14-halfling#Subrace https://www.dndbeyond.com/races/18-gnome https://pixabay.com/illustrations/orc-ogre-fantasy-creature-5636526/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Archers_and_a_Figure_with_a_Spear_MET_DP805693.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yahua_Blowgun_Amazon_Iquitos_Peru.jpg Music: "Caketown" by Matthew Pablo https://opengameart.org/content/caketown-cuteplayful Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0) "RPG Exploration Level 1" by Hitctrl https://opengameart.org/content/rpgexplorationlevel1 CC BY 3.0 "Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records https://theslantedroom.github.io/steve.yee/ Used with artist's permission *** Merch *** https://www.bonfire.com/store/skallswag/ If you want to join Bonfire to start selling your own merch: https://www.bonfire.com/welcome/07bb14169c804/ *** Support the channel *** Help fund future videos, get bonus content and access to an exclusive Discord server: https://www.patreon.com/skallagrim https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3WIohkLkH4GFoMrrWVZZFA/join Other ways to support the channel by shopping through affiliate links: Kult of Athena, my favorite online store for reproductions of historical arms and armor, fantasy swords, etc: https://www.kultofathena.com/ Where to get HEMA gear and practice swords: http://www.woodenswords.com/?Click=1799 Want to treat your face fluff? I highly recommend the balms and oils from Beard Sorcery: https://beardsorcery.com/?ref=0UEFtHWvZEmtD Books about history, martial arts, swords, knives, video/audio equipment, and other stuff I recommend: US - https://www.amazon.com/shop/skallagrimnilsson Canada - https://www.amazon.ca/ideas/amzn1.account.AHK32ZU3TTPKUCAJ6C7QKYZDRNUQ/3E1ANDW3P8LMC?language=en_CA *** Second channel / other social media *** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM7qhOYtW23jASfxTxCYvvg https://twitter.com/_Skallagrim_ https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser

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