Probably wasn’t kosher RAW, but none of us had any idea what we were doing at the time.
IIRC, we chose the bugbear because it was the only playable large option in the books we had (listed as med/large), but I could definitely be misremembering.
They're Medium, but they have Powerful Build, which means they count as one size larger when determining their carrying capacity and the weight they can push, drag, or lift.
Sounds like a good case to find another DM. If they think something as small as Halfling Luck is bad enough that they have to ban it or restrict to once per short rest, then it's clear they don't know how to balance their game.
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dgdft@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 176d
In our case, it was the Ladder of Doom: a druid wildshaped into a warhorse mounted by a bugbear mounted by a human with a halfling on their back.
Our DM forced us to roll checks and use our actions to mount up, but we did it anyway. Ladder strats were banned after that.
seat6@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 176d
Wouldn’t this not work? You can only mount things s as size larger. I think humans and bug bears are both medium.
catshaped@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 176d
Ahem, rule of cool.
Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 174d
That would require the idea to be cool, not just 'I give him a boost' with extra steps.
dgdft@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 176d
Probably wasn’t kosher RAW, but none of us had any idea what we were doing at the time.
IIRC, we chose the bugbear because it was the only playable large option in the books we had (listed as med/large), but I could definitely be misremembering.
Archpawn@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 176d
They're Medium, but they have Powerful Build, which means they count as one size larger when determining their carrying capacity and the weight they can push, drag, or lift.
Archpawn@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 176d
In 2024, humans can be Small, but then the halfling won't fit. And if a bugbear was Large, it wouldn't fit on a warhorse.
RamenJunkie@midwest.social · 2 pts · 175d
Maybe they cast a growth spell on the warhorse first.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 176d
mount on top of yes. mount behind, same size
SpongyAneurysm@feddit.org · 6 pts · 176d
Hmmm....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Musicians_of_Bremen
moondoggie@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 176d
DM’s a size queen
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 10 pts · 176d
DM should consider being a Halfling.
For a Halfling size queen, the world is your oyster!
UniversalBasicJustice@quokk.au · 5 pts · 176d
The world is her barnacle
entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 176d
The world is her geoduck, if ya know what I mean
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 18 pts · 176d
Four Halfling Barbarians.
OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 176d
In a trenchcoat?
RamenJunkie@midwest.social · 9 pts · 175d
Orcs: "There is only one of them!"
Trechcoat barbarian sprouts 8 arms with axes.
Orcs: "Of fuuu...."
Glytch@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 176d
My guess is someone doesn't like that Halfling get to reroll 1s.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 6 pts · 176d
Half ling, half luck, all banned
mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 176d
Then don't play 5e
crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 176d
Sounds like a good case for a house rule. Limit Lucky to one per short/long rest
Glytch@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 176d
Sounds like a good case to find another DM. If they think something as small as Halfling Luck is bad enough that they have to ban it or restrict to once per short rest, then it's clear they don't know how to balance their game.
MouseKeyboard@ttrpg.network · 8 pts · 175d
Someone played a halfling as a kender.
Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 174d
It's a World of Darkness one-shot, OP. Stop trying to bring your little person fetish into the game, OP.
nocturne@ttrpg.network · 1 pts · 172d
Take the short flaw.