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eusebius8806

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Possible NPC Hobbits?
« on: November 13, 2012, 09:10:23 am »
Based on Toady's description today of creating hillocks and small outdoor gardens, I see great potential for NPC hobbit sites. A hillock would be the perfect location to make some hobbit holes. Any thoughts?
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2012, 09:12:08 am »
These are my thoughts at the idea. :)) :)) :))
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2012, 12:30:46 pm »
Easily done.

-Copy and rename humans, change their proportions.
-Edit beards to make foot hair
-Make their civilization like hills and caves

Everything else is just gravy.
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2012, 01:10:35 pm »
Quote from: eusebius8806 on November 13, 2012, 09:10:23 am
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2012, 03:03:30 pm »
Hobbits definitely won't appear in vanilla DF. Tolkien made them up, and the Tolkien estate doesn't let go of their trademarks.

It should be easy enough to mod them in. Maybe hobbits could replace kobolds.
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2012, 03:44:15 pm »
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Quote from: Trif on November 13, 2012, 03:03:30 pm
Hobbits definitely won't appear in vanilla DF. Tolkien made them up, and the Tolkien estate doesn't let go of their trademarks.

It should be easy enough to mod them in. Maybe hobbits could replace kobolds.
Then just name then halflings. Lots of things use halflings without legal issues.
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2012, 12:36:02 am »
We really need new ethic tags to make hobbits work.

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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2012, 01:51:36 am »
Quote from: Trif on November 13, 2012, 03:03:30 pm
It should be easy enough to mod them in. Maybe hobbits could replace kobolds.

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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2012, 09:12:15 am »
The problem with hobbits would be sprawl. They'd have to be confined to a relatively small area to stay true to Tolkien. And that might lead to issues in world-gen with them being wiped out.
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2012, 09:21:55 am »
Quote from: ExecratedDwarf on November 15, 2012, 09:12:15 am
The problem with hobbits would be sprawl. They'd have to be confined to a relatively small area to stay true to Tolkien. And that might lead to issues in world-gen with them being wiped out.

Seems solvable as kobold-like civs, with langauge :D
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2012, 03:06:36 pm »
I would very much like to see a hobbit fight a kobold.
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2012, 03:51:14 pm »
To be honest, I just want the hobbit race for adventuring. And hobbits (or halflings or non-bearded midgets or foot-beards or whatever you wanna call them) should have a different dialogue, refusing to give quests if you are a hobbit yourself. With some whining about "it isn't proper."
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2012, 04:36:55 pm »
Wait, who said it'd be the hobbits giving YOU the quest? Just once, I want to be the travelling Dwarf telling some wandering hobbits of treasures in a ruined mountain Fortress far away. Let someone else fight the depths for the prize of ruins.
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« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2012, 04:51:04 pm »
Quote from: Loud Whispers on November 15, 2012, 04:36:55 pm
Wait, who said it'd be the hobbits giving YOU the quest? Just once, I want to be the travelling Dwarf telling some wandering hobbits of treasures in a ruined mountain Fortress far away. Let someone else fight the depths for the prize of ruins.

And then we mug him on the way back to his village, right?
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Re: Possible NPC Hobbits?
« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2012, 04:58:36 pm »
Quote from: killerx243 on November 15, 2012, 04:51:04 pm
Quote from: Loud Whispers on November 15, 2012, 04:36:55 pm
Wait, who said it'd be the hobbits giving YOU the quest? Just once, I want to be the travelling Dwarf telling some wandering hobbits of treasures in a ruined mountain Fortress far away. Let someone else fight the depths for the prize of ruins.

And then we mug him on the way back to his village, right?

No. We tell another halfling there's a halfling warlord laden with stolen Dwarven goods come to attack their village. Quests for the quest god.
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