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In fairness, no more than any other Weapon Finesse Rogue. Which is still sucking, don't get me wrong, but it's the Rogue part that sucks, not the Halfling.Well, the lack of darkvision and 20ft movement speed hurts too.
Eh, they can get 30 foot movement pretty easily with an alternate racial trait, and lots of people lack Darkvision. It's mostly the Rogue.
Halfling Brawlers are awesome. I really like the Combat Expertise build with Crane Style.
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Lack of darkvision is more problematic for a rogue though. If you want to infiltrate a place under cover of darkness, darkvision is a very important ability. If you want to sneak attack something in poor or no light, again you want darkvision.
If you absolutely want to play a small stealthy rogue, wayangs totally outclass halflings.
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Lack of darkvision is more problematic for a rogue though. If you want to infiltrate a place under cover of darkness, darkvision is a very important ability. If you want to sneak attack something in poor or no light, again you want darkvision.
True enough...I'm just noting that most races lack Darkvision, making the Halfling not any worse than, say, a Human in this regard.
If you absolutely want to play a small stealthy rogue, wayangs totally outclass halflings.
This is pretty clearly true. Wayangs are pretty cool.
Hey gang, What classes are Halfling's best suited for ??
Halflings? Best used as ammunition. Preferably flaming.
Lack of darkvision is more problematic for a rogue though. If you want to infiltrate a place under cover of darkness, darkvision is a very important ability. If you want to sneak attack something in poor or no light, again you want darkvision.
To be fair there's quite a few sources for temporary and permanent darkvision.
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Yeah, a halfling Slayer7/Shadowdancer3+/more Slayer would be nice. A rogue in all but name, just a lot better.
It ought to be said though, halflings make decent ninjas. Ninjas can get darkvision through a talent, and their Ki is Charisma-based. Hence why I think halfling ninjas are way better than halfling rogues.
Hey gang, What classes are Halfling's best suited for ??Halflings? Best used as ammunition. Preferably flaming.
Wouldn't it be groaning and (golden) raining too?
Although some might be whistling depending on whether they noticed that they are being shot out yet.
barbarian?
What do you think of a Halfling rogue?
I much prefer Archaeologist Bard. It has all of my favorite Rogue abilities: uncanny dodge, trap finding and disabling, evasion, and rogue talents. Archaeologist's luck stacks with halfling luck, and I would rather have spells than sneak attack. Fencing grace, arcane strike, and risky striker provide a decent damage base for a melee fighter, or you could build a reasonably good archer.
For Giantslayer, if I could get into a PbP of this, I am thinking of Halfling debuffing Witch making use of Jinx and eventually Area Jinx and Jinxed Spell (both separately and in combination). Powerful single targets and eventually powerful multiple targets are going to have very unlucky days.
Giantslayer sounds like it might be the one AP in which the Mouser archetype of Swashbuckler might actually be not terrible for a Medium character; for everything else (unless somebody does a PF conversion of Against the Giants, what do people think of this archetype for a Halfling? (Besides, even in Giantslayer, the Halfling Mouser would be better in the first chapter -- a Medium Mouser would need to start off as something else.)
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Cha casters such as sorcerers, alchemists, and bards. And Paladins.
Alchemists are Int-based, actually.
There are also several other Classes that they're good at for various reasons, as mentioned repeatedly above, including Witch (due to the whole Jinx line) and Swashbuckler or Daring Champion Cavalier (due to being Dexterity/Charisma based).
Though they do make excellent Sorcerers, Bards, and Paladins, as well as ranged characters in general.
Haflings make good rogues, bards, druids, sorcerers and anything where their pants size weapon damage isn't going to be a hindrance.
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Haflings make good rogues, bards, druids, sorcerers and anything where their pants size weapon damage isn't going to be a hindrance.The die difference in small/medium weapons is pretty trivial once you hit 3rd or 4th level.
Especially with Risky Striker jacking up their damage.
^Whoa, that's a pretty good scaling Combat Feat -- almost like having a chain of 5 Weapon Specialization feats for the price of 1, but you don't have to stay in Fighter to get the full benefit, just in full BAB, and it works with all of your weapons (and presumably Unarmed Strike as well, so Monk would be not bad despite being 3/4 BAB).
Do note that Risky Striker only works on large and larger creatures so its usefulness is dependent on the DM.
Unless you can get potions of reduce person, that is.
Not a good idea unless you have a reach weapon. Remember that a tiny creature has no reach and has to share a square to be able to attack with a non-reach weapon.
The best class for halflings is commoner. Commoners make the most tractable slaves. Any Chelaxian could tell you that.
The best class for halflings is commoner. Commoners make the most tractable slaves. Any Chelaxian could tell you that.
No, no, no, you want an Expert! They get 6 + Int in skill points, commoners only get 2 + Int! If you're gonna have a slave they might as well be able to do as many things for you as possible.
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^Whoa, that's a pretty good scaling Combat Feat -- almost like having a chain of 5 Weapon Specialization feats for the price of 1, but you don't have to stay in Fighter to get the full benefit, just in full BAB, and it works with all of your weapons (and presumably Unarmed Strike as well, so Monk would be not bad despite being 3/4 BAB).
As others note, there is the size limitation. Plus the necessity of being a Halfling. Still, it's very much one of the reasons Halfling melee characters are viable.
And Monks count as full BAB for stuff like this while flurrying.
Arcane Trickster.
Take one level of rogue, 3 of sorcerer, acquire a ring of swarm of stabs and you qualify.
Taking the ring gets around the worst thing about the prestige class, losing 3 levels of spellcasting.
And built like that the halfling is excellent.
Do note that Risky Striker only works on large and larger creatures so its usefulness is dependent on the DM.
Oops, I misread the number of size categories required. But still, a Halfling full martial or Monk could really shine in Giantslayer, especially with even 1 level of dip into Mouser (archetype of Swashbuckler).
Do note that Risky Striker only works on large and larger creatures so its usefulness is dependent on the DM.Oops, I misread the number of size categories required. But still, a Halfling full martial or Monk could really shine in Giantslayer, especially with even 1 level of dip into Mouser (archetype of Swashbuckler).
It seems a dip in Mouser also solves the Risky Striker problem of needing to get too close to medium creatures when shrunk...assuming they miss.
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No, no, no, you want an Expert! They get 6 + Int in skill points, commoners only get 2 + Int! If you're gonna have a slave they might as well be able to do as many things for you as possible.The best class for halflings is commoner. Commoners make the most tractable slaves. Any Chelaxian could tell you that.
No, those uppity know-it-alls are smart enough to organize mass escapes and rebellions. The less they can think, the better.
Halfling druid is fun. Think about being a small guy and having a tiger, bear, or other large animal as your companion. Summon swarms on your enemies or elementals. You could also invest in Perform: Juggler as part of a circus act backstory.