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05-26-2008, 09:14 PM
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Jack Burton
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a question about short folk of the realms
Do gnomes and halflings have pointed ears? Dwarves?
I'm thinking no for dwarves. And because they're the cousins of dwarves, maybe the same for gnomes...but I could see them being pointy-eared as they are more forest-oriented than dwarves. I think halflings probably do, as well as being free of facial hair like elves (all of the facial hair has moved down to their feet, I guess). |
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05-26-2008, 09:35 PM
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Horus - Egyptian Sky God
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Re: a question about short folk of the realms
In general... no. However, the halflings of Luiren (a halfling "nation" in the Forgotten Realms) have pointed ears (a recessive trait - if they marry with other halflings and have little halflings, their ears will not be pointed).
As for facial hair - I guess I have never seen a bearded halfling, but they sure do have bushy sideburns! (Seems contradictory - I have never seen a person with bushy sideburns who couldn't grow a beard!)
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05-26-2008, 09:50 PM
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Horus - Egyptian Sky God
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Re: a question about short folk of the realms
...come to think of it, I forgot all about the tallfellows and stouts - I think the stouts may be able to grow facial hair, while the tallfellows *might* even have pointed ears? (Just a guess here.) Will have to look up some sources...
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05-26-2008, 10:54 PM
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Jack Burton
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Re: a question about short folk of the realms
Well, I haven't found anything talking about ears...I did find some "official" references to the sideburns, the extremely rare beards and the almost never seen mustaches for halflings. I'l keep looking...
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05-26-2008, 10:58 PM
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Horus - Egyptian Sky God
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Re: a question about short folk of the realms
Yeah... I remember something about beards/moustaches somewhere. I think it was for stouts...
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05-26-2008, 11:13 PM
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Jack Burton
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Re: a question about short folk of the realms
Alright, I just read a description of halflings as having "round bellies and round ears".
On a sidenote, I did a google search and found that there are lots of companies selling "halfling ears" along with their stock of elf, orc and vampire ears. Those ears are pointy. 
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05-27-2008, 12:12 AM
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Horus - Egyptian Sky God
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Re: a question about short folk of the realms
Er... what is the difference with the halfling ears and elf ears then? (Just bigger and more pointy for the latter? ;D )
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05-27-2008, 12:22 AM
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Jack Burton
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Re: a question about short folk of the realms
Pretty much. The images showed the elf ears being twice as long (or so) as a human ear and coming to very distinct points. The halfling ears were about half-way in between the two.
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05-27-2008, 09:59 AM
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Horus - Egyptian Sky God
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Re: a question about short folk of the realms
Er... Guess those ears are from Luiren halflings then?
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05-27-2008, 08:26 PM
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Jack Burton
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Re: a question about short folk of the realms
Here are a couple of images of the gnome that wasn't.
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