Anyway… as for roleplaying a Hobbit. If you wish to try your hand their is of course LoTRO (Lord of the Rings online), but for something differnt try RoME, The Return of Middle Earth, a persistant world for the gam Neverwinter Nights Storm of Zehir. Here you can even play a corrupted evil hobbit race known as Angmaran hobbits, which are Gollum like. The game is set far in the future in the sixth age, well after the reign of Aragorn, this is good because it means whilst you are in Middle Earth.. you are not polluting your view of the world as found in the books. As a role playing PC game this is one of the best.

Hobbits or ‘halflings’ as they are sometimes known are always great because they are sneaky and small and very full of personality. Tell us about your favourite hobbits!

How about some variety, calling all serious role players, what of the stoic venerable statesman dwarf like Thorin Oakenshield, or the meak mocked by more martial dwarves inventor artificer dwarf? The old veteran who disapproves of the young blood who have no sense of decorum, who wouldn’t be seen dead running anywhere – what of dignity and auctoritas?

If you play Neverwinter Nights I highly recommend roleplaying a dwarf who is hugely fat, always comments on being hungry, has an Obelisk type attitude to food, and as a result has maximum constitution. Tip: if you maximize constitution and get the toughness feat then the damage you can take is almost better than high armor class (AC). Sure you need a good stack of potions because your fight style is to take the hits, but this is a roleplay opportunity where potions of ‘heal’ become ‘munches down another beef sandwich’, a dwarf who wouldn’t waste his breath to comment on elves, and who NEVER says ‘bah’.

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