Originally Posted by Sansang2
The problem is that you are mixing things up. Strength is not only how strong is your character, but also how often he can hit, how much damage he inflicts, but also how much he can carry and how it can interact with other creatures.
An halfling is already "weaker" than an orc, because of its size that gives him disadvantage interacting with creatures bigger than him and making him carry and lift less (IIRC). Why do you want to make it also a worse swordman?

Because he has a completely different center of gravity, lower hand reach, worse grip and obvious problems handling weapons that are too big for his size.
In D&D there is even a debuff (oversized weapons) applied to you if you try use weapons that are too big for your size.

A massive two-handed sword would simply never reach the same potential in the hands of a halfling as it would in the hands of someone of optimal height for it.

Last edited by Edvin Black; 05/07/23 08:14 PM.