Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Rajorke 05-10-05, 08:37 PM	do the halflings have a name for their own race like in Forgotten Realms where they call themselves hin?
John Q. Mayhem 05-10-05, 10:36 PM	Hynnyl or some variation thereof is something I've seen several places. I'm fond of holbytlan myself, the root word of hobbit.
zambuka 05-10-05, 10:50 PM	I'd suggest using Talent for singular and Talenta as plural for Eberron halflings. That is of course if there isn't already a name for them. examples of use: when chasing a halfling someone might say "now where did that blasted Talent go?" or if travelling to meet a group of halflings "remember that the Talenta are a very proud people and wont be very co-operative if you dont greet them at their eye level" Or for abbreviation Tal. "That Tal has a mighty fine razorclaw" This way The Talenta Plains translates as the Halfling plains.
Rajorke 05-11-05, 10:26 AM	Hynnyl or some variation thereof is something I've seen several places. I'm fond of holbytlan myself, the root word of hobbit. i'm interested in where you got those names, is this Eberron or another source?
Salla 05-11-05, 03:41 PM	Hynnyl or some variation thereof is something I've seen several places. I'm fond of holbytlan myself, the root word of hobbit. That can't possibly be official, given that TSR nearly got its butt sued off for using the word 'hobbit' in the early printings of 1st Edition ...
The White Sorcerer 05-11-05, 03:49 PM	I don't know about racial name, but a person from the Talenta Plains is, according to Keith Baker, called a "Plainsfolk."
KP91 05-11-05, 03:59 PM	I'd suggest using Talent for singular and Talenta as plural for Eberron halflings. That is of course if there isn't already a name for them. examples of use: when chasing a halfling someone might say "now where did that blasted Talent go?" or if travelling to meet a group of halflings "remember that the Talenta are a very proud people and wont be very co-operative if you dont greet them at their eye level" Or for abbreviation Tal. "That Tal has a mighty fine razorclaw" This way The Talenta Plains translates as the Halfling plains. The CoT novel says Tal is a drink similar to tea. I know that this is really up to the DM but I wanted to pint it out.
Gez 05-11-05, 06:52 PM	I'd suggest using Talent for singular and Talenta as plural for Eberron halflings. That is of course if there isn't already a name for them. Problem is, talent is already a word (meaning natural quality, also an old monetary unit and an older weight unit)... I'd be reluctant to call a halfling a "Talent" just like I would be reluctant to call a goblin a "Skill" or a "Dollar"... Now, Talen(s), that would be okay. Or Talentan(s). And of course, you can use Hin just like in FR. The Halflings were called Hin also in Mystara.
KP91 05-11-05, 10:36 PM	Problem is, talent is already a word (meaning natural quality, also an old monetary unit and an older weight unit)... I'd be reluctant to call a halfling a "Talent" just like I would be reluctant to call a goblin a "Skill" or a "Dollar"... Now, Talen(s), that would be okay. Or Talentan(s). And of course, you can use Hin just like in FR. The Halflings were called Hin also in Mystara. Yes but Talent doesn't have the same meaning in the halfling tounge.