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A rough and tumble bunch of good-for-nothings.

Spreadsheets

• inventory
• experience

Skills, etc

Skills:
- Particularly terrible at, no proficiency and a bad main attribute
<blank> Not particularly notable
+ Proficiency or high main attribute
++ Proficiency and high main attribute or expertise
+++ Expertise and high main attribute
++++ Some crazy god-level bullshit lemme tell you

Tools:
<blank> Not proficient
+ Proficient

Halfling Boys Tactics

Rule #0: Always Be Lucky

Be as lucky as possible and never be unlucky. Halflings live by Marphy's Law:

Anything that can go wrong will typically work out okay. Here, hold my drink!

Halfling Luck

No matter what the boys are doing, they live and die by their luck almost as much as their skill.

Improve the odds

The team has a number of proactive and (mostly) reactive mechanisms to minimize failures and lure successes. Keep the below in mind when trying to optimize rolls:

Rule #1: Always Be Ridin' (Proposed)

Riding on a dog gives you a few distinct advantages:

• Halfling + Dog is like PB + J
• Mount can dash/disengage without impacting your own actions
• Potentially better movement speed than your own
• Single round movement burst option (technically possible?)
  1. Mount moves (+N feet)
  2. Mount dashes (+N feet again)
  3. PC dismounts (costs half your move)
  4. PC moves (+M/2 feet)
  5. PC could then dash or use bonus action movement options (e.g. rogues) to get even farther.
• Can hide behind the dogs for stealth

Some disadvantages:

• Dogs are weak and will probably get squashed often
• We cannot move through squares of larger creatures while mounted (i.e. no Halfling Nimbleness)

Rule #2: Play to our Strengths

Halfling Tactics Discussion. Explained by Four: "Okay, let me see if I understand. I'm in the front hitting pine cone monsters and dodging their clumsy attacks. Beldon is in the back coughing-up magical help and healing flower petals as needed. Banner is 2nd line, blasting and punching these pine cones to death. And, this is Bobwhite hiding like a creeper behind this rock flinging twigs at the pine cones? Okay, I think I got it now. So when we're all riding doggos, I have to try not to get carried away and let pine cones hit Beldon too often? Okay, okay, it kind of makes sense now... What about when we're on a boat? Are the pinecones sharks?"

• See Rule #0 and Rule #1
• Take full advantage of the party:
  • Four's primary combat role: Act like "temporary hit points" for the rest of the party. Ideally no one else takes damage until Four is bloodied or down.
    1. High hit points, hard to hit, resists most combat damage
    2. Debuff physical attackers to reduce damage to the rest of the team
    3. Reduces damage dealt to the team
    4. Consistent physical damage
  • Banner offers essential flexibility: Can nuke from a distance or transition into a front-line hellraiser
    1. Eldritch Blast -- Reliable force damage at range every round it's needed (>5 ft away)
    2. Flurry of blows, burst survivability, great AC, Strength of the Grave
    3. Bag of tricks (Flame damage, illusions, Thunderwave aoe/cc, movement bursts, darkness/silence, persuasiveness)
  • Bobwhite offers incredible ranged DPS and rogue versatility
    1. Sneak attacks at +3d6, init bonuses
    2. Object acquisition/manipulation (invisible mage hand+ sleight of hand, etc)
    3. Incredible stealth/perception/cleverness
  • Beldon keeps everyone else alive with critical buffs/debuffs, luck, heals, and lance shards
    1. Blessings, buffs, and heals keep everyone alive
    2. Area effect and/or control spells (shatter, fear, dissonant whispers)
    3. Bardic Inspirations to amplify the boys and reduce damage in a pinch
    4. Dispel Magic and Counterspell to remove effects or prevent them from ever coming into effect