in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]] The origin of hobbits is uncertain, though it’s known that they existed long before coming to their current main home in the Shire. Hobbits are a small folk, being about half the size of a man. They fear other races, treating them with superstition. However, they are a very-strong willed people, who when forced to fight can do so with vigour. It’s recorded how the Shire Hobbits managed to defend their home from an Orcish attack many years ago. There are only two known places where Hobbits are known to live, those being the original settlement of Bree, and the Shire. They are known as Halflings by the Humans, and the Periannath by the Elves.

Hobbits in Mume

Hobbits within Mume are in most respect identical to Tolkien’s descriptions. They are, for obvious reasons, found in places other than the Shire and Bree. With their quick reflexes and light bodies, they make ideal thieves. This was grasped by Thorin II and his party when they took to finding a Hobbit to reclaim their lost home. They have the following modifications to other races:

• gain advantages over other races in sneaking when barefoot
• their bare feet have similar absorb and movement bonuses as high quality leather boots
• are disadvantaged when fighting against trolls
• suffer penalties when riding large mounts and should thus ride ponies

Hobbits can start the game in the Shire, the Tower Hills, Fornost, or Bree.

Subraces

Stoor

In the time of MUME Stoor Hobbits main settlement areas are the Shire’s Eastfarthing and Buckland close to the Brandywine River. They are particularly stout and adapt at living close to bodies of water. In MUME this subrace has the following modifications:

• Base Swim Skill: 25%
• Base Endurance Skill: 10%
• Feet have a higher absorption value (unknown how much, like fine chain?, fine metal?)

Fallohid

• When led by a Fallohid Hobbit, others get the full travel points amount.
• When a Fallohid Hobbit follows someone, they still get the full amount of Travel points.
• For mixing herblores they get a bonus for both success and possiblty to create 2 portions (allegedly equals +2 kit upgrades)
• Smoking pipe-weed will never fail and chance for higher mana gain is increased.

Harfoot

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| Classes

| Cleric • Mage • Thief • Warrior  –  Shaman |-

| Races

| Man • Elf • Half-Elf • Dwarf • Hobbit  –  Beorning Black Númenórean • Troll • Tarkhnarb Orc  –  Zaugurz Orc |}