Topic: Reskinning halflings
I'm not a fan of assuming that a fantasy setting automatically has dwarves, elves, and especially halflings. I know LotFP starts as a much better version of D&D red box, but I'm thinking about reskinning the halfling class because I'm far from being a fan of Tolkien's hobbits.
Has anyone done this before?
Considering the boons that come with the halfling class, I'm thinking about turning them into a quasi-human race, inspired by the picts of the Hyborian setting by Robert E. Howard. That would explain the uncanny bushcraft and stealth, and could also explain the saving throws (they live in a savage land, so they develop an uncanny skill in avoiding dangers).
Of course they'd need to be a very small, pygmy-like folk to also have the halflins' problem with encumberance of weapons...