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From: Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 'hobbit' generic/scientific term now that should be used
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 10:32:25 +0100
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On 11/7/2024 9:01 PM, Zaghadka wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 07:07:35 -0000 (UTC), David Chmelik
> <dchmelik@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 'Hobbit' is a generic/scientific term now that should be used.  For over
>> 20 years, science refers to ancient small humans as 'hobbits', which might
>> even fit some current-day people.  So, Dungeons & Dragons should just re-
>> add the term.  Most/all my D&D groups used the term.
>>
>> Of course, D&D can't re-add terms 'balrog', 'ent', 'nazgul', etc., which
>> are in first edition, replaced in second edition (literary edition, not
>> ruleset edition, which didn't change).
> 
> "Troll" is the term I would apply to this.
> 
> There was no Balrog in 1e (it was a Type VI demon, ex: "Balor"), nor Ent
> (it was Treeant), nor Nazgul.
> 

I assume he meant ODnD, which is what I think he meant with the 
difference between literary and ruleset edition.

Thankfully there are nerds interested in everything (I am not precluding 
myself from being one) so someone made a blogpost listing all of the 
changes they did in that regard:
http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2022/02/removed-or-changed-references-to-jrr.html

They changed stuff starting from the 5th printing of Chainmail 3rd 
edition and the 6th printing of the Original Dungeons and Dragons Box Set.