Hobbits

Description
Hobbits are a playable race created under erdelf's Humanoid Alien Race 2.0 Framework as part of the Lord of the Rims - Hobbits mod. They are a small, courageous people that by the time of the third age have mostly settled into nigh defenseless towns and villages.

In-game Special Traits
Among many of their statistical differences with humans including their smaller size and carrying capacity, Hobbits receive the following special adjustments.
 * Increased hunger rate: Due to their small size, hobbits need to eat more often than other races.
 * Mental Break Threshold -9%: Hobbits thrive in even the direst of circumstances. Just as Frodo can carry a ring to Mordor, so to can a Hobbit colonist eat without a table.
 * Pain factor 80%: This lowers pain by around 20% and reflects a hobbit's natural resilience and higher survivability than many other races expect.
 * Move speed +5%: Hobbits can move fast, thanks to their hairy feet.
 * Opinion of others factor 125%: Hobbits can make lifelong friends who they adore like family. On the other hand, they also run into relatives who they try to dismiss as quickly as possible.

Thought Handlers
Hobbits have special thoughts and react differently to situations than humans do.

In particular, Hobbits adore food just as much as they adore a good puff of pipe-weed. Whenever a hobbit eats a meal, they receive double the positive or negative effects of the food.

Hobbits spend much of their days indoors inside their hobbit-holes. Hobbits are immune to cabin fever.

Backstories
Hobbits have a number of backstories relating to their laid-back lifestyles. These are RimWorld backstories, so they will contain placeholder text such as NAME, HE, or HECAP. This is automatically updated in-game to reflect the character whose backstory it belongs.

Hobbit Names
J.R.R. Tolkein's most numerous collection of names, family names, and even nick-names came from his descriptions of the hobbits. Tolkein wrote a lot about the genealogy of the shire. Using those names as a reference, we created a large variety of Hobbit names for both male and female characters.

For name generation, the most prevalant trait that hobbit names carry is that most female names are based on types of flowers. Although some male names end in -doc, -in, -as, -o, and -wise, the majority of them seem to be difficult to narrow down clear patterns for random generation. Family names used in the mod are from Tolkein's hobbit genealogy.

In total, the mod carries around 123 male names, 55 female names, and 34 family names. Here are 20 from each as examples.