Quote Originally Posted by Sizzlefoot View Post

Thinking about it, that could potentially be an interesting origin for drow and/or duergar and/or svirfneblin as well.

Another random thought that just came to mind: we have dark ones, drow, duergar, and svirfneblin. Where are all the mushroom-farming Underdark halflings?
Since most settings just kinda stolen from Tolkien's work, I really don't know what you could do with an underground race of Hobbits. Maybe you could go for an evil-mirror of the Shire for their society -- basically the hillbillies of the Underdark, with most of them lazy, fat and inbred. It'd make for an interesting take, being the Sloth to the Drow's Pride, but I don't know what else you can do with them.

Also, does anyone else think that the duergar are redundant? "These are dwarves, known for their deep mines and being grumpy, except even deeper and meaner."