Halfling

Type: Humanoid | Size: Small | Speed: 30 ft.
Overview: Cheerful, stout-hearted folk who value home and hearth, blessed with an extraordinary knack for avoiding ill fortune.
Characteristics & Traits:
- Brave: Advantage on saving throws against being Frightened.
- Halfling (Language) Nimbleness: Able to move through the space of any creature that is a size larger than them.
- Lucky: When rolling a 1 on a d20 for an attack, ability check, or save, can reroll and use the new result.
- Naturally Stealthy: Can attempt to hide even when obscured only by a creature one size larger.

Lore & Culture

Cherished and guided by deities who value life, home, and hearth, halflings gravitate toward bucolic havens where family and community shape their lives. Many halflings possess a brave and adventurous spirit that leads them on journeys of discovery across the world. Their small size—similar to that of a human child—helps them pass through crowds unnoticed and slip through tight spaces.

Anyone spending time around halflings will likely witness their famed luck in action. When a Halfling encounters mortal danger, an unseen force often seems to intervene on their behalf—a gift many attribute to benevolent deities like Yondalla, Brandobaris, or Charmalaine. This fortunate favor contributes to their long life spans (roughly 150 years).

Halfling communities vary widely: for every quiet shire in the countryside, there are urban syndicates like the Boromar Clan in Eberron or territorial nomadic clans like those in Dark Sun.

Subterranean halflings are often referred to as stronghearts or stouts, while nomadic halflings and those living alongside taller species are typically known as lightfoots or tallfellows.