Halfling

Cheerful and resourceful, halflings are known for their luck and bravery in the face of danger. They live simple lives in pastoral communities, but their wanderlust often leads them to join adventuring parties.

Halfling Traits

Your halfling character has a number of traits in common with all other halflings.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age.

A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives into the middle of their second century.

Alignment

Most halflings are lawful good. As a rule, they are good-hearted and kind, hate to see others in pain, and have no tolerance for oppression. They are also very orderly and traditional, leaning heavily on the support of their community and the comfort of their old ways.

Size

Halflings average about 3ft tall and weigh about 40lb. Your size is Small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25ft.

Lucky

When you roll a 1 on the d20 for an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, you can reroll the die and must use the new roll.

Brave

You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

Halfling Nimbleness

You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and Halfling. The Halfling language isn't secret, but halflings are loath to share it with others. They write very little, so they don't have a rich body of literature. Their oral tradition, however, is very strong. Almost all halflings speak Common to converse with the people in whose lands they dwell or through which they are traveling.

Lightfoot Halfling

As a lightfoot halfling, you can easily hide from notice, even using other people as cover. You're inclined to be affable and get along well with others.

Lightfoots are more prone to wanderlust than other halflings, and often dwell alongside other races or take up a nomadic life.

Ability Score Increase

Your Charisma score increases by 1.

Naturally Stealthy

You can attempt to hide even when you are obscured only by a creature that is at least one size larger than you.

Stout Halfling

As a stout halfling, you’re hardier than average and have some resistance to poison.

Some say that stouts have dwarven blood. In the Forgotten Realms, these halflings are called stronghearts, and they’re most common in the south.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 1.

Stout Resilience

You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance to poison damage.