Homebrew [DTD] Halfling Species Details

Halflings are an affable and cheerful people that look like small humans with large, exceptionally hairy feet. They cherish the bonds of family and friendship as well as the comforts of hearth and home, harboring few dreams of gold or glory. Even adventurers among them usually venture into the world for reasons of community, friendship, wanderlust, or curiosity. They love discovering new things, even simple things, such as an exotic food or an unfamiliar style of clothing. Halflings are easily moved to pity, and hate to see any living thing suffer. They are generous, happily sharing what they have even in lean times. They live in small shires hidden in the thick Nelwyn Forest trying their best to stay out of danger. Many of them have an unnatural luck that is believed to have been bestowed upon them by their creator deity, the Bountiful Host, Auramelio, to keep them safe. Halflings follow an unwritten code of hospitality, wherein they do the utmost to be courteous, kind, and generous to any they invite into their homes, or any who invited them as a guest, even if the individual is an enemy.

Subrace

The two main kinds of halfling, lightfoot and stout, are more like closely related families than true subraces. The strangest of the halflings are the Jinx. Choose one of these subraces or one from another source.

[DTD] Halfling Traits

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

Age

A halfling reaches adulthood at the age of 20 and generally lives to their 150s

Size

Halflings average 3 ft tall and weigh about 50 lbs. Your size is small.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 25 feet.

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.

Darkness Sensitivity

You have disadvantage on attack rolls and on Wisdom (perception) checks that rely on sight when you, the target of your attack, or whatever you are trying to perceive is in darkness.