Halfling

Halflings are nearly as common as humans in most cities throughout Ardunor. They are a vibrant, fun-loving people as a whole. Despite their small stature and their dextrous nature, most halflings would rather relax with an ale than clamber around the sails of a ship or climbing through somebody’s 3rd story window to steal some valuables. Even so, the ones that do take to these kinds of tasks excel at them.
Halflings are generally a very kind people, never sparing a negative thought about those around them. They are frequently optimistic people. Many consider them to have an unnatural kind of luck, where things often just work out for them in the end, despite how bad things look to start with.

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 his or her 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 3 feet tall and weigh about 40 pounds. 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.

Origin

Because halflings exist just about anywhere that humans do, they may choose any of the human sub-ancestries, aside from Ütherreichian, as well as the ones listed here.

Bailiwick Halfling

Though halflings occupy most of the same cities that humans do, they also have their own villages anywhere there are green, rolling hills. These halflings make their homes in cozy underground burrows, and live cheerful lives full of celebration and merriment.

Human sub-ancestries

Bracciano halfling

Being of Bracciano origin means you came from one of the very many city-states that exist around the Bracciano Sea, such as Castellana, or Armendur. While the cultures of these city-states are incredibly diverse, there are some commonalities between them.

Shibetian halfling

Having this origin means you hail from the Shibetsu Empire on the westernmost peninsula of Ardunor. The people here are largely isolated from most of the rest of the world, and live in unforgiving, cold, mountainous regions.

Zanjanite halfling