Halflings

The cloistered, good-hearted and happy.

Halflings in Sarion

Halflings in Sarion keep to themselves. When you encounter a halfling outside their cloistered villages, it is a rare sight but will most likely be a pleasant encounter as most halflings are kind and happy people. These small people are often seen as very courageous and lucky, blessings they tribute to their god mother Yondalla.
Although you may see a few halflings in some towns and cities, most of them stay within the edges of their small towns, hidden from the other races and the monsters of the world. These small halfling villages are in most of the countries in Sarion. Halfling villages are small and most are unknown, hidden from being found by the luck of the halflings. Some halflings want to travel and see the world, these halflings are the ones that got fancy feet and left home, they are the ones you will most often find away from their homes and in towns and cities across Sarion.
There are only two towns in Sarion that would be considered halfling towns and are actually marked on most maps. These two towns are Weary Travel and JamJar. Weary travel is a traveler's town along the long road in Elsvyyn that leads towards Zuephlin, it is a farm town with many different great ales and foods for travelers to enjoy before moving on. JamJar is a smaller village in the plains of Zuephlin and is mostly a farming village specializing in fruit farming for their legendary jams that are talked about by almost any traveler who has been through the town.
If you meet a halfling you will be greeted with a smile and a "good day" from them, as most halflings are good hearted and try to think the best of people. A halfling is more likely then any other race to invite a stranger into their home for dinner or to try and offer aid or help to those who ask. At the same time halflings are not naïve and can tell when someone is being sincere or trying to deceive the halfling. Those who spend a lot of time with halflings would see the luck that they have and when something seems as if it is about to go very wrong, a halflings luck will kick in and save them. They are also courageous, not much can scare a halfling, in a world where they are the smallest of the common races, they learned to simply stop fearing things as much.

Sarion 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 live just under two centuries.
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 then yours. Additionally, if a creature of a size larger then yours makes a attack of opportunity against you and you have not attacked them in the last round, the attack has disadvantage against you.
Halfling Trade. All halflings grow up learning a trade either from their parents or from friends while growing up. Learning this trade helps give you a livelihood and help your village. You gain proficiency with one of the following artisan's tools of your choice: Carpenter's tools, Cobbler's tools, Cook's utensils, Glassblower's tools, Painter's tools, Potter's tools, Weaver's tools or Woodcarvers tools.
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.
Subrace The two main kinds of halfling, lightfoot and stout, are more like closely related families than true subraces. Choose one of these subraces.

Lightfoot

Most Lightfoot Halflings live in urban environments and are usually the ones you find amongst other races and in the towns and cities you find on maps. The Lightfoot are the ones most effected by wanderlust and live away from their secluded hidden villages. They are also very good at hiding and going unnoticed as they are used to living under the larger folk.
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. You can also attempt to hide even if you are only lightly obscured as you are small and can slick away and hide in small places.

Stout

As a stout halfling, you’re hardier than average and have some resistance to poison. Most Stout Halflings live in their secluded towns in the wilderness and away from other races. But occasionally a Stout Halfling will be struck with wanderlust and leave their home, but it is rare.
Ability Score Increase. Your Constitution score increases by +1.
Stout Resilience. You have advantage on saving throws against poison, and you have resistance against poison damage.