Ancestry Compendium

Halfling

Small, hardy, cheerful, and improbably hard to kill. Halfling enclaves dot the frontier and the inner systems alike, valued for their cooks, their pilots, and a stubbornness that does not quite match their stature.

Humanoid small Walk · 25 ft Free-placement abilities

Features

  • Lucky

    Once per long rest, when you roll a natural 1 on a d20 for an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw, you may reroll the die and must use the new result.

  • Halfling Nimbleness

    You can move through the space of any creature that is of a size larger than yours. You have advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks made to avoid being grappled or shoved by a larger creature.

  • Brave

    You have advantage on saving throws against being frightened.

  • Hearth-Tongue

    You can read, write, and speak Halfling (a soft, gossiping cant rich in idiom) and Common.

Languages

Halfling, Common

Lifespan

Mature at 20 · Typical max 200 years

Halflings reach adulthood in their twenties and tend to maintain remarkable health into their second century; the oldest halflings preside over family lines spanning five or six generations.