Who knew the Plane of Fire would be so inhospitable?
But exactly how have they changed?
What Is A Halfling?
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Halflings hold an exalted position in D&D lore.
The gods who rule over such things ashouse and hearth, family and community,love the halflings.
The exact word used ischerished.
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Thus why they make great adventurers, especially when they’re a part of a team.
Halflingsharness that luck well, especially when they feel they are in grave danger.
They have a long life span compared to humans, at150 years on average.
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Halflings, on the other hand,only have four traits, but they are mighty.
Trait Name
Description
Brave
You have advantage on any saving throws that would prevent or end being frightened.
Halfling Nimbleness
you might move through a space occupied by a creature at least one size larger.
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you could’t stop your movement in an occupied space.
Brave helps withthe frightened condition, making it harder to shake you.
This is something that not even the mighty goliaths and orcs have in their kits.
They’re more easily scared than your halfling character.
The frightened condition hastwo effects.
You have disadvantage on attacks and ability checkswhile the origin of the fear is in your line of sight.
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You alsocan’t move closer to that source of fear.
This may be one of the best traits in the whole of D&D.
As for your creature key in, youcount as a humanoid.
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After all, halflings only get to aroundtwo or three feet tall.
How nice you are to NPCs could radically change the game thanks to loyalty.
What Class Should You Consider?
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While every class benefits from the Luck feat, this works so wonderfully with rogues.
Not to mention the Nimbleness and Naturally Stealthy traits.
Ranger is another classto consider.
Which is snipe across great distances without being seen.
There is a sorcerer subclass that will love the ability to reroll ones.The wild magic sorcerer.
Wild Magic Surge and Tides of Chaos bothrevolve around the D20 Test.
The first of the big three ismovement speed.
Before, halflings were locked inat 25 feet of movement.
This alters combatfor the better.
The second big change is thatthere is no subspecies to choose.
Before, you would pick to be alightfoot or a stout halfling.
This allowed forNaturally Stealthy to be a trait of every halflinginstead of being locked behind the lightfoot option.
If you picked lightfoot, you’d geta plus one to your Charisma scoreas well.
Stout halflings, on the other hand, would get that additional pointadded to their Constitution.
This is gone from the 2024 handbook.
There are no chicken chasers here, only well-respected, highly renowned heroes.
This is a guide to renown in D&D and how to bring it into your game.
