Halfling

Halflings are a playable race in Baldur's Gate 3.

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Small yet capable, halflings prefer the comforts of home and hearth - but their natural luck and dexterity makes them fine adventurers.

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— In-game racial description

About halflings

Halflings are gentle-hearted and light of foot. Small but brave, they value home, hearth, and good company — approaching life with calm steadiness and cheerful resolve. Halflings excel at slipping unnoticed through dangers that trouble larger folk, making them adept explorers and nimble defenders. Though they cherish comfort and familiar paths, many answer the call of adventure, proving luck and courage often outweigh size. In every corner of Faerûn, halflings find joy, resilience, and the strength to protect what they love.

Racial features

Base Racial Speed

You can move 7.5 m (25 ft) per turn.

Size

Small

Halfling Luck

When you roll a 1 for an  Attack Roll,  Ability Check, or  Saving Throw, you can reroll the dice and must use the new roll.

Brave

You have  Advantage on Saving Throws against  Frightened.

Subraces

Lightfoot halfling

Default Lightfoot Halfling appearance

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Stealthy but social, these halflings travel all over Faerûn to make names for themselves.

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— In-game racial description

Subrace features

Naturally Stealthy

Your nimble nature makes you skilled at concealment. You have  Advantage on  Stealth Checks.

Strongheart halfling

Default Strongheart Halfling appearance

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Legend has it that dwarven blood gave stronghearts their hardiness. Resistant to poison and wellsprings of endurance, these halflings easily hold their own.

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— In-game racial description

Subrace features

Strongheart Resilience

You have  Advantage on Saving Throws against being  Poisoned and Resistance to ⁠Poison damage.

Equipment

Certain items have bonuses when wielded or worn by a Halfling. These bonuses can be enabled by being  disguised as one before equipping the item.

• Nimblefinger Gloves: Nimblefinger - a Halfling wearing this gloves gains +1 Dexterity.

Notable halflings

Lightfoot halflings

•  Arron
•  Cora Highberry
•  Dashkent Moliver
•  Findal
•  Happy Hoarson
•  Hydrangea Wubb
•  Ironfinger
•  Linsella
•  Miklaur
•  Olodan
•  Roah Moonglow
•  Roger Highberry
•  Yannis

Strongheart halflings

•  Nonabune
•  Robbin Datherswick

Uncategorized halflings

•  Bad Twin Bubbins
•  Greymask
•  Happy Hoarson
•  Huido
•  Ironfinger
•  Linsella
•  Sledge Pettifeet
•  Terse Torvalt
•  Three-Piece

See also

• List of all halflings
• List of all lightfoot halflings
• List of all strongheart halflings

External links

• ⁠Halfling on the Forgotten Realms Wiki