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 small in stature but famously resilient, possessing quick reflexes and an uncanny knack for defying the odds. While many cherish home, hearth, and good company, others leverage their unassuming size to master stealth and intrigue, or to satisfy ruthless ambition. Whether tending quiet villages, navigating shadowy underworlds, or braving wild frontier lands, halflings rely on quiet resolve, courage, and remarkable luck to navigate a world built for much larger folk.

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