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 Optimistic and cheerful by nature, blessed with uncanny luck, and driven by a powerful wanderlust, halflings make up for their short stature with an abundance of bravado and curiosity. At once excitable and easy-going, halflings like to keep an even temper and a steady eye on opportunity, and are not as prone to violent or emotional outbursts as some of the more volatile races. Even in the jaws of catastrophe, halflings almost never lose their sense of humor. Their ability to find humor in the absurd, no matter how dire the situation, often allows halflings to distance themselves ever so slightly from the dangers that surround them. This sense of detachment can also help shield them from terrors that might immobilize their allies. Optimistic and cheerful by nature, blessed with uncanny luck, and driven by a powerful wanderlust, halflings make up for their short stature with an abundance of bravado and curiosity. At once excitable and easy-going, halflings like to keep an even temper and a steady eye on opportunity, and are not as prone to violent or emotional outbursts as some of the more volatile races. Even in the jaws of catastrophe, halflings almost never lose their sense of humor. Their ability to find humor in the absurd, no matter how dire the situation, often allows halflings to distance themselves ever so slightly from the dangers that surround them. This sense of detachment can also help shield them from terrors that might immobilize their allies.
  
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 Halflings rely on customs and traditions to maintain their own culture. They have an extensive oral history filled with important stories about folk heroes who exemplify particular halfling virtues, but otherwise see little purpose in studying history in and of itself. Given a choice between a pointless truth and a useful fable, halflings almost always opt for the fable. This tendency helps to explain at least something of the famous halfling adaptability. Halflings look to the future and find it very easy to cast off the weight of ancient grudges or obligations that drag down so many other races. Halflings rely on customs and traditions to maintain their own culture. They have an extensive oral history filled with important stories about folk heroes who exemplify particular halfling virtues, but otherwise see little purpose in studying history in and of itself. Given a choice between a pointless truth and a useful fable, halflings almost always opt for the fable. This tendency helps to explain at least something of the famous halfling adaptability. Halflings look to the future and find it very easy to cast off the weight of ancient grudges or obligations that drag down so many other races.
  
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 ===== Standard Racial Traits ===== ===== Standard Racial Traits =====
  
-  * **Ability Score Modifiers:** Halflings are nimble and strong-willed, but their small stature makes them weaker than other races. They gain +2 Dexterity, +2 Charisma, and –2 Strength.+  * **Ability Score Modifiers:** Halflings are nimble and strong-willed, but their small stature makes them weaker than other races. They gain a [[chargen:common_terms#racial_bonuses_and_penalties|Racial Bonus]] to Dexterity and Charisma, and a penalty to Strength.
   * **Size:** Halflings are [[game_systems:size|Small]] creatures.   * **Size:** Halflings are [[game_systems:size|Small]] creatures.
   * **Type:** Halflings are humanoids with the Halfling subtype.   * **Type:** Halflings are humanoids with the Halfling subtype.
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   * **Fearless:** Halflings receive a +2 racial bonus on all saving throws against fear.   * **Fearless:** Halflings receive a +2 racial bonus on all saving throws against fear.
   * **Luck of the Smallfolk:** Halflings receive a +1 racial bonus on all saving throws.   * **Luck of the Smallfolk:** Halflings receive a +1 racial bonus on all saving throws.
-  * **Sure-Footed:** Halflings receive a +2 racial bonus on Acrobatics and Athletics checks.+  * **Sure-Footed:** Halflings receive a +2 racial bonus on [[priority:skills:acrobatics|Acrobatics]] and [[priority:skills:athletics|Athletics]] checks.
   * **Weapon Familiarity:** Halflings are proficient with any weapon which possesses the Halfling Weapon Trait. Halflings may always throw rocks at a range increment of 20 ft., dealing 1d4 points of damage plus the Halfling's STR modifier. Thrown rocks count as improvised weapons for Talents and other effects which affect improvised weapons.   * **Weapon Familiarity:** Halflings are proficient with any weapon which possesses the Halfling Weapon Trait. Halflings may always throw rocks at a range increment of 20 ft., dealing 1d4 points of damage plus the Halfling's STR modifier. Thrown rocks count as improvised weapons for Talents and other effects which affect improvised weapons.
-  * **Keen Senses:** Halflings receive a +2 racial bonus on Perception checks. +  * **Keen Senses:** Halflings receive a +2 racial bonus on [[priority:skills:perception|Perception]] checks.
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-  * **Bruiser:**  A lifetime of brutal survival, either under the heavy burdens of slavery or on the streets, has made some halflings more adept at taking blows than dodging them. Halflings with this racial trait gain +2 Constitution, +2 Charisma, and -2 Wisdom. This racial trait alters the halflings’ ability score modifiers. +
-  * **Errand Runner:** Some halflings are quicker than their kin but less cautious. Halflings with this racial trait have a base speed of 30 feet. This racial trait adjusts their base speed, and replaces Sure-Footed. Keep up, Peregrin Took! +
-  * **Festive:** Once per day, a halfling with this racial trait can grant an ally within 60 feet a +2 luck bonus on one skill check as a free action; this bonus can be applied after the ally’s check result is determined. This replaces Sure-Footed. +
-  * **Swift As Shadows:** Halflings possess incredible stealth even while moving through obstructed areas. Halflings with this racial trait reduce the penalty for using Stealth while moving by 5, and reduce the Stealth check penalty for sniping by 10. This racial trait replaces Weapon Familiarity. +
-  * **Wanderlust:** Some halflings are imbued with a Tookish desire to travel the world. Halflings with this racial trait gain a +2 bonus on [[priority:skills:knowledge|Knowledge]] (geography), [[priority:skills:stealth|Stealth]], and [[priority:skills:survival|Survival]] checks. This trait replaces Fearless and Keen Senses.+