Halfling

Hobbits of Middle Earth

	Skin & hair	Stature	Weight	Build	Beards	Boots	Hands & feet	Terrain	Locations
Harfoots	browner	shorter	— —	smaller	beadless	bootless	neat & nimble	highlands	hillsides
Stoors	— —	— —	heavier	broader	chin down	bad weather	heavy-legged	flatlands	riversides
Fallohides	fair	taller	slimmer	— —	beadless	—	—	woodlands	trees

Tolkien	AD&D	D&D3	D&D5	Faerûn
Harfoot	Hairfoot	Lightfoot	Lightfoot	Lightfoot
Fallohide	Tallfellow	Tallfellow		Ghostwise
Stoor	Stout	Deep	Stout	Strongheart

Halflings of D&D

• oD&D “Hobbits” – Straight Outta Tolkien
• AD&D “halflings” – a hobbit by any other name
• AD&D² Kender – light-fingered “borrowers”
• D&D3 Halflings – caravan-wagon dwelling nomads
• D&D4 Halflings – river-boat dwelling nomads
• D&D5 Halflings – mix of AD&D & D&D3

Subraces of D&D

• Hobbit – (oD&D)
• Hairfoot – Hobbit-esque (AD&D).^G&H
• Stout – dwarven-esque (AD&D).^G&H
• Tallfellow – elven-esque (AD&D).^G&H
• Kender – light-fingered “borrower” tallfellows from Krynn (Dragonlance).^{DLA G&H}
• Athasian – dessert-dwelling halflings from Athas (Dark Sun).^{DSBS G&H DSCS}
• Furchin – polar (arctic) dwelling stouts from Falakyr (Spelljammer).^G&H
• Lightfoot – MM-3E
• Deep – MM-3E
• Tallfellow – MM-3E
• Jerren – BoVD
• Ghostwise – RoF
• Strongheart – RoF
• aquatic – UA-3E
• arctic – UA-3E
• desert – UA-3E
• jungle – UA-3E
• paragon – UA-3E
• water – UA-3E
• Lightfoot – PHB-5E (hairfoot & tallfellow)
• Stout – PHB-5E (strongheart)
• Hin – Faerun