Handbooker Helper: Halfling (Quick Build) 

"Rolling two Natural 1s is highly unlikely" (Cries in Travis Willingham)

Hob- Uhhh I mean the legally distinct Halfling.

"Rolling two consecutive ones is not impossible" *Flashback to Vax's walk of shame*

The Sad Travis drawing made my whole day

i'd love to see liam in the next campaign make a nice halfling with a extremely brooding backstory

Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes gives some great insight into Halfling culture. Instead of conventional treasures, halflings tend to prize and collect artefacts related to great triumphs or stories. "This is the very rock Billiwick the Brave threw at the stone giant!" or "Why, this is Roswyn Ticklefoot's plate from the Great Feast of Mordeg's Demise!" It's easy to find a mundane item related to the adventures you have, so when you learn to think like a halfling, you always get great loot!

I know the Handbook. I use it all the time... but I also enjoy these videos. Anyone else watch for entertainment value just as much as reference or refresh?

I'm gonna make a stout halfling barbarian, put that dex bonus toward unarmored defense, and rip everything's kneecaps off lol

Yeza was his name, the Halfling man!

One of the most underrated races in the game for sure

I had a passive-aggressive halfling and a diplomatic dwarf. Its bit backwards.

I'm surprised Liam loves halflings so much, considering that they're thieves. They're nasty, little thieves.

The concept of making a halfling bard with every luck feat is just so tempting

Classic- halfling rouge, halforc barbarian, dwarven cleric, elf wizard, and human fighter. Edit: i did nott requeat this much attention. Back to the shadows for me.

Currently playing a lightfoot halfling mastermind rogue, hit level 4 and took the bountiful luck feat. Bonus action giving allies advantage on attacks rolls within 30 feet while also using my reaction to negate their 1s. Never have I seen party members so determined to keep the little luck and advantage buff-bot alive. Outside of combat they get to do all the roguey things.

Rolling a halfling monk is the best thing you could ever play. Watch ogres get super mad as they spin around and around trying to find you only to come to a state of shock and confusion as a tiny foot kicks them square in the jaw. Please treat yourself and play a halfling. PLEASE.

1:42 "The Halfling heart proves and endless font of kindness, empathy and courage" *laughs in Dark Sun*

Halflings have always been one of my favorite races and they dont get nearly enough love, a fighter halfling with a crossbow is a force to be reckoned with. The Greatest Adventure is what lies ahead.

Halfling has been my go-to since my first DND game when I had no clue what DND was but I loved the LOTR series. Now that I’m a DM, I love to have halfling NPCs.

Celestial Warlock halfling w/ criminal background helping the almost animal/childlike primal positive energy entity inside him grow and mature into something kinder was a good choice and personal redemption/discovery choice.

Be a Halfling Wild Magic Sorcerer and take the Lucky, Bountiful Luck, and Second Chance feats to become almost as lucky as Charmalaine, Halfling Goddess of Luck! (Make them your patron deity for bonus points)

Everyone is always talking about Frodo baggins, but where is the love for my homies Willow, and Wilbur weather vane.

That moment when you realize that Liam was the one to make the Halfling video so we didn't catch on to Nott's secret origins as a Halfling reincarnated as a Goblin

I'm currently playing a happy-go-lucky lightfoot halfling bard. It's a big change to be playing a curious, enthusiastic character, because most of the characters I write are angry and sarcastic.

I love playing my halfing druid so much she's just a ball of sunshine and hecking fun to play. these videos are so helpful honestly i've learnt so much from them

Rolling consecutive 1s, and dissing goliath barbarians? Man, this turned roast Travis quick.

I have a halfling wizard in a game I'm in. Every time he rolls a one almost without a skipped beat he would just go "I'm a halfling" and reroll. Unless it was for the daily portent. Then the real fun begins.

the luck trait is like having a feat at lvl 1. not to mention with xanathars luck feat as well as lucky feat, you are practically the most useful player.

Halfling bard here. :D And, yes, the Lucky trait is a glorious thing to have and has saved my bacon a number of times.

That's my president!! #VoteWithYourJohnson Also, sad travis drawing was addoorrable

His nervous laugh is amazing

Liam: "They are so determined to see good in everything..." Me, playing LE halfling paladin of conquest: "Yeah... Good in everything... Sure..."

Loving all the new content and directions with Critical Role! Keep it coming, folks!

"I love love LOVE halflings, Ifeel they're criminally overlooked" I KNEW there was a reason I loved Liam so much.

Literally playing a halfling tonight for the first time in ages (also just getting to play for the first time in ages since I normally dm). Looking forward to representing the brave small-folk!

liam likes halflings so much because he's so much of a dad he immediately goes teary-eyed at anyone shorter than him

My favorite thing about playing Halfling: "That's a natural 1... O WAIT IT ISNT CUZ IMA HALFLING BAM!!! .... that's a 2..."

The ding at the end is what keeps me coming back for more

LIAM FINALLY GETS TO PLAY HIS HALFLING

Was a DM for my very first DnD game lately and honestly the Lightfoot-Hafling Rogue of the group as our MVP. Character was reserved by nature but a line of natural 20's made everything they did look effortlessly easy. Even more fun when the other members of the group only rolled laughably low throughout the game!

My favorite race! Halfling's luck comes up a LOT.

Halfling roll-call! My current halfling character is Yahtzee Longshanks, Chaotic Neutral Celestial Warlock. After making a deal to free a captive unicorn from the slave pen of his cruel master, Yahtzee now travels the land, providing comfort to the dispossessed and grifting everyone else with his healing hands and silver tongue.

I love halflings! One of my greatest characters is a halfling, started almost 30 years ago in AD&D. He adventured his way into the hearts and memories of many fine campaigns and parties.

I wanna preface this with I’m a visual learner and suck at maths but I finally understand how to calculate skill checks and saving throws from the + animations you guys did so thank you so much !!

I loved playing a Halfling Monk, Way of the Dunken Master. A lot of fun to RP, plus extra movement and not provoking opportunity attacks after Flurry of Blows meant I could roll throughout the battlefield.

I'm really digging these little explanations

One of the best of these ever. Super meta&amazeballs!

I'd also add the expanded sub-race known as the Ghostwise Halflings. These are a nomadic group of halflings...a bit more of a warrior family. They gain a plus 1 Wisdom and roam in clans through the wilds. They can communicate telepathically (a skill fostered by their ancestors taking a vow of silence), and are known for riding giant owls...imagine a totally silent tribe of hostile halflings swooping down upon an unsuspecting enemy camp. It's like Frodo meets Rambo...Frambo. Frobo? Rodo...? ...it needs some work.

I’ve been trying to role up a old bard hafling that spent the majority of his life as a guard in a port city until a close call with an axe made him want to retire, see the world and finally learn to play the flute before he dies. He is essentially Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon in attitude.

Of course Liam would value Halfling Luck as the best part. It sounds does indeed great. Advantage against poison and fear plus a CON bonus sounds Stouts are tough little guys. However, I"d say my favorite part of this is how Liam started with the roleplay value and seamlessly transitioned into the mechanics. A perfect blend.

I really like the sad Travis drawing near the end with the Goliath. That was great.

Halflings are my favorite! 😊

Halflings are by far my most favourite race in D&D. Halfling Luck is just so good to not want to take all the time, even if they don't have Darkvision.

Played a halfling barbarian once for a one-shot named Sean Bloodbadger. He was so freaking fun with both high Dexterity and high Strength, he dodged most of the attacks that went his way and wrecked house with his lovely battleaxe, Matilda. Landed a near killing blow to the boss. Too much fun.

An ordinary race, with a knack for doing extraordinary things.

You forgot fighter! Halflings make incredible Dex based fighters, even considered making the gunslinger im playing to be halfling because of it. I didn't cause it personally though it would break the gun play a bit to much since i'm using a misfire 1 pistol so far.

One day I''ll make that Talenta plains halfling dinosaur rider. Don't know what it is about the short races but I loves me some small folk!

This made me love the idea of playing a halfling. I’ve been playing goblin for the ‘underdog effect’, but right now I’m looking at rolling up a halfling for my next character.

I'm so used to Liam's voice delivering speeches about "vengeance" and "darkness" and "retribution". Feels weird to hear him sound so positive for once :)

That cartoon Willingblam was perfect.

I was a halfling cleric in my first campaign!! They're so much fun, and that halfling nimbleness definitely came in handy when the party would pick fights in the worst terrain they could find

There are also 3 other halfling "sub races" You have the Ghostwise, which can be found in page 110 of the sword coast adventurer's guid (they make pretty good monks if I do say so myself). Then you have the the mark of healing, and the mark of hospitality which can be found in Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron, on pages 98-100.

can we just stop a second and appreciate how good Liam is at hosting??between this video and talks machina...watch out Brian W. Foster i say!!

Working out a halfling Sword Bard soon...background as an Urban Bounty Hunter. Personality-wise, they fulfill pretty much your typical halfling...charming, friendly, charismatic... And just when you guard is down...whack!...crack goes the quarterstaff. It isn't anything personal...they're actually the most hospitable bounty hunter you'll ever meet.

From the legendary rogue himself. RIP Vex

There are also the Ghostwise Halflings from the Swordcoast Guide, halflings so reclusive and shy of the world that they have inherent telepathy. As for my favourite Halfling, it must be my Catalina Hilltopple, the Stout Halfling Fighter. Nothing beats a Combat Master that can get in between the legs of their enemies, and completely ignore the enemy frontline while running at the Enemy magician. Mobility and Shield Master feats are highly recommended.

STOP FLEXING ON ME WITH YOUR VOICES LIAM GODS YOU ARE GOOD

In my first campaign with my halfling warlock, and it has been a hilarious misadventure!

A great pitch. Love halflings.

i would just like to thank liam and this video because inspired by this video to make my new character a halfling, and our waterdeep adventure would not be the same without her

Ghostwise halflings are very cool.

I love halflings, such a fun race to play. They are great for Rogues but also make fantastic Monks as well.

That Lucky feature has come in handy a couple times for my bard!

I will always love halflings. And did indeed come in handy whilst fighting a fire giant.

I made a halfling arcane trickster, who was a guild artisan alchemist, Varo is 2 foot 7 inches tall, he has purple eyes, ashen skin and his jet black hair is styled into a pompadour. he has two mastiffs one of them pulls his chariot and the other serves as a combat mount. absolutely awesome

I'm currently playing a halfling trickery cleric. She's an absolute delight and a menace with her spiritual weapon

I like that this is happening after we've had a glimpse into the world of halflings with Yeza

One of my favorite characters I have ever played was a halfling, and I chose the race on a whim. I plan to play many more halflings in the future 😊

The fucking title sequence gets me every time.

Also, if you have advantage on a roll and get 1 on either (or both) dice, Lucky let’s you reroll each 1 on a die once and still use the larger number from the advantage. Of course, that also applies to disadvantage rolls, so after your Lucky rerolls, you take the lowest.

I love the halfing. I ran a samurai fighter halfling in Dragon Heist and I have never had so much fun

I'm calling it, Liam's next character is an Australian accented halfling bard that's the brother of Thaddeus Candleglow.

Also you could go with Eberron Halflings. They ride freaking dinosaurs. That's fucking rad.

Flash to Sam only use Luck racial feat to reroll his 1 to keep that dagger...

I'm currently playing as a stout halfling monk, and it's the best decision I have ever made when it comes to characters. I've loved all the characters I played, but I'm having so much fun with this one. Sassy, curious, adventurous and maybe a tad bit violent.

Halfling ranger here, weathering all the inevitable height jibes from our elf and tieflings...

Of course is Liam that talk about halflings. He is actually Martin Freeman.

Possibly my favorite character I've ever built is a halfling 'luck manipulator'.I rolled REALLY crap stats and what I decided was that despite being told I could reroll, I would take them, and use this build I'd had in mind for a good while. See below if you're interested. Halflings naturally have some luck, but they also have a few racial feats that expand upon luck even more so. And there's the normal Lucky feat. If your scores are just bad... why not invest in not rolling bad and making others roll bad / good with these feats? Also, those advantages on fear and poison are tweaking more rolls in your favor if you're Stout. On top of that take 2 levels of Wizard to become a Diviner and know the results of two things of your choice in advance every day! You KNOW that you're going to win the arm wrestling contest and you KNOW the big bad is going to fail his save on the Druid's Polymorph. From there? Just go Bard. Bonus action to make rolls better for your friends! From there it's just a matter of picking Bard spells and 2 levels worth of Wizard spells that suit you- in my case ones that don't rely on my own numbers to be good like Magic Missile, Rope Trick, and Message. Pick up a familiar while you're at it- grant yourself dark vision despite being a halfling and have them use the help action for your allies in combat. A very useful character even if they're not amazing in raw stats. When push comes to shove they'll win or make sure you win. You can even grab the guidance and bless spells with magical secrets, and jack of all trades and expertise are always handy even in the hands of the mediocrely statted.

My character now is a Lightfoot Halfling Ranger, a Beastmaster with a goat as an animal companion. I absolutely adore her and that "reroll your 1's" has saved me countless times, hahah.

Just started playing d&d playing a halfling barbarian raised by dwarfs and loving it

I love halflings. They're the best.

I think an all-Small party would be fun to run. Halflings, Gnomes, Goblins, and Kobolds. Dwarves, too, if you don't mind cheating. Descending into tunnels too cramped for the big folk. Riding from place to place on steeds of fine, loyal Mastiffs. Doing battle with giant rats and spiders (who aren't all that big to tall folk, but more than meaty for the Small). Foiling the plots of Neogi, Duergar, or scheming Imps. Or else being royally outsized by big creatures or wicked big folk, who enjoy pushing around those smaller and weaker than them.

If Liam loves the little folks so much, I'm surprised he hasn't played one on stream yet

My Halfling Hexblade thanks you for this.

No mention of the ghostwise halfling? Just rolled up a ghostwise shadow monk

I'm definitly an Halfling ah ah wan't to play this mom left on adventure to look after her son ah ah

Mippin the Bear. A ghostwise halfling Barbarian sporting a great two-handed axe almost his size and a beard because he was raised by Dwarfs. A blast to play.

I am playing a ghostwise halfling monk/rogue/warlock right now. I love playing her, especially since everyone underestimates her, and she plays that to her advantage.

Who else knows how to play DnD but still watch these videos because of these charismatic people?

My first character was a halfling. I had forgotten how fun they are!