Sword Coast Adventurer 's Guide

Ghostwise Halflings

Ghostwise halflings trace their ancestry back to a war

among halfling tribes that sent their ancestors into flight

from Luiren. Ghostwise halflings are the rarest of the hin,

found only in the Chondalwood and a few other isolated

forests, clustered in tight-knit clans.

Many ghostwise clans select a natural landmark as the

center of their territory, and members carry a piece of that

landmark with them at all times. Clan warriors known as

nightgliders bond with and ride giant owls as mounts.

Because these folk are clannish and mistrustful of out-

siders, ghostwise halfling adventurers are rare. Ask your

DM if you can play a member of this subrace, which has

the halfling traits in the Player's Handbook, plus the sub-

race traits below.

Ability Score Increase. Your Wisdom score in-

creases by l.

Silent Speech. You can speak telepathically to any crea-

ture within 30 feet of you. The creature understands you

only if the two of you share a language. You can speak tele-

pathically in this way to one creature at a time.

KEEPERS OF THE HOME
Cyrrollalee is goddess of the hearth and hospitality, as
well as of trust and handicrafts. Arvoreen is a defend-
er-god, a watchful protector who sacrifices personal
comfort for the safety of others.

THE SHADOWED Goos
Brandobaris is the trickster-god of thievery and stealth,
patron of many halfting adventurers. Urogalan is the
silent, melancholy god of the earth and death. Accompa-
nied everywhere by a great dark hound, he is saddened
by his duties, and vigilant in ensuring that the dead are
respected and protected.

LADY LUCK
Many halfiings have taken to regular worship of Tymora,
seeing her as a helping hand in their fortunes and a pa-
tron of the luckiness associated with the hin.

HUMANS

Humans dwell in every corner of Tori! and encompass a

full range of cultures and ethnicities. Along the Sword

Coast and across the North, humans are the most perva-

sive of the races and in many places the most dominant.

Their cultural and societal makeup runs the gamut,

from the cosmopolitan folk who reside in great cities

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such as Baldur's Gate and Waterdeep to the barbarians

who rage throughout the Savage Frontier.

Humans are famous for their adaptability. No other

race lives in so many diverse lands or environments,

from lush jungles to burning deserts, from the eternal

cold of the Great Glacier to the fertile shores along

rivers and seas. Humans find ways to survive and

to thrive a lmost anywhere. In locations where elves

and dwarves have withdrawn, humans often move

in and build anew a longside or on top of an earlier

community.

It follows, then, that the most common feature of hu-

mans is their lack of commonality. This diversity has

enabled human civilizations to grow faster than those of

other races, making humans one of the dominant races

in much of the world today. It has also led to conflicts be-

tween communities of humans because of their cultura l

and political differences. If not for their penchant for

infighting, humans would be even more populous and

predominant than they already are.

HUMAN ETHNICITIES IN FAERUN

Nine human ethnicities in Faerfln are detailed in the

Player's Handbook. Several other noteworthy groups

of humans are discussed here. Some are significant

minorities in regions or nations that border the North,

while others are prevalent in parts of the world far from

the Sword Coast.

ARKAIUN

Short in stature with tan skin and dark hair, the Arkai-

uns dwell primarily in Dambrath as well as Halruaa and

the Shar. Many Arkaiuns lived under the yoke of drow

s lavery centuries ago after a failed military campaign

against the dark elves, which led to the eventual destruc-

tion of the Arkaiun kingdom in Dambra th.

Arkaiun Names: (Male) Houn, Rhivaun, Umbril,

Xaemar, Zeltaebar; (female) Glouris, Maeve,

Sevaera, Xaemarra, Zraela; (surnames) Lharaendo,

Mristar, Wyndael

BE DINE

Dark-skinned and dark-haired, the Bedine were war-

riors and nomads in southern Anauroch. Once divided

into over a hundred tribes, the clannish Bedine mostly

kept to their desert lands and interacted little with

outsiders, except for trading. Over the generations, more

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