Halfling

Halflings live in the rolling green of Rivervale, follow Bristlebane (God of Mischief), and host the lowest-drama starting city in Norrath. A Halfling Druid or Ranger will out-forage, out-camp, and out-survive most other classes in the early game, and nobody on the continent wants to fight a Halfling Warrior because they don't stop.

At a glance

Field	Value
Starting city	Rivervale
Continent	Antonica
Size	Smallest (shared with Gnomes)
Vision	Infravision
Innate	High dexterity and agility; sneak works better than most

Available classes

Cleric, Druid, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Warrior.

Halflings are the universal good-side scout race. The Halfling Ranger-Druid combination is the archetype.

City of origin

Rivervale is a burrow-city in the green hills of southern Antonica, north of Misty Thicket. Trainers for all six allowed classes live here, the bank is in the central square, and the guards are friendly to almost every good-aligned race. Rivervale is the easiest good-side starting city to bind in and return to.

Rivervale connects through Misty Thicket south to Runnyeye (goblin fortress) and west to Kithicor Forest (and eventually East Commonlands).

Lore notes

Halflings are not peaceful because they are afraid. They are peaceful because they have already tried the other thing and found it less fun than fishing. On Crushbone's post-PoP era, Rivervale is the only Antonican city that has not lost territory to the major world events — a fact Halflings are quiet but unmistakably proud of.

Play note

A Halfling Druid is one of the three best new-character classes on the server. Forage, self-buffs, free port spells (at higher levels), and Rivervale as a bind city set you up to explore the rest of Norrath without ever stranding yourself.