Editing Halfling (section)

=Physique=
Halflings are defined, first and foremost, by their short stature. Unlike [[dwarves]], who are stout and compact blocks of muscle, or gnomes, who look like severely stunted (and often visibly aged) [[elves]], halflings look pretty much entirely human, save for the height. To be more precise, they have near-perfect 1:1 bodily proportions in comparison with humans, so they still look just like humans with scaled down sizes, not dwarves (in the "humans with dwarfism" sense). It's generally accepted that halflings age like humans and have adult proportions - [[shortstack|or overly generous proportions]], but some sources have described them as looking more "youthful" than humans, or even looking just like unaging children. 

In newer material, they overlap ever-so-slightly with Gnomes in the sense that their hands, heads and feet are a bit larger than they would be on a human, but not so much that it looks comical like their gnomish cousins. Art from 3.5 and 4th edition tend more towards the "mini-human"-style with normal, physical proportions, but with little to differentiate them from actual humans other than being half their size, this style is usually not seen as much compared to the "squished-and-kind-of-cute-human"-style we know from 5th Edition.

One of the more contentious aspects of the halfling physique is the halfling foot. Specifically, just how accurately do halflings mimic their hobbit ancestors in terms of having large, tough and hairy feet? This is something that has shifted back and forth across the editions, settings and even individual character's attitude towards feet. [[/d/|And not in that way, you perv]].