D&D General A Gnome and a Halfling have a Baby. What is it?

[MarkB]

Goliaths. It turns out that the combination gains a major growth spurt. This is kept absolutely secret in Goliath societies, who don't want it to get out that they're not really related to giants at all.

 

[Frozen_Heart]

If a half halfling is a quarterling, what happens if you go the other way?

Is there such a thing as a 'ling'? What if halflings were just the same as halfelves and halforcs this whole time?

 

[Lanefan]

There's ling cod on the coast here - does that mean Hobbits are in fact half-fish?

 

[Marandahir]

If a half halfling is a quarterling, what happens if you go the other way?

Is there such a thing as a 'ling'? What if halflings were just the same as halfelves and halforcs this whole time?

In Shannara, a Halfling means a Half-elf.

 

[Horwath]

Is there such a thing as a 'ling'?

OFC there is:

 

[Mind of tempest]

OFC there is:

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gods that thing is ugly both visually and biomechanically, it is just the words "more shape pointy bits" given form

 

[Weiley31]

Pint-Sized.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

I'm curious what other people have thought of when they consider this possibility. I'm interested in what other people have come up with -official and personal homebrew.

My current thinking is "that's where Whisper Gnome come from" but I'd love to hear other ideas.

My homebrew notion is that gnomes and halflings are just different expressions of the same "fey of the land" sort of thing, so their child would be akin to if an eladrin and a drow had a child. A blend of parental characteristics visually, personality is unique to the individual, and game-mechanically I'd probably work something out with the player. AIUI the Level Up approach would be to have one side's physiology and the other side's dominant culture, but I might try to work out something genuinely midway between the two. E.g. maybe a rock gnome/stoutheart child would have some hybrid vigor, maybe something inclined toward a "party animal" nature (as rock gnomes are frolicksome and quirky and stoutheart halflings are sort of semi-stoic bons vivants--that gives me a feel of "work hard, fight hard, play hard"), maybe a slightly more practical twist on the usual gnomish inventiveness.

 

[Hex08]

An abomination to all the gods

 

[messy]

A home.