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| Race | Harpling |
| Over-race | Halfling |
| Classification | Pseudohalfling |
| Family | N/A |
| Sphere | Music |
| Origin | Laurelin made them from halflings |
| Lifespan | 70-100 years |
| Habitat | Anywhere, usually pastoral lands |
| Food | Normal human fare |
| Description | Harplings are indistinguishable from halflings, except that their voices are moremusical. |
| Procreation | With each other for more harplings. With other pseudohalflings, it follows the mother. |
| Magic | One in a million have heart or soul magic. Mind magic, body magic, & void are possible. Faith is common. Spellsinging, a variant of mind magic, is more common than other forms. |
| Special Powers | Harplings have the halfling fear resistance as normal, but in placeof a taunting skill, a harpling has the ability to affect certain songs that have an effect on others. Legendarily, there is a song that any harpling can learn that will kill those that hear it. Common effects include: sleep (esp. for animals), confusion, affection, calming, soothing of pain, & mesmerizing. Harplings also lack the ability to learn languages, instead, they know how to learn any instrument within a week of working with it. They do have the halfling wanderlust, however. |
| Weaknesses | Utter silence will drive a harpling mad. |
| Culture | Harplings live the lives of traveling bards, seeking new instruments, new songs, new experiences. Harpling families make small bands to play where they go. |
| Notables | Dionysus Berrywight, Saint of Music |
| Sample statistics | PRO 10 ATH 13 STR 8 AWA 12 WIL 10 Fear Resistance 12 ROG 12 Songs 16Instrument Learning 16 |
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