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Road Tribes, on the other hand, can be anywhere in size from large to sprawling. In many ways, a larger band of road halflings might operate as a small village on mule back. They are allowed to maintain herds of grazing livestock under the [[Concord of the Highways]], and often set up exotic goods bazaars outside major cities. Some bands simply go the direction the wind takes them, while others travel a regular trade route, albeit one that might take several years or more to circuit. | Road Tribes, on the other hand, can be anywhere in size from large to sprawling. In many ways, a larger band of road halflings might operate as a small village on mule back. They are allowed to maintain herds of grazing livestock under the [[Concord of the Highways]], and often set up exotic goods bazaars outside major cities. Some bands simply go the direction the wind takes them, while others travel a regular trade route, albeit one that might take several years or more to circuit. | ||
Another organization structure for halflings are the [[Hand | Another organization structure for halflings are the [[Hand Tribe|"Hand" Tribes]]. This grouping, like all Halfling social distinctions, is not very well-defined, but often is seen to represent the more disreputable end of the Halfling extended family. Hand halflings can be found both among Road Tribe or Boat Tribe halflings, and the Hand themselves are further subdivided into color-distinguished bands. For example, the [[Blue Hand]] are known as thriving grey marketeers who often settle in conflict zones and assume control of abandoned infrastructure, while the [[Green Hand]] abandon both road and boat and retreat into isolated wilderness settlements. The other Hand tribes are the [[Red Hand]], [[White Hand]], and [[Indigo Hand]]. | ||
Additionally, among the Hand themselves is rumored to be the [[Black Hand]], a tribe of poisoners, infiltrators, and assassins who act as intelligence network-slash-vigilante assassin guild that lives embedded among the five Hand tribes. | Additionally, among the Hand themselves is rumored to be the [[Black Hand]], a tribe of poisoners, infiltrators, and assassins who act as intelligence network-slash-vigilante assassin guild that lives embedded among the five Hand tribes. | ||
According to their own lore, the Hand are the descendants of the halfling nobility of old, but most non-Hand halflings greet such claims with extreme skepticism. | According to their own lore, the Hand are the descendants of the halfling nobility of old, but most non-Hand halflings greet such claims with extreme skepticism. | ||
There also exist Ghost halflings. Less than a coherent subgroup and more a motley collection of outcasts and weirdos (which, for halflings, is a high bar) | There also exist Ghost halflings. Less than a coherent subgroup and more a motley collection of outcasts and weirdos (which, for halflings, is a high bar), they're | ||
==Rule Information== | ==Rule Information== | ||