Back when I got the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide I was pretty excited by the introduction of Ghostwise halflings in a side box on page 110.

Particularly the following sentence that gave them mounts.

“Clan warriors known as nightgliders bond with and ride giant owls as mounts.”

Who wouldn’t want to be a halfling with a giant owl to ride on?

Ok I maybe a little bit biased. After all I love playing halflings. They are my favourite species in D&D. A carry over from being a Tolkien/LoTR fan.

It gets better being a Ghostwise halfling because their wisdom ability score gets a +1 bonus on top of the usual halfling attributes. Plus they get Silent Speech. Which allows them to speak telepathically to any creature within 30 feet of them.

Then I came across this Dragon Talk video that blew my mind.

Halflings with dinosaur mounts!

That’s frickin cool. It doesn’t get cooler than that.

And all I have to do is run a campaign in Eberron.

I love the opening quote from Eberron: Rising from the Last War for halflings on page 27.

“ZOMBIES? MINOTAURS? THEY DON’T SCARE ME A BIT.

But a howling halfling warrior charging in on a clawfoot raptor? Most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen.

-Sir Danton ir’Lain, Brelish knight”

These halflings sound badass. Which I always thought they were. This just validates my opinion.

I love the fact that the halflings are nomadic and have close ties with their dinosaurs.

The halfling monk I created many many posts ago would be amazing once changed to fit in to Eberron. Give him a dinosaur mount, and as suggested in the Eberron book theme the monastic tradition around dinosaurs. Maybe name the fighting style after the dinosaur mount that the monk has.

I also like the idea of taking the Silent Speech of the Ghostwise halflings and making that specific to dinosaurs. Something the Eberron halflings developed as their bond between them and the dinosaurs strengthened over the generations.

Oh this has got me so excited about Eberron now and halflings.