Hobbits are a diminutive folk, standing a little under four feet on average. Hobbit men tend towards a robust build; Hobbit women are more often than not curvaceous. Their comlexions are similar to those of the Eriadoran Men who live outside the Shire, with tanned faces and hair ranging from dark blonde to black. Hobbits are generally cheerful, though often wary of 'big folk' they aren't familiar with. On the whole, Hobbits are perhaps the most peacefully ignorant People within the bounds of Middle-Earth, easy to cheer and with little understanding of the dangerous world outside the borders of the Shire.

The Hobbits migrated out of Rhovanion over the Misty Mountains into Eridaor sometime early in the Third Age. They came into the Kingdom of Arthedain, one of the Arnorian successor states, and gave their allegiance to the King in exchange for autonomy within their home, which in time they came to call the Shire. When Arthedain fell, the Hobbits were left to their own devises, but as one of the few civilised places in Eriador, the Shire and the surrounding farming lands were never really alone.

In the late Third Age, the Hobbits are only known in the Shire and some other parts of Eriador, though legends of them remain amongst the Riders of Rohan. However, it is possible that a small population of Stoors remain by the banks of the Anduin, hiding still in their holes.

Attributes:				Hobbitish & Kuduk The Hobbits of the Shire speak Hobbitish, a dialect of Westron, intelligebile to the peoples of Eriador and Gondor, though peculiar of accent and possessed of some strange words. Kuduk is the ancient tongue of the Hobbits, ancestors; it shared much in common with the languages of the Northmen. Kudukish words, place names mostly, still turn up in Hobbitish, and Meriadoc Brandybuck was able to hear echoes of lost Kuduk in the speech of Rohan.
	Roll	Avg.
STR	2d6+3	10
CON	2d6+12	19
DEX	2d4+10	15
SIZ	2d3+1	5
INT	2d6+6	13
POW	2d4+12	17
CHA	2d6+6	13
Age	10d10	55 years old
Background Points: 5

Skills
Agility Skills = POW+DEX Communication Skills = INT+CHA Knowledge Skills = INT	Manipulation Skills = STR+DEX Perception Skills = INT+POW Stealth Skills = INT+DEX-SIZ
one Craft or Lore = Knowledge x2 Hide = Stealth x2 Hobbit Lore = Knowledge x3 Human Lore = Knowledge x2 Listen = Perception x2 Move Quietly = Stealth x2 Throwing = Agility x2 World Lore = Knowledge x2 one melee attack = Manipulation x2 one melee parry = Agility x2 one missile attack = Agility x2	Hobbitish (spkn) = Communication x3 Westron (spkn) = Communication x3 one other language (spkn) = Communication x2
Background Options
Languages (1 point) Literacy (1 point) Stat Boost (1 point per increase) Skill Boost (1 point per increase) Status - Gentlehobbit (1 point)	Status - Thain or Mayor (3 points) Wealth (1 point per roll) High Quality Items (1-3 points each) Minor Magical Item (3-5 points)

Outfitting Hobbit Characters
Hobbit characters begin with two weapons, several sets of clothing, some decent traveling 'rations' (pies are a favourite), and 20 silver pieces of Shire mint.
Clothing Gentlehobbits: white or cream linen shirt; colourful (royal blue, scarlet, grass green) waistcoat or vest, often decorated with embroidery or cut from brocade; leather belt with pewter, gold, or brass buckle; loose woolen trousers, ending from just below the knees to just above the ankles, often stirpped (bright yellow, green, blue, orange), always vibrantly dyed. Ladies: white or cream blouse and petticoat; dirndle-styled woolen jumper in a bright hue (lemon, fuschia, sky blue, apple green, turkey red), reaching to mid-calf; bodice (in contrasting colour) that laces up the front: lace or crocheted shawl; white or cream linen apron.	Weapons Dagger, handaxe, shortsword, club (in the form of a stout walking stick), shortbow, sling, thrown rocks.
	Armour Commonly none. On rare occasions (or long ago when Hobbits were more bold) leather armours are used. Only under extreme circumstances, like becoming a thain of the King of Rohan or a page of the Ruling Steward of Gondor, do Hobbits come by mail shirts.