a question about short folk of the realms
 

Do gnomes and halflings have pointed ears? Dwarves?

I'm thinking no for dwarves. And because they're the cousins of dwarves, maybe the same for gnomes...but I could see them being pointy-eared as they are more forest-oriented than dwarves. I think halflings probably do, as well as being free of facial hair like elves (all of the facial hair has moved down to their feet, I guess).

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In general... no. However, the halflings of Luiren (a halfling "nation" in the Forgotten Realms) have pointed ears (a recessive trait - if they marry with other halflings and have little halflings, their ears will not be pointed).

As for facial hair - I guess I have never seen a bearded halfling, but they sure do have bushy sideburns! (Seems contradictory - I have never seen a person with bushy sideburns who couldn't grow a beard!)

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...come to think of it, I forgot all about the tallfellows and stouts - I think the stouts may be able to grow facial hair, while the tallfellows *might* even have pointed ears? (Just a guess here.) Will have to look up some sources...

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Well, I haven't found anything talking about ears...I did find some "official" references to the sideburns, the extremely rare beards and the almost never seen mustaches for halflings. I'l keep looking...

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Yeah... I remember something about beards/moustaches somewhere. I think it was for stouts...

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Alright, I just read a description of halflings as having "round bellies and round ears".

On a sidenote, I did a google search and found that there are lots of companies selling "halfling ears" along with their stock of elf, orc and vampire ears. Those ears are pointy. :)

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Er... what is the difference with the halfling ears and elf ears then? (Just bigger and more pointy for the latter? ;D )

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Pretty much. The images showed the elf ears being twice as long (or so) as a human ear and coming to very distinct points. The halfling ears were about half-way in between the two.

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Er... Guess those ears are from Luiren halflings then?

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Here are a couple of images of the gnome that wasn't. :)