5e D&D Character Idea - Halfelf

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Half-elves are often they are associated with music, travel, bards, independence and difficult childhoods. Split between the human and elven cultures, many like to play them for their roleplaying challenges

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Soveliss is a male half-elf Ranger

Background - Charlatan
Family - Your grandparents once won a great victory against fiends and you hope to build a shrine in their name. Sadly your family have been fighting over their inheritance for the last decade.
Extra skill - Sleight of Hand

Trait - My good looks are there for all to see
Ideal - Curiosity. The open road is freedom to explore what is beyond the next horizon
Bond - I have relatives of elven and human blood all over the lands
Flaw - I have difficulty seeing the viewpoint of others

Trinket - An archery bracer with the symbol of a deity of love
Elven backstory element - a painting of the Feywild
Possible Pet - Harp is an amusing parrot who can sing several tunes


Eli Lathalath is a male half-elf Bard

Background - Outlander
Family - Your mother is a famed smith and your father is a respected diviner. You are the youngest child and they send you a letter every month
Extra skill - Medicine

Trait - I always try talking first to solve a problem
Ideal - Mastery. If you can master yourself you can master the world
Bond - I will become the greatest hero that ever lived
Flaw - I have trouble forming deep relationships

Trinket - A petrified elven hand that belonged to one of your grandparents
Elven backstory element - a painting of the Feywild
Human backstory element - a long beard or long hair
Possible Pet - Vibrant is a colorful crab who is always getting lost but turns up in the strangest of places


Lureene Greycastle is a half-elf Barbarian

Background - Charlatan
Family - You were raised by your distant relations. you have no siblings. You had to contend with an enslaved family
Extra skill - Performance

Trait - I am always smiling, even in the face of disaster
Ideal - I record each day in my journals. Think how many pages I will fill in my lifetime
Bond - I will bring terrible wrath down on the evildoers who destroyed my homeland
Flaw - I'll do anything for a chance of glory

Trinket - A worn brooch
Human backstory element - shrine of a human deity of music
Possible Pet - Harp is an amusing parrot who can sing several tunes


Chaedi Teinithra is a female half-elf Monk

Background - Noble
Family - One of your grandparents died in a great battle against giants. You are guided by their spirit
Extra skill - Investigation

Trait - I always try talking first to solve a problem
Ideal - I seek vengeance for a wrong done to the elves centuries ago
Bond - I have a half-elven friend who understands me like no other
Flaw - I leave behind a trail of broken hearts

Trinket - An ancient elven coin that shimmers in the dark
Possible Pet - Bane is a playful wolf cub who gets excited around strangers


Jia is a female half-elf Warlock

Background - Noble
Family - Your father is a famed hunter and raised you alongside twin sisters. He revealed a secret about your mother soon before you left home
Extra skill - Performance

Trait - I strive to prove myself to the world and those around me
Ideal - Beauty. There is beauty all around. In the stars, in a map or a pretty smile
Bond - I have a fascination with those who live less than a century
Flaw - I have trouble staying in one place for more than a day

Trinket - A flute with two human and two elven names
Human backstory element - a sprawling metropolis
Possible Pet - Droplet is an excited duck. They like waking people at night and have exotic colored eyes