5e D&D Character Idea - Halfling

Idea for your next character, an NPC, members of an adventuring party or a backup character
Associated with rural lives, thievery, hairy feet and stealing rings from dragon hoards. Attractive for playing a small-sized character, added stealth and luck abilities.

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Gynnie Swiftwhistle is a female halfling Rogue

Background - Urchin
Family - Your family has raised and trained riding dogs for generations. Halflings come from hundreds of miles to visit and bond with one. You've rarely been without a dog near you for long

Trait - If someone needs help, I can't refuse it
Ideal - Stability. The comforts of home and family are more important than nature and big cities
Bond - I swindled and ruined a person who didn't deserve it. I seek to atone for my misdeeds but might never be able to forgive myself
Flaw - When things get tough, I'm normally not there any more

Trinket - A bone flute that was given to you at birth
Possible Pet - Cure is a scaled cat. They have an extra tail and are injured


Seraphina is a halfling Wizard

Background - Folk Hero
Family - Your family are famed for their cider. Many evenings you would sing to the apple trees. Fey creatures often came and left gifts. Your mother sends you a batch of cider every year

Trait - I love to spread rumours and listen to gossip
Ideal - Present. The future has yet to come and the past has gone. Live only for the moment.
Bond - I collect the stories of remote places so they are not forgotten
Flaw - I'm never sure how these coins and trinkets end up in my pockets

Trinket - A stone carving of a beloved family pet
Possibly related pie - Mystery Meat Pie: This plain pie has a thick creamy sauce and hunks of unidentifiable meat. Often gifts or trinkets are hidden inside.
Possible Pet - Blossom is a gentle crawling claw. They can speak but only know four phrases.


Rosa Stonebridge is a female halfling Paladin

Background - Guild Artisan
Family - Your older sister Greta raised you after your parents left to travel the world. She took on the family trade of a butcher. She wanted you to follow the family trade and you often quarreled.

Trait - I enjoy good health, fine things and many comforts. Why accept anything less?
Ideal - Independence. I must prove to myself that I can handle life outside of home and hearth in the wider world
Bond - I idolize a hero of the old tales and measure my deeds against that person's
Flaw - Pride will be my downfall

Trinket - A necklace of different sized spoons on a copper chain
Possibly related pie - Cheese Pie: A thin pastry is filled with layers of at least three cheeses, with tomatoes and nuts mixed in.
Possible Pet - Destiny is a gleaming twig blight. They want to be the center of attention


Trim Tosscobble is a male halfling Bard

Background - Folk Hero
Family - Your family has raised and trained riding dogs for generations. Halflings come from hundreds of miles to visit and bond with one. You've rarely been without a dog near you for long

Trait - I like to squeeze into small places where no one else can get to me
Ideal - Live and Let Live. Few things are worth killing over or hurting others for
Bond - My town is my home, and I'll fight to defend it
Flaw - I know things will turn out badly

Trinket - A folded invitation to a famous piemaking contest from 50 years ago
Possible Pet - Empress is a strange swarm of bees. They sometimes glow with a dim light and are resistant to fire damage.


Lindal Greenhill is a halfling Sorcerer

Background - Sailor
Family - Your home had a large oven where other halflings would come to bake and gossip. You and your nine siblings grew up in a dull and respectable settlement. You left as soon as you could.

Trait - I take great pleasure in the simple things of life
Ideal - Live and Let Live. Few things are worth killing over or hurting others for
Bond - I take the comforts of home with me wherever I go.
Flaw - I can't resist an object with a good story to it

Trinket - A clockwork toy donkey
Possibly related pie - Onion Pie: Baked on a pastry base, topped by a mass of onions flavoured with nutmeg, sugar and cheese. A favorite of many stout halfings
Possible Pet - Cure is a colourful chicken. They are always getting muddy