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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Sergor is a male half-elf Bard

Background - Entertainer
Family - Your parents died at sea when you were young and extended family looked after you. They told many stories of your parents as you grew and many treat you as a sibling
Extra skill - Perception

Trait - I love to hear the ideas of others
Ideal - Balance. I bring many things together to make a greater whole
Bond - My family is whoever I am traveling with on my journeys
Flaw - In a life or death situation I choose the safest option to preserve my own for another 100 years

Trinket - A small book of poems signed by seven bards
Possible Pet - Droplet is an excited duck. They like waking people at night and have exotic colored eyes


Kara is a half-elf Paladin

Background - Folk Hero
Family - you are the youngest of six. Your family breeds goats Your last parent is in decline and is squabbling over the inheritance
Extra skill - History

Trait - I enjoy arriving at a new place and making friends over a glass of wine
Ideal - I overlook obvious solutions in favor of complicated ones
Bond - My hatred of those who destroyed my home keeps me going
Flaw - I have trouble staying in one place for more than a day

Trinket - A bowstring wrapped around an arrowhead that you received at birth
Possible Pet - Bane is a playful wolf cub who gets excited around strangers


Efferil Raethran is a male half-elf Monk

Background - Guild Artisan
Family - Your father is a renowned mystic and your mother is a skilled alchemist. You are the eldest child and expected to keep up the family tradition
Extra skill - Animal Handling

Trait - I am always talking about death
Ideal - My family is whoever I am traveling with on my journeys
Bond - I work to restore an ancient place of magic
Flaw - I am inflexible in my beliefs

Trinket - A large blue pebble with a date marked in Elven
Elven backstory element - a legendary bard
Human backstory element - a loud family argument
Possible Pet - Selune is a independent rat. They belonged to another traveler but preferred you instead


Eryn Ariemne is a male half-elf Rogue

Background - Sailor
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 - Medicine

Trait - I am always talking about how one of my ancestors was a dragon
Ideal - Stability. Focusing on one thing keeps me sane in an ever-changing world
Bond - I idolize a famous half-elf who was everything I want to be
Flaw - I have difficulty seeing the viewpoint of others

Trinket - A bowstring wrapped around an arrowhead that you received at birth
Elven backstory element - a magical elven bow
Possible Pet - Selune is a independent rat. They belonged to another traveler but preferred you instead


Bran Lackman is a half-elf Sorcerer

Background - Charlatan
Family - Your aunt, Olga Helder won a great battle. You will try to avenge their death
Extra skill - Nature

Trait - I like to use words and phrases from other cultures
Ideal - Independence. I go where I please, not where others want me to
Bond - My collection of maps grows with each adventure
Flaw - I have a weaknesses for wine, sweet foods and pretty faces

Trinket - A paintbrush that has a small amount of bright paint every dawn
Elven backstory element - blessing of an elven love goddess
Human backstory element - a young necromancer
Possible Pet - Curiosity is a scaled squirrel marked with a strange rune. You rescued them from a magical experiment