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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Diero Domine is a half-elf Cleric

Background - Soldier
Family - You were adopted by distant family. you have no siblings ou had to contend with wealth
Extra skill - Perception

Trait - I'm slow to make friends after a lifetime of small betrayals
Ideal - Stability. Focusing on one thing keeps me sane in a ever-changing
Bond - I have visions of elven ruins and artifacts. They are calling to me
Flaw - I believe in play before work and rarely get to the work part

Trinket - A small lyre carved with leaves and pixies
Elven backstory element - a legendary bard
Human backstory element - a long beard or long hair
Possible Pet - Flotsam is a cunning monkey who loves mud and making a mess.


Antinua Iranapha is a female half-elf Ranger

Background - Acolyte
Family - You were raised by your older sibling. . You had to contend with poverty
Extra skill - Stealth

Trait - I am always amused by life, even in the face of disaster
Ideal - Balance. I bring many things together to make a greater whole
Bond - I am looking for a place to call my own in human society
Flaw - I will take any risk to satisfy my curiosity

Trinket - A silver ring with the word "Dreams" inscribed in Celestial
Elven backstory element - a dark elf renegade
Human backstory element - an elderly adventurer
Possible Pet - Harp is an amusing parrot who can sing several tunes


Grigor is a male half-elf Bard

Background - Outlander
Family - Your older sibling brought you up, moving from city to city. Then a while ago they disappeared, leaving a confusing note
Extra skill - Acrobatics

Trait - I want to see everything beyond the next horizon
Ideal - Friendship. Companions come and go but bonds of friendship are eternal
Bond - I have relatives of elven and human blood all over the lands
Flaw - I dislike everyone who is not like me

Trinket - A paintbrush that has a small amount of bright paint every dawn
Human backstory element - shrine of a human deity of music
Possible Pet - Flotsam is a cunning monkey who loves mud and making a mess.


Ember is a female half-elf Paladin

Background - Outlander
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 - Survival

Trait - I prefer the company of those not of human or elven ancestry
Ideal - Friendship. Companions come and go but bonds of friendship are eternal
Bond - I have left my family driven by visions of a greater destiny
Flaw - I always feel torn between two worlds

Trinket - A statuette of a flying cat with an inspirational quote in Sylvan
Possible Pet - Vibrant is a colorful crab who is always getting lost but turns up in the strangest of places


Betha Chien is a female half-elf Ranger

Background - Sailor
Family - Your older sister Jasmal is a singer and raised you in a rundown tavern. Recently she went missing leaving a confused note
Extra skill - Deception

Trait - I'm slow to make friends after a lifetime of small betrayals
Ideal - Creativity. I try a new experience each day to feed a creative mind
Bond - I am the last of my family and I must keep their stories alive
Flaw - I have an unhealthy appetite for expensive pleasures

Trinket - A petrified elven hand that belonged to one of your grandparents
Possible Pet - Bane is a playful wolf cub who gets excited around strangers