Creating a Character
Once you have a character in mind, follow these steps in order, making decisions that reflect the character you want. Your conception of your character might evolve with each choice you make. What’s important is that you come to the table with a character you’re excited to play.
Throughout this chapter, we use the term character sheet to mean whatever you use to track your character, whether it’s a formal character sheet, some form of digital record, or a piece of notebook paper. An official D&D character sheet is a fine place to start until you know what information you need and how you use it during the game.
BUILDING BRUENOR
Each step of character creation includes an example of that step, with a player named Bob building his dwarf character, Bruenor.
- Choose a Race.
- Choose a Class.
- Determine Ability Scores.
- Describe Your Character.
- Choose Equipment.
- Come Together
The choices above are the bare minimum to create a character. But if you'd like to continue fleshing out your character and perhaps give more information to your DM to make things around your character, use the links below: