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How to Create a Character in D&D

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How to Create a Character in D&D

How to Create a Character in D&D

Annie Ericksen

Title of Contents - Choose a Race 6-7 -Choose a Class 8-9 -Choose Your Personality and Background 10-11 -Chooose Your Equipment 12-13 -Customizations Options 14-15 -Go Forth and Play 16-17

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Choose a Race

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The first step to creating a character in D&D is to choose your race.

Humans are the most common but other common races include: Dwarves, Elves, and Halflings.

Some less common options include: Dragonborn, Gnomes, Half-Elves, Half-Orcs and Tieflings.

Your choice of race affects many different aspects of you character and helps establish fundamental qualities of said character.

Your character race affects your abilitie scores, traits, and provides story and character building cues.

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Choose a Class Class is the primary definition of your character; not just your characters profession.

Class shapes the way your character thinks and intereacts with the world , this includes your characters relationship to other players and the world and gods your dungeon master has created.

Classes include: Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, Warlock and Wizard.

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Choose Your Personality and Background This is were you get to make your character an individual and come up with things like: Name, Sex, Height, Weight, Alignment, Language and other characteristics.

It’s important to consider how these choices would interact with the world you will be playing in and the choices you have already made thus far.

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Choose Your Equipment

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When you create your character you will recieve equipment and/ or gold based on the combination of class and background that you have already chosen.

There are many different types of weapons, armor, and general equipment to choose from. its importnat to consider what tools will help or hinder your character in the hopefully long run of your campaign.

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Customization Options With all of the choices you have made thus far; there are 2 options to fine-tune your character, should your dugeon master allow it that is.

These options are Multiclassing and Feats.

Multiclassing allows you to combine classes together.

Feats are special options you can choose instead of increasing your ability scores as you gain levels and experience.

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Congratulations! You did it go! Forth and Play You’ve reached the end of this booklet.

Hopefully it has imparted enough information to aid in creating a character that will allow you to confidendally explore the exiting and extensive world of dungeons and dragons.

Best wishes, young traveler.

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