Character Creation

Knock around you character ideas here if you wish. If you're going to roll attributes, please do so in this thread.

From the game description:

Creation using 27 point buy or 4d6 per attribute - your choice. If you roll 4d6 please do so in the ‘Character Creation’ forum so the rest of us can either congratulate you on your awesome rolls or make fun of your rotten luck. (We can talk re-rolls if you end up with three or more attributes with negative modifiers).

Standard starting equipment with the exception of coinage. You’ll have just enough to get a meal at "The Broken Spoon" and then you’ll be broke!

I only have PHB as far as classes, races, and backgrounds go, so if you want to use something else and can point me to a PDF or something I’m good with it.

Well I just love making characters, and I love random methods, so I'm going to start rolling.

Wood Elf, Barbarian Musician

HP: 12
AC: 11

STR 14
INT 13
WIS 8+1 = 9
DEX 10+2 = 12
CON 11
CHR 12

I usually use a homebrew 1d100 table to determine race (because I think some races are less likely in the world than others), but in this case, I'm not playing in my world, and I'm also playing in a bunch of other D&D5 games at the moment. I'm going to just roll a d14 (13 races, including minotaurs - I'll provide a pointer to the Unearthed Arcana pdf with minotaurs if it's selected).

6 - a wood elf! More later; I've got to stop for supper now (and will be posting to the game I'm running before I come back to char gen for this one).

Now to roll for class. There's 12 of those. 12, which would be a wizard. Just my luck: of all the 12 classes, I randomly get the one that someone else is already playing. Normally I like randomness, but I'm going to try again, rolling 2d12 to see if I can get anything other than wizard. A 1 indicates barbarian, an 11 indicates warlock. I'll go with barbarian.

Background: there are 13 of these. 4: entertainer. Type? Musician.

I don't have the PHB in front of me, so the trait, bond, ideal, and flaw will have to wait again.

Minotaur? Going to have to get me that PDF!

I would like to try a wizard.

To get more control of being a wizard I'll roll generic groups.

Stats!!!!

Decided to take a page from spaceseeker19 and roll everything randomly

Forest Gnome

Cleric, Tempest Domain

Criminal Background, Specialty: Fence

Minotaur PDF: https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/UA_Waterborne_v3.pdf

Haha what are the chances....I was actually going to submit a minotaur character which I was using in a game that looks like it has died!

Valrakas the Minotaur. Built using 27 point buy. Referenced Unearthed Arcana Waterborne Adventures. Szemely, I wonder if you'll allow the harpoon stats as is or you want to tweak it because those stats are from 3.5E.

Minatour would be fine but let's keep everything to 5e for my first go at this.

Sure! Just reskin a spear or javelin then? I really like the restraining rope though. Maybe if you hit with the weapon it grants a bonus grapple check? What do you think?

Spaceseeker, that is awesome! :-D

Grapple bonus until the end of your next turn works for me.

Agreed!! :-)

Cool! How much of a bonus, exactly? :-D

I was thinking that anyone who attempted to grapple someone struck by that weapon would have an advantage on their grapple roll until the end of your next turn.

Ah. Well that works! :-) Putting it on the character sheet.

I'll be making my character tomorrow :)

Rolled up a cleric. It says I can have a mace or warhammer. Can I exchange that for a shortsword instead?

Nice! I like the cleric/criminal contrast!

I think with your character description having a profeciency with short swords will work. Consider any proficiency you may have had with hammers null and void (who will use all of the magic hammers I have littered all over this adventure now?)

Looks like we're all set. I will have the starting post up early this evening when I'm home from work (and don't have to use this phone).

Ok cool, I have proficiency in all weapons as a Tempest Cleric, I just wanted to switch up the starting equipment. It fits the background better, not to mention he has a 7 strength and would be worthless with a Warhammer.

Oh, my bad, sorry. I didn't catch the tempest cleric aspect. Proficient with all weapons and starting with a sword is good.

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