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I have finished my character sheet except for the background. I kind of wanted a private investigator type character, so I exchanged History skill with Stealth. Everything else is straight from PHB Sage background.

Wrote a very basic background. Can expand it later. Really not feeling the Dragon Disciple thing though.

Welcome to the team @kidennui

@KidEnnui - Great. I'd love to take a look! Go back to the Game description page, find the character in the pull-down menu under "Submit a Character," and click the "Submit" button.

Should I exclude Origin feats as well? I know you said no feats, but yes class features.

Submitted.

@KidEnnui - Some questions/notes on Jonel Steele:

1. For your ability scores, you rolled 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15 and you've chosen for Jonel to be human. That would result in ability scores of 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16.
2. You mentioned that you were using the Sage background (and switching History with Stealth), but on the sheet you have Criminal listed. Which is it?
3. You have five initial proficient skills listed for Jonel, which can happen with some combinations, though 4 is most common. Deception and Stealth come from the Criminal background, and Insight from the Sorcerer skill list. I don't see how Jonel has Survival and Sleight of Hand. He should have one other skill from the Sorcerer list: Arcana, Intimidation, Persuasion, or Religion.
4. I didn't see a roll for initial gold (which you are welcome to do, if you don't want to take the 15 that comes with the criminal background), but Jonel has 27 gold listed in inventory.
5. Jonel has a set of thieves' tools and a disguise kit, but those are not default equipment from the criminal background; did he buy those?
6. Jonel has taken a spear as the Simple Weapon alternative to the Light Crossbow he gets as a sorcerer...but sorcerers do not have spear proficiency. Sorcerers have proficiency in dagger, dart, sling, staff, and light crossbow.
7. Please make Jonel public.
8. Jonel should start with Inspiration.
9. I like the background that you've created for Jonel: meeting the Fae creature, unlocking powers, apprenticing to a wizard, then going to work for the Fairview guard. Jonel has had a busy life already! For his Bond, is the mentor the wizard, a guard captain, or someone else?

Next I want to see what approach interests you for inserting Jonel into the story. Before I start suggesting things, do you already have an idea for how Jonel enters the ongoing story?
Yes, there are no feats. It's a different game system that has that (Origin Feats are from D&D 2024/5.5, not D&D 5e).

1. I'm assuming by your statement here that I should drop the Ability Score increase from background as I have taken the +1 all around for being human.
2. I decided to switch to a Criminal background. Having dealt with the criminal element extensively, in the end, it was the only background that made sense. I hope that is okay.
3. Removed Survival and Sleight of Hand, adding Arcana. Still not sure how that happened

4. (I think I found the problem. Please disregard this question.)
5. Deleted those. I misread a proficiency as the item going to inventory.
6. Took the Quarterstaff instead.
7. Just going to be honest. I can't figure out how to do that.
8. Added.
9. The wizard. Should I come up with a name?
Are all the languages mentioned pretty well covered in the current party? I feel as though Jonel would know the most common one as a way gather information from the common people. (Edited)

Okay. For some reason, the DNDBeyond CC was showing me 2024 class equipment, but 2014 background equipment. I have deleted 5.5 books from my app to reduce further confusion. I appreciate your patience, @spaceseeker19

@KidEnnui - regarding the "making the character public," I'm sorry, I should have included specific instructions, as it is NOT intuitive or even clearly labeled on GP.

To make a character public, you click/tap on "Characters" in the top nav, then select "All Characters" in the drop-down menu.
Find the character in the list of your characters. Click/tap the book icon ("Add to Library") for that character, so that the book icon turns red.

The Character Library is the public repository of all the characters in games on Gamers Plane (well, all the ones that people have selected to show in the library). If a character is in the Character Library, it also means that people viewing a game (like its players) can click on your character image in a game's thread and view the character in question...which makes reading a game much more fun months and years in the future when you want to go back and re-read what was happening. Being able to look at each others' characters also helps players answer basic questions like "who in the party speaks Goblin?" or "Who picked up that silver statuette?" which your characters would know, but the players would either have no idea or forgot because it was months ago in real-time.

Yes, unless you'd prefer that I do it. It's your character's background; I'm happy to take the details that you come up with and work them into the narrative, but I'm also happy to contribute to your character's background.

It's like the city of Fairview: with that detail in Jonel's background I have another piece to add into the game world. It's fun for me, and for all of us as we personalize and flesh out the world of Greyhawk for this game.

Honestly, I'd be fine with leaving it as is unless it happens to come up in the campaign. Still having trouble making Jonel public.

OK, that's fine.
Maybe there's a problem with the Character Library. I just noticed that both Myrtha and Theran have disappeared from the library; @matmaisan and @MaJunior - would you check and see if you still have "Add to Library" selected in your character lists for Myrtha and Theran, respectively? If you do, that probably means that there's a bug we should report.

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In any case, @KidEnnui - do you have ideas on how/where you'd like Jonel to enter the game? I'd like to get you in as soon as we can.

Here's some possibilities. If you like any one of them, let me know. If you have a variation or a completely different idea, let me know!

In no particular order and with a minimum of detail:
1) Jonel is a late arrival from Dungeon Busters, and Olpert sends him to catch up to the other newcomers (Arya, Manthis, Rosemary).
2) Jonel is a freelancer who wants to join Dungeon Busters and offers to join either group
3) Jonel is a traveler who was waylaid by the cult in Orlane and has only recently escaped. Seeing the others escape, he goes to join them (Aanbo, Chase, Myrtha, Theran).
4) Jonel has no awareness of either the Dungeon Busters or the cult, happens to run into either group of heroes while traveling, and offers to help them
5) Jonel is a traveling adventurer and was waylaid by enemies and must defend himself. He meets the party as combat begins and they forge a bond fighting alongside one another.

Myrtha was not public (though I was pretty sure I'd made her public back in the day), I believe the sheet is public now...

Double check me, but Theran should be public again. If that isn't a proper fix, do what we need to do.

@matmaisan @MaJunior - yeah, both Myrtha and Theran are public again. That may be another bug (that they were delisted from the Character Library), but it's good confirmation that the "Add to Library" function works for you. Thank you.

Of course.

Glad to help.