Creating Our Characters

The setting has a strong subplot about Devils and Demons, so Infernal or Abyssal might get specialized use. Elvish is a good choice for an old language, and Celestial, Draconic or Primordial are good choices ancient languages.

Wait so I need to choose a subrace? or is that optional? since I already applied the +2 DEX ASI... Also good to see someone with knowledge of Sir Tolkien's works ^^ I'm leaning towards a Sindarin (grey elf) to fit in the background I'm thinking for my character but I don't think that's available in the Player's handbook...I guess I'll pick Wood Elf too...

A subrace grants an additional bonus to one ability score, as well as additional racial features. Wood Elf is a fine choice! While the High Elves are more learned, the Wood Elves are more fleet of foot and have keener senses.

Ah so you do need to pick the subrace. Thanks for the heads-up I've been playing humans in other game that I forgot there are subrace picks for other races lol. So final stats along with the Wood Elf subrace now would be:

15 STR
14 CON
13 DEX (+2 Elf DEX ASI) 15
12 CHA
10 INT
8 WIS (+1 Wood Elf WIS ASI) 9

Ok, so I decided to use a random character Idea generator I once made. It is Verrry random however and far from limited to D&D si I was wondering if you could give me your thoughts on which parts of the result should I keep?
Here is what I got. (Reminder, it's very random and you're not supposed to keep all the details)

* Name: Tilma
* Race: Elf
* Age: 177
* Gender: Female
* Appearance: Very Short nose,Overbite lips,Brown arms,Wears Piercings all over,Oblong face,Green Chin,
* Personality traits: Vulnerable,Guileless,Orderly,
* Flaws: Bigmouth,
* Fears: Carnophobia- Fear of meat.Parasitophobia- Fear of parasites.
* Education/intelligence: Dance,Law,Warrior College,
* Skilled in: Power Bashing,Necromancy,Moving with a drawn bow,Becoming a legend,
* Bad at: Steady Hands,Dungeons,Rhythm,
* Favorite color: Maroon
* Favorite food: Rice pudding
* Favorite drink: Poison
* Favorite book: Rain's Hand Correspondence
* Favorite animal/creature: Water leaper
* Favorite music: David Guetta - Titanium
* Sport: Trail running
* Obsessions and Manias: Heredity,
* Job: Methane/Landfill Gas Collection System Operators
* Motivation: Wants to have kids
* Battle class: Local Hero,Slayer of Domiel,
* Special abilities/particularities: Resistance to Mind Manipulation,
* Weapons: Microwave weapon,
* Belongings: Clothes,
* Elements: Metal,
* Stats: STR:11 CON:13 DEX:15 INT:10 WIS:12 CHA:8
* Weakness: Magnetic,
* Random details: Shows a battle move,stealing is not a crime as long as no one sees you,Is a were-moose,Thinks they are radioactive,He says that he is crazy,

You probably won't want literal poison as your favorite drink. It might be a cocktail named "poison" at your favorite bar. Who knows?

You're probably not a were-moose. At least, not yet!

With a little tweaking the job might be interesting for the setting hehe!

Resistance to mind manipulation might be attainable later depending on what class you pick.

There's actually plenty there that might be fun; it's just a matter of choosing those that fit what you envision for your character.

What's his/her personality like? Why did he/she become an adventurer? "Wants to have kids" and "local hero" one or both could work.

You'll have to roll your stats here though. Click Advanced to add rolls to your post. You might find the New GP Member Guide useful.

Here are my stat rolls (if I did it right)

Forgot one

So my stats are: STR:11 CON:15 DEX:17 INT:9 WIS:13 CHA:8
PS. She'll be a woodelf so that is +2 Dex and +1 WIS if I'm not mistaken. Also a warrior

You guys are going to have your hands full with elves.

Maybe I should reconsider a different race.

Yeah I agree I think I'll go with half-elf instead...

I don't know about Len but I have nothing against a single-race party. Having said that, variety is fun!

Yes I believe that's correct. What sort of warrior do you envision? A quick and agile one, by the looks of your stats.

Yup, one who uses a crossbow or bow (leaning more towards crossbow). She would usually shoot in movement during combat (if you tell me how could I implement that. She doesn't have a very steady hand when standing still. Also which ranged weapon would be best for bashing? Or would it be possible to accomodate a crossbow for the task?

You have a talent of making people feel perfectly fine with whatever choice they make- as if they can't make a wrong one. Blue hair? Sure! That's fun! Orange hair? Great idea! Be unique!

You guys are going to be a lot of fun.

I have the general character concept in mind, but I don't have enough to put much more together. I'm still crafting that. Sadly, if you'll allow the adjective, the overall-balanced ability scores, even if they were generous and kind, make it difficult to pick out one particular characteristic, one particular emphasis on the character. So, I need to instead develop that from their personality and their past. Not impossible by any means, but I want to put some effort into this. Just because it's a learning game doesn't make it any less worthy of my best effort- I can already see that you two are giving the same, it's only fair; it's respect.

Hey, is a photo allowed for the character portrait?

Yeah, I'm into an all-elf party. The first game I ever ran on Gamers Plane was an all-dwarf game! That's where I met Jabes.

Everybody being elves does offer an intrinsic bond between players and possibly a unity of purpose. You would all have darkvision and all speak elvish. Iskandar is founded by on a cooperation between a group of humans and elves, so there are lots of elves around.

One thing to watch out for is each player may have a different idea of what an elf is like. So, feel free to describe yourselves as coming from different regions of the world, and then you can explain any differences away with regional cultures.

Well not quite all elves :)

I see abyssal is the spoken where infernal is written. Do the two need to be taken as separate languages?