Creating Our Characters

Sounds like a rogue to me! Rogues get extra movement at 2nd level and are one of the most mobile classes in the game. They also get special "sneak attack" damage stacked on top of their attacks when they hit.

Ranged weapons aren't ideal for bashing by the rules. Although it is possible, It's probably better to take out a dagger or something when in close range. Perhaps that might be a weapon you could commission a weaponsmith to build for you eventually, some kind of bayonetted or weighted crossbow.

Right back at you. The whole group seems like a fun crew!

I understand the challenge completely. Let us know if we can help.

Yep, that's allowed. She looks punk AF!

Ah yes, how typical to forget the gnome. Must be something about the stature. I'm sure that'll only help him rogue better!
No, if you have proficiency in a language it counts for both reading and writing. As far as I understand it, Abyssal is the language of demons and Infernal is the language of devils.

:) Nope, I'm still gonna stick to a fighter instead of a rogue. She isn't very sneaky and she's not really using blades. The bashing is her preference if forced in close combat. I'm not into optimal characters (far from that lol). She is a fighter cause she went to a warrior college. Although she trained in the use of a variety of weapons she prefers ranged weapons (partially due to her lack of strength). I'm gonna leave the whole shooting in movement and bashing with a crossbow to the side for now an rather get her a trusty club to smack assholes in the face.

The various Backgrounds (PHB page 125 or click here) are a great way to add uniqueness to your character. Think of them as your profession before you became an adventurer. Each has a set of suggested Personal Characteristics (Traits, Ideal, Bond, and Flaw) to help shape your character's personality the way you want, providing a good starting point and guide for your roleplay.

Just a quick roll for the money to see how much I would get

100 gp is pretty good. Consider that a day's lodging is 5 silver (0.5 gold) and a day's worth of modest meals is 3 sp (0.3 gp). A day's wages for skilled labor is 2 gp. (source)

So what was that idea to tweak the job you had?

I don't think Iskandar is at this tech level but that can easily be tweaked to some sort of municipal worker that has something to do with the sewers or garbage disposal or the like. Or you could discard this and come up with something else. Infinite possibilities. I'm sure you can come up with a far more interesting idea than I can!

Hunting rats in the sewers with her crossbow sounds good to me. So sewer cleaning it is. One has to earn money someway. And not everyone gets to have a luxurious job.

I take it this was before she began attending warrior school? I imagine after graduating she'd be hired to hunt bigger threats. There are definitely worse than rats down in the sewers!

She's the head of the sewer cleaning department so she is in charge of who hunts what ;)

So here is her bio, tell me what you think: Tilma was born and raised in the city. During her younger days she spent some years in a dance school that she eventually quit due to her horrible sense of rythme. Later her parents enrolled her in a law school. There she met her first crush, a drow named Tylor.
She ran away from home at the age of 56 after a heated argument with her parents who would have preferred to keep her home for eternity.
With her boyfriend they left the school soon after to pursue his hobby, necromancy. Tylor always told Tilma that she had a talent for it. All was well and good till the guy decided to start practicing on the pieces of meat he had bought from the local butcher. Seeing the pieces of meat come alive deeply disturbed her. She can't look at meat without imagining it coming alive and jumping on her.
Following that she quit both her crush and necromancy. She returned to her family for some years before enrolling in Warriors college, finding a job as a sewer cleaner and moving into a small apartment of her own.
Years later she had graduated from the college and started earning a good living as a head of the sewer cleaning department.
It was around that time that she heard rumors of a necromancer terrorizing the district where Tyler lived. She quickly put 2+2 and decided to go check it out. It was really her ex who was doing experiments on corpses of humans. She used her previous relationship to gain enough of advantage to restrain the drow and call guards to arrest him. The feat quickly went around mouth to ear and she gained the reputation of somewhat of a local hero.
It's been some years since then and she is idly living her life.


Ps. She's 177 years old now.

I think that I more or less finished my character. How do I share it with you?

Here's the link to the Character sheet for my character Norran Dusksong

Is this how you share it?
Tilma

Peindora, you've created a unique and interesting character!

Consider setting Tilma's history in another city other than Iskandar to avoid having to know much setting information. Like, in my home city I know where the best cheap restaurants are, who the schools are named after, the garbage pickup schedule, etc. If you describe yourself as a local, you might find yourself in RP situations where you don't know things that you feel like you should.

Being a new arrival to the city frees you of having to know anything about it, and lets you discover it during play. What do you think?


I haven't gone over too much of your character sheet, but so far so good! The only change I noted was that your attack modifier with the bow should be +8 (+4 from Dex, +2 from proficiency, and +2 from archery fighting style) and the damage should be 1d8+4 (+4 comes from Dex). The attack modifier for the club should be +2 (from proficiency) but damage is correct.

You get increased ranged damage from having a Dexterity bonus? I would have thought DEX bonuses only improve your chances to hit. Has this changed in 5E?