Player's Handbook and which other book?

Really depends on how my rolls shake out... if I get mostly odd stats, I'll probably take Human. Otherwise, race will probably depend on the class I settle on... and that will depend on if I can support a MAD build or not.

Way of the Astral Self Monk, Artillerist or Armorer Artificer, maybe just a Cleric... sort of unsure at the moment.

Likely going druid (maybe ranger), playing one of the small race, not sure which one.

OK, four hours have passed and no further votes have come in. We're going to be making characters using the Player's Handbook and the class, race, subclasses, and spells in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything. I'm opening the character creation thread.