As they say, the best offense is a good defense. A good Dexterity score boosts your AC so your character can dodge attacks while slinging spells or swinging swords. If you’d prefer to avoid getting hit at all, Dexterity is a solid choice too. And that Con bonus will keep improving your HP at every level. Putting some of your points into Constitution gives your Warlock a robust starting HP so they don’t go down like a wet pile of leaves to the first Goblin shanking. Want to play more and worry about death saves less? Then a final consideration before hauling off and maxing out your favorite stat should be hit points and armor class. With the boost to those saves he can do things like withstand intimidation, spot liars, and see through a foe’s Hypnotic Pattern. They are strong of will, socially savvy, clear thinking and perceptive, and not suggestible. Your Warlock’s saving throw proficiencies are in Wisdom and Charisma. These represent the challenges your class is specially equipped to handle – another great guide for prioritizing ability scores! Next, consider the saving throws proficiencies. To effectively Eldritch Blast your foes in the face, you want to make Charisma the highest score to give you a high spellcasting ability. A Warlock is a magic class, and uses the Charisma bonus to determine the accuracy and power of their spells. This ability is what really allows your character to do what they do!įor example, a Warlock’s primary ability is Charisma.
Start by checking out which abilities are key for your class, or their primary ability. , Dungeons & Dragons Player’s Handbook 5th Edition. A higher Wisdom would showcase her background as an herbalist and wisewoman and she’ll really shine for Survival, Medicine, and Insight checks.Ī possible build for Ayla could look like the one shown on the character sheet below. With point buy you can give her the physical stats to be effective in battle, but also increase stats otherwise ignored by classic Barbarian builds. Like Ayla, a historically based Norse berserker that uses psychedelic plants to bring on powerful, trance-like rages. Or maybe you have a specific roleplaying experience in mind that isn’t the stereotypical all brawn, no brains sort of Barbarian. But don’t expect them to ace any History checks – with all the points spent, their mental stats will all be 8s! You could go the minmaxer route and spend all 27 of your points buying three 15s for Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution so they’re a veritable dynamo of physical prowess. For most players that means one of two things: maximizing important stats at the expense of inessential ones, or assigning stats for added flavor and personality. I hope this application will ease the transition into the wonderful role playing game, Dungeons and Dragons.Point buy gives you the freedom to customize your character’s stats exactly how you want them. Ask your Dungeon Master for more guidance when you begin your first adventure! On the character sheet will be interactable elements that will return information when clicked on! In addition, a brief tutorial will begin that will guide the user through the basic D&D mechanics. Keep in mind that stat distributions will vary depending on the type of character you want to play. After the user has submitted the character creation form, a simple character sheet with random stats will be generated for you. Hopefully this application will streamline character creation by providing the user with digestible information.
Character creation is often an overwhelming process for new players as there are so many customizable options due to the fantasy nature of D&D. This application was created to guide new players through the wonderful but complicated game that is Dungeons and Dragons. Welcome to the Dungeon and Dragons 5th Edition Character Creator!