Dungeons & Dragons

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Make a New Character

1. Randomly generate a character Class, Race and short backstory

   Classes?

   • Barbarian the relentless combatant, fueled by fury or it's totem bonds with animals; in tune with the natural order

   • Bard story teller/musician using wit, magic, and lore to escape or avoid tight situations

   • Cleric holy person devoted to a deity; capable of bolstering the party and healing their wounds, or laying low their enemies with divine wrath.

   • Druid nomad devoted to the world and the powers of Nature; can adopt a form of beast for battle or utility. can bolster the party, heal wounds, or deal damage to enemies with nature's wrath

   • Fighter skilled combatant relying on heavy armor and weapons; trains in unique abilities

   • Monk martial artist pulling on the power of their body to produce impressive results

   • Paladin nearly as skilled as the Fighter but bolstered with divine magic; gains special boons from their god

   • Ranger uses a unique blend of wilderness knowledge with martial ability as a deadly hunter with a bow, a pet or melee weapons

   • Rogue a thief, assassin or stealthy character who has a knack for picking out enemies weaknesses and exploiting them

   • Sorcerer magic user who draws power from within, summoning innate magical power and bending it to their will

   • Warlock pacted to a powerful entity the warlock trades favors for boons and spells.

   • Wizard keeper of arcane secrets and forgotten knowledge, the wizard manipulates magic and spells with cunning.

   Races?

   • Dwarves short, fiery, passionate srubborn and like their ale

   • Orcs large, brutish, da biggest an' da strongest, loyalty may vary, avg intelligence

   • Humans so very average, jack of all classes

   • Elves tall, slender, mysterious, pompous/elitist, can be really nice, weak to blunt force trauma

   • Teiflings demonic humanoid, tails, colorful, vary from very nice to the Antichrist

   • Gnomes likes pointy hats, curious, intelligent, maybe not wise, foresty or tinkery

   • Half elves generally prejudiced against, are fairly special; half-human, half-elf

   • Dragonborn stronk, breath weapon, is half dragon

   • Halflings live in families, folksy, quick fingered, will either rob you or kill you with kindness

2. Print your pre-rolled character sheet for your Class + Race, e.g. Dwarf-Paladin.pdf (... or use D&D Beyond: Quick Build Tool)

3. Get ready to roll some dice:

   a. (Recommended) Borrow analog dice from someone

   b. Use Slack to /roll d20

   c. Use a dice rolling app

During Your Turn...

You can do any of the following actions during your turn:

• Move (climb, swim, crawl, jump)
• Attack
• Cast spell
• Help another player
• Disengage
• Hide
• Search
• Ready an item/weapon
• Use an object
• Improvise!