Character Creation

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1. Starting level is 1
   
   
2. For ability scores, take your pick of the Standard Array (15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8), or use the Point Buy method.
   
   
3. HP is max for level 1. For every level after 1, roll your HP and if you get less than the average for the die, take the average instead.
   
   
4. All official WotC published content is allowed.
   
   
5. 3rd-party Subclasses are allowed, pending approval.
   
   
6. Multiclassing and Feats are both allowed. If you want to multiclass, I prefer that you roleplay that before the fact so that you don't just wake up one day and suddenly know how to be a wizard. I'm happy to work with you on it.
   
   
7. You start with the equipment given to you by your class and background. You can roll for your starting gold per the table on page 143 of the PHB rather than taking the starting gear if you wish, but if you roll the dice then you're stuck with the results. It can suck if you roll low, but that's just more fuel for roleplay.
   
   
8. Tracking Ammo sucks, so you have an infinite supply of normal ammo for any ranged weapon you use. Magical ammo will be tracked as normal, when/if you obtain such. Not applicable to thrown weapons. If you love your bookkeeping, then by all means go ahead and track it. That's also good for RP!
   
   
9. You know what else sucks? Encumbrance. We're using common sense for this. You're not going to grab three suits of plate armor and stick them in your pocket, or steal an entire shop display in one go, but otherwise I don't care how much your stuff weighs. What we do care about is where you keep it. Mechanically it doesn't matter, but for RP and your own mental image of your character, knowing where things are does matter. Your pack can only hold so much stuff inside of it, so what's strapped to the outside, and what's kept safely within? Do you have several pouches tied to your belt to keep things organized? Does your pack resemble those portrayed by the hobbits in The Lord of the Rings, or does your character refuse to carry anything that doesn't fit inside their pockets?
   
   
10. If you're going to be gone for a period of time, post it in the Planned Absences thread so that everyone knows, and I will NPC you for that time as necessary. For those of you who join us on the Discord server, you're welcome to let us know there as well.
    
    
11. Potions can be used as a Bonus Action, or administered to another player/NPC as an Action.
    
    
12. We do use costly material components, so make sure you are covering the costs of any spells that use them. Any component that does not have a cost listed in the spell's description can be cast with either a component pouch of a caster focus fit for your class, as normal.

This message was last edited by the GM at 18:43, Sun 01 Oct 2023.

D&D Beyond Campaign: https://www.dndbeyond.com/camp...in/46075273431876027

Moving this here so that it doesn't get lost in the Session Zero thread.

Everyone should have some amount of backstory for their character. How detailed you get in writing the backstory is up to you, but it should at least include answers to the following:
1) Where is your character from? Which world, or campaign setting, did they come from?

2) What does your character fear? Everyone, everywhere, fears something. Spiders? Darkness? Death? Dying alone? Failure? Clowns? Pick two things that your character is afraid of, and tell me what they are. If you want the group to know your fears, you can post them publicly, but you can also send them to me in a private message, or include them in a private line here. Your characters' fears will be used in the game.

3) Did you come to Barovia intentionally? Was it an accident? Were you forced against your will? Did you even realize it was happening before it had already been done?