Maybe you don’t have access to your D&D books through D&DBeyond. If so, thestandard DnD character sheet PDFoffered by Wizards of the Coast is both free and fillable. You’ll have to do all the calculations yourself, but you have total control over what goes onto your sheet. We’ve al...
At its heart, D&D is a storytelling game. Everything is your decision, from what you look like, to what you say, to how you act. The dice just help you along. In D&D, each player creates a heroic character to represent them in the game. They might be a skilled fighter, a devout ...
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Hi all, just a quick question. Is there a way to summon a shadow in 5e? The good old fashioned strength draining creature. I thought there was via a conjure/...
there’s the burden it places on whoever has to actually run the NPC. Mechanically. Running any character in D&D is a lot of work. There’s decisions to make, stats to reference, and resources to track. It’s a heavy cognitive load. Sure, it makes sense for the GM to drive NPC com...
Joint Character Creation-- I honestly don't let even experienced players, even ones I've known and been gaming with for decades, go into character creation open loop. I've got reasons, mainly, that I like to guide them away from bad choices that just don't happen to fit the game and...
In my games, I resolve the issue like this: I interpret augury as asking, "...if I do X thing, then thirty minutes from now, will I be happy or sad that I did X thing?" In other words, only consequences that the character finds out about within 30 minutes can count as weal or...
The point is, after seven years, any given character is bound to have an excessively high Hit Point total. Eventually, one gets to the point where one must decide how to account for this. I'm in that spot. Most of my players have HP totals that are well over 100. The main ...
When playing digitally using a D&D Beyond character sheet, you can roll the dice right on your sheet. D&D Beyond will automatically apply any bonuses your character has and tally the math for you. Build a character and click any rollable action to try it out!
You can create your own characters by going back to theCollectionsmanager in the top toolbar and selecting theMY CHARACTERStile, and then selecting theCREATE A CHARACTERbutton. Alternatively, select theCHARACTER BUILDERtile from theToolsdrop-down in the toolbar near the top of the window. You c...