Character Creation

Character Creation

The following rulebooks are available for use in character creation.

• Players Handbook (PHB)
• Dungeon Master's Guide (DMG)
• Storm Coast Adventurer's Guide (SCAG)
• Xanathar's Guide to Everything (XGtE)
• Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (MToF)
• Elemental Evil (EE)
• Volo's Guide to Monsters (VGtM)
• Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica (GGtR)
• Eberron: Rising From the Last War (RFLW)

Any class, race, subclass, background, or spell in the above is available for character creation, with the following caveats:

Leveling

• Rather than rolling for stats, we will be using 27-point buy. See PHB page 13 or use this resource.
• All characters start with a free feat at level 1. Search the D&D 5e stat blocks for "Feats" and/or "Talonz" to view all the allowed feats.
• We will be doing Milestone Leveling this semester. You don't need to track XP, each character will be leveled up after various sessions.
• Instead of rolling for HP, take the average and round up. (e.g. the average roll of a 6-sided dice is 3.5, so you would round up and gain 4 HP).
• You use may take feats in lieu of an Ability Score Improvement.
• The Abberant Dragonmark feat is not available for character creation or leveling.
• Characters start with gold equal to 50 times their level, or all equipment granted by your background and class.

Races

• Bugbear, Variant Human, Yuan'ti, and all Dragonmarked races are not available for character creation.
• Vedalken's Vedalken Dispassion now only grants advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma saving throws against magic.
• Don't use the Aasimar stats as presented in DMG. Instead, see Aasimar for more information.
• Although Goliaths and Goblins are both presented as playable races in two separate books, use the versions presented here: Goliath and Goblin
• Links to playable races:
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  • Aarakocra

    /*Aaracokra*/

  • Aasimar

    /*Aasimar*/

    • Fallen Aasimar, Aasimar subrace

      /*Fallen Aasimar*/

    • Protector Aasimar, Aasimar subrace

      /*Protector Aasimar*/

    • Scourge Aasimar, Aasimar subrace

      /*Scourge Aasimar*/

  • Centaur

    /*Centaur*/

  • Dragonborn

    /*Dragonborn*/

  • Dwarf

    /*Dwarf*/

    • Hill Dwarf, Dwarf subrace

      /*Hill Dwarf*/

    • Mountain Dwarf, Dwarf subrace

      /*Mountain Dwarf*/

    • Underdark Dwarf, Dwarf Subrace

      /*Underdark Dwarf*/

  • Elf

    /*Elf*/

    • Dark Elf, Elf subrace

      /*Dark Elf*/

    • Eladrin, Elf Subrace

      /*Eladrin*/

    • High Elf, Elf subrace

      /*High Elf*/

    • Sea Elf, Elf Subrace

      /*Sea Elf*/

    • Shadar-Kai, Elf Subrace

      /*Shadar-Kai*/

    • Wood Elf, Elf subrace

      /*Wood Elf*/

  • Firbolg

    /*Firbolg*/

  • Genasi

    /*Genasi*/

    • Air Genasi, Genasi Subrace

      /*Air Genasi*/

    • Fire Genasi, Genasi Subrace

      /*Fire Genasi*/

    • Water Genasi, Genasi subrace

      /*Water Genasi*/

    • Earth Genasi, Genasi subrace

      /*Earth Genasi*/

  • Gith

    /*Gith*/

    • Githyanki, Gith subrace

      /*Githyanki*/

    • Githzerai, Gith subrace

      /*Githzerai*/

  • Goblin

    /*Goblin*/

  • Goliath

    /*Goliath*/

  • Gnome

    /*Gnome*/

    • Forest Gnome, Gnome Subrace

      /*Forest Gnome*/

    • Rock Gnome, Gnome Subrace

      /*Rock Gnome*/

    • Svirfneblin, Gnome Subrace

      /*Svirfneblin*/

  • Half-Elf

    /*Half Elf*/

  • Half-Orc

    /*Half Orc*/

  • Halfling

    /*Halfling*/

    • Ghostwise Halfling, Halfling Subrace

      /*Ghostwise Halfling*/

    • Lightfoot Halfling, Halfling subrace

      /*Lightfoot Halfling*/

    • Stout Halfling, Halfling subrace

      /*Stout Halfling*/

  • Hobgoblin

    /*Hobgoblin*/

  • Human

    /*Human*/

  • Kenku

    /*Kenku*/

  • Kobold

    /*Kobold*/

  • Lizardfolk

    /*Lizardfolk*/

  • Loxodon

    /*Loxodon*/

  • Minotaur

    /*Minotaur*/

  • Orc

    /*Orc*/

  • Simic Hybrid

    /*Simic Hybrid*/

  • Tabaxi

    /*Tabaxi*/

  • Tiefling

    /*Tiefling*/

  • Triton

    /*Triton*/

  • Vedalken

    /*Vedalken*/

Classes

• Artificer is allowed.
• The race specific restrictions for the following classes been removed:
  • Path of the Battlerager
  • Purple Dragon Knight
  • Bladesinger
• Multiclassing requirements have been removed. See PHB pg 163 for more information.
• The Path of the Berserker subclass for Barbarians has been reworked. See Path of the Berserker for more information.
• We will be using the Revised Ranger instead of the PHB Ranger. See Ranger for more information.
• The dice used for Unarmed Attacks by Monks has been increased by one size (e.g. a d4 becomes a d6, a d6 becomes a d8, etc). See Monk for more information.

Backgrounds

• All Character must be at least as old as the age of maturity for their race (e.g. Human characters must be at least 18 years old, Aarakocra must be at least 3 years old, and Elves must be at least 90-100 years old.)
• Outlander background now only grants enough food for oneself.
• Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica Backgrounds are not allowed for character creation.
• The House Agent background is not allowed for character creation.