So I selected a Cleric for my character Eric, why? It rhymes with Cleric, and that shouldn’t be a good reason for you to play the class. But with more interest in the class, you will get it in no time. The reason I avoided casters for the first time was that they had way more mechanics than other classes. Fighter Battlemaster and Fighter Champion). Every class has a complex and more accessible class to play with (Example. However, if you want, choose what you wish to best and what fits you. They are easy to get, and they are not involved in the first-time play. The following tip is only a small recommendation, but my suggested classes for the first time are in the range of - Fighter Champion, Rogue, Monk. Maybe a cursed Warlock or a Fighter Eldritch Knight that serves a forgotten order? Think about the theme of your character and pick something that resonates with you. Punch/Smash things or an intellectual spell caster? Neither? Okay. The best way is to spend some time reading about the races and understand their distinct traditions, mannerisms and so on so you could enhance your character, or find new exciting ways to justify your character if DM allows it.įor example, Eric The Lousy Cleric strikes me most like a typical human, maybe a tortle? But for simplicity's sake, I decide that Eric should be a variant human since having +1 to all his stats doesn’t seem to justify the behaviors that Eric displays from his backstory - and also getting a “Lucky” feat - sense for Eric weird lucky moments. The most liked race will probably be going to the one that will fit your character, but keep in mind that the Player’s Handbook and Dungeon Master can have different ideas of what your character race is and what they do in the world. There is plenty of races you can choose from Dungeons and Dragons, but what resonated most with you and the character ideas that you thought up during the stage of your character design. To start, this will be enough by getting a general direction where you want to go with your character. Due to his naivete, he believes that he serves a Good and Righteous God, but what he fails to understand is that he serves a Devil, that appears to him as a benevolent God.
However I want to put a little twist on this character, that will define Eric. Is there a theme for your character? A noble that raids tombs for fun - like Lara Croft, A wise old sage and wizard-like Gandalf, a mindless brute like Conan The Barbarian and so on.Įric “The Lousy” Cleric follows the theme of a lovable, naive and goodhearted fool. He was strange to other people, instead of shaking a hand upon greeting Eric liked to hug each of the passing adventurer, bandit or well… that how he got captured many times by bandits. What makes him unique? Looks, clothes, behavior, mannerisms, accent, etc.Īfter his childhood, his head started to go bald, but only in the middle, he started to wear a white robe, and a rope around his waist to hold his robe onto himself. After the rumors about his sainthood have spread, many villagers came to Eric offering food and desserts for him in exchange of a blessing. “Eric was always a strange child, poking bee hives since he was little… and not so little after a while… however he was always out of trouble, no one in the village understood how Eric didn’t got hurt by his own stupidity, one village elder thought and said to Martha, Eric mother, that probably Eric was a saint…”ĭo you want him to be a good-willed character or a baddie? Or something in between?Įric was a good soul, a bit slow, very trusting of others, yet he though some pranks and light heart mischief to the village gooses and putting dirt into drying pantaloons for the sakes of… well… only Eric knew…”Įric was always a tall boy among his peers, but after some time poking the bee’s nests for honey, Eric also become rather big in size.
So to start, let’s think about your character by asking and answering a couple of questions:ĭo you see him more of a person smashing others with force or casting spells? Or something in between? For this guide, I will also be creating a character - Eric “The Lousy” Cleric Character Ideas It’s more of a mechanical how, to begin with, your first character and not to fall into many pits falls that new players do when creating their characters.
So to start, this is not a blog post on how to create a great character.