Oof, I got 15, 11, 15, 11, 16, 17 and since my character is a tiefling I get +1 intelligence (base was 15) and I get +2 cariama (base was 11). I guess I just got really lucky and landed above average for my character.
@@everblue2277 I got 12,17,9,16,15 and 8. I wondered if I could roll that good again and I got 18,10,14,14,10 and 12 so then I started to make my character and got 13,17,16,10, 16, 15 and was walking around pumped up like a idiot lol even though I didn't roll eighteen once. Not rolling anymore cause I got the feeling when/if I actually play I'll either roll continue to roll good or roll horribly.
So well explained. I'm looking to DM for the first time in a few weeks with a fresh bunch of players who've never played before and these guides have been a life saver. So easy to understand, thanks so much!
I'm really liking these videos, the editing is really nice too, I'm glad you're showing us pictures of each area rather than trying to explain it with just words, its really useful
Thanks for the videos. Me and 2 friends bought our first set last weekend and began it last night. We had many questions and had a very hard time finding good explanations for complete beginners. It seems for the most part we managed to figure it out but thanks to your videos I have found several small mistakes we had made and I am grateful because now our characters will have a better creation. Thanks so much for your help.
Info Comment! Thumbnail art is official art from the D&D Players Handbook. Part 3 *may* be a bit delayed. Edit looks like it's going to take longer than I expected and I want to re-record some parts to explain them better. Also, I am knackered and have been working every day & night for over a week now and just need to chill for a few hours. Yes, I got "Serena" from Nina-Serena. XD
Tabletop Weekly AMAZING JOB MAN! I have been searching for what seemed like forever for a halfway decent character sheet tutorial, and I really appreciate these videos. They were extremely helpful. Great job!👍
I respect that you allocated your stars based on the concept of the character which makes that character more interesting instead of just trying to make her the best fighter possible. Not that it’s a bad thing to do that but this is a role playing game after all.
Introducing a first time player into the campaign that i'm DM'ing, hopefully she'll find this as helpful as i do. There really is a plethora of other guides out there, which i wish i'd known about and consulted when i started playing, but this is the one that i feel is the most helpful. You've set the gold standard here, and i will be referring all my new players to this series!
This is the most helpful guide I've seen yet! Very simple and straightforward. The visuals of zooming in and filling out as we go is essential for my understanding of the sheet. Thank you very much!
Hey I just wanna say thank you. I’ve wanted to play for 20 years. When my stepson asked if we could get it I don’t know who was more excited him when I said yes or me when I decided yes in less than a second. Now I’m using your video to create my first character and gonna show him the ropes soon. Thank you again.
Small-sized archer characters: arrows at a dangerous elevation. Thanks for the video mark, looking forward to the next one! Something I've noticed when picking stats, is that it's often the tendency of a lot of people to want to subconsciously up-sell all of the traits and virtues of their character, leading to the soft 'but she's good at all of these things, honest' kind of yearning. It's one of the things, I feel, that leads people to want to re-roll many times, until they get a 'high' spread, and struggle with using things like the standard array. One thing I've found seems to help counter this inclination is to think about your character from both directions, and really consider, specifically, what things they aren't very good at, and place importance on assigning those stats too. This way, you may assign your highest stat in the array first... but if you then deliberately assign your lowest number second, and switch back and forth like that, the last ones you fill out are the middle-of-the-road stats, which is much easier to do. sometimes this can even cause the issue of a person having a character being better statistically at something than they actually want them to be, because they've taken that time to consider it and now have a couple of things prominent in mind that the character is poor with, but not enough lower stats available to them to map it out that way ^.^ I wanted to lower my little halfling's Con to 6, along with her strength, to reflect her extreme slightness... but our DM said that doing that would be far, far too dangerous...
I did this with my myconid I lowered it's strength to 9 to be the opposite of everyone in the party since most of them have 14 in everything if not higher
My brother showed me this little series when I made my first character, I've used it to make three characters so far, I am coming back to make a fourth lol
This is really helpful for people like me who decided to take part in a DND with experts, who when they try and explain this to someone like me, I assume they are speaking an alien language.
Thank you for making this series Mark. I've seen quite a number of tutorials on character creation, but yours is by far the best, and easiest to follow.
I rolled pretty good! Three 14's, 17, 16 and a 7. 'u'b I put the 7 as her intelligence because being a slave since she was like 5 yrs old and only recently got her freedom, her reading, writing and general knowledge of the outside world isn't the best yet - but hell if she'll admit it! haha 17 strength - rough past and also becoming a paladin 14 dexterity - she has a good throwing arm! 16 constitution - cleaning nightmares 14 wisdom - she might not be book smart, but she has learned through experience! 14 charisma - she is a kind and friendly person, although she tends to keep things bottled up inside I'm going to get that book eventually and maybe the 4th edition as well. It seems to be the two most people reference.
I'm still confused on a few things and have don't have the handbook to get certain Info but these videos are helping a lot seeing as I'm very new to dnd!
These videos have been so helpful omg, i’m playing for the first time in a littles bit and i hadn’t realized how unprepared i was ^_^” thank you sm for all the help!!!
this was very helpful! i am a new dm and dnd player, and i am learning the ropes through the provided handbook + videos on yt. thank you man 🙏 these videos are very helpful!!
This was so useful. This helped me and my friend so much with creating our characters!! We were struggling to understand a lot of it but this has helped so much :)
thank u so much for this series!! my friends and i are starting trying to play d&d and some things are so confusing but this series is rly helping lmao
I know this comment is a bit late... but I would recommend an Aarakocra Ranger. Aarakocras can fly, so being able to shoot arrows from the sky is awesome. Also, you can avoid enemy creatures. :)
Getting ready for a possible run through of I believe hoard of the dragon queen. I'm making a scourge aasimar tomelock with pact of the fiend. So far his unmodified ability scores are 10, 14, 14, 12, 8, and 15. It'll be interesting to roleplay with 8 wisdom on how he managed to get tricked by a erinyes who was disguised as a celestial, stuck inside of a painting on top of that, to make him serve her in exchange for power to root out evil.
Since the ability score is less important than the modifier once you start playing it's more helpful (especially for new players) to write the score in the little oval and the modifier in the big box.
Honestly you give the best ways on how to start out I'm trying to start out a d & d campaign with a few of my friends but since I never really played before probs gonna get the starter set but wanna have us create our own characters for it. Also do you have a vid for like explaining how to be a dm like just starting out just need something to go off of
I have never played dnd but it sounds so interesting to me. If I had a character it would be: Name: Ithys Gender: Female Race: Forest Nymph (almost like a wood elf but more fairy like.) Class: Ranger Strength: 12 Dexterity: 15 Constitution: 14 Intelligence: 13 Wisdom: 10 Charisma: 8 Living alone in the forest, can communicate with animals but has trouble talking to people. Weapons: Wooden Longbow + Short Hidden Dagger
I'd suggest actually switching the possition of where you write the ability score and the ability modifier, since you pretty much only use the modifier it's much easier to have that as the bigger and more standing out number. :)
A dark, subterranean nightmare land full of really nasty monsters. It's underground, like a literal underworld - so come up some way that they can travel deep under the earth. Do your research on the Underdark before you run stuff in it, it can make for some really awesome adventures!
Very good video Mark, but why would you choose a d6 over a d10 when a d10 is aways better? Is it due to having a massive constitution bonus that could make multiple d6 really good?
Not a d6, a straight 6. As if you had rolled it. It means you can always take the just above average result for HP. Some DM's prefer to let players do this, so they don't get boned by rolling a 1.
Question (I hope you reply) can you choose any name because in the players handbook it has a section of names but is that just a suggestion to help people or do you have to choose one of those names
I plan on joining a group of players soon when I asked the DM if I could use a race that was home brew he said sure so now start the humble beginnings of a myconid druid... not too sure how this is gonna turn out but it should be funny
So did I understand the hitpoint system correctly? Every level-up you throw the hit point dice for your class and add the number you throw to your maximum hitpoints?
Depends on the skill level of the players. Experienced players will find it more fun, newer players better to pre-gen and then let them add the details.
Hey Mark, great video! Actually leads me to a question. When first getting into D&D I missed the rule of rolling 4 d6 and taking out the lowest. So for my characters stats I would roll 4 d6 and add them up together. Is this too powerful and should I change the stats of my four party members before we really start playing?
Far too powerful, as you could have characters with stats above 20 which is actually the maximum cap for Ability Scores (without magic items). I would highly recommend you get everyone to re-roll OR switch everyone to the standard array.
What kind of stuff/merchandise would you need to start a d&d campaign? Also if this question has already been answered could someone tell me where it was answered plz?
I'm having a problem with understanding something. What does it mean having a 1 d10 hit dice? And if you get a 1d10 (or 6) + con modifier then does that mean that your character would have 18 hit points at level 2? 11 + 6 + 1 = 18. Is that right?
Just for following the videos, I started a new character.
My dice roll for scores: 8 9 9 10 9 10, in that order. Not joking. Dice *hate* me.
Remember, you can always use the Standard Array instead. If your dice hate you... which yours clearly do.
RIP good luck with the actual gameplay than lol.
Oof, I got 15, 11, 15, 11, 16, 17 and since my character is a tiefling I get +1 intelligence (base was 15) and I get +2 cariama (base was 11). I guess I just got really lucky and landed above average for my character.
mine was 15 17 13 14 14 12 my dice love me
@@everblue2277 I got 12,17,9,16,15 and 8. I wondered if I could roll that good again and I got 18,10,14,14,10 and 12 so then I started to make my character and got 13,17,16,10, 16, 15 and was walking around pumped up like a idiot lol even though I didn't roll eighteen once.
Not rolling anymore cause I got the feeling when/if I actually play I'll either roll continue to roll good or roll horribly.
So well explained. I'm looking to DM for the first time in a few weeks with a fresh bunch of players who've never played before and these guides have been a life saver. So easy to understand, thanks so much!
Crit Me Harder How did it go lol
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Crit Me Harder I know how you feel but I have to also make my player’s characters
First time I see a Fighter having an Intelligence score that is double of their Strength score.
Agreed. Possible dual to an illusionist set up. Regardless it was a good break down
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I'm really liking these videos, the editing is really nice too, I'm glad you're showing us pictures of each area rather than trying to explain it with just words, its really useful
I normally write the modifiers above the scores, since you tend to use the modifier more than the score.
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That makes a lot more sense. I’m new to e5, I’m more used to e2, and even then I haven’t played in 4 years, so any tips help! Thank you!
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Thanks for the videos. Me and 2 friends bought our first set last weekend and began it last night. We had many questions and had a very hard time finding good explanations for complete beginners. It seems for the most part we managed to figure it out but thanks to your videos I have found several small mistakes we had made and I am grateful because now our characters will have a better creation. Thanks so much for your help.
Info Comment!
Thumbnail art is official art from the D&D Players Handbook.
Part 3 *may* be a bit delayed. Edit looks like it's going to take longer than I expected and I want to re-record some parts to explain them better. Also, I am knackered and have been working every day & night for over a week now and just need to chill for a few hours.
Yes, I got "Serena" from Nina-Serena. XD
Tabletop Weekly AMAZING JOB MAN! I have been searching for what seemed like forever for a halfway decent character sheet tutorial, and I really appreciate these videos. They were extremely helpful. Great job!👍
what if you have a 18
wait sorry never mind
I respect that you allocated your stars based on the concept of the character which makes that character more interesting instead of just trying to make her the best fighter possible. Not that it’s a bad thing to do that but this is a role playing game after all.
This has been the easiest video series to comprehend on how to make a character I’ve come across! Thanks for taking the time to make these!
Introducing a first time player into the campaign that i'm DM'ing, hopefully she'll find this as helpful as i do.
There really is a plethora of other guides out there, which i wish i'd known about and consulted when i started playing, but this is the one that i feel is the most helpful. You've set the gold standard here, and i will be referring all my new players to this series!
This is the most helpful guide I've seen yet! Very simple and straightforward. The visuals of zooming in and filling out as we go is essential for my understanding of the sheet. Thank you very much!
Hey I just wanna say thank you. I’ve wanted to play for 20 years. When my stepson asked if we could get it I don’t know who was more excited him when I said yes or me when I decided yes in less than a second. Now I’m using your video to create my first character and gonna show him the ropes soon. Thank you again.
Bro thank you so much! I love D&D, but the setup can be super confusing, but you managed to make it really easy! I can't thank you enough my man!
Small-sized archer characters: arrows at a dangerous elevation. Thanks for the video mark, looking forward to the next one!
Something I've noticed when picking stats, is that it's often the tendency of a lot of people to want to subconsciously up-sell all of the traits and virtues of their character, leading to the soft 'but she's good at all of these things, honest' kind of yearning. It's one of the things, I feel, that leads people to want to re-roll many times, until they get a 'high' spread, and struggle with using things like the standard array.
One thing I've found seems to help counter this inclination is to think about your character from both directions, and really consider, specifically, what things they aren't very good at, and place importance on assigning those stats too. This way, you may assign your highest stat in the array first... but if you then deliberately assign your lowest number second, and switch back and forth like that, the last ones you fill out are the middle-of-the-road stats, which is much easier to do. sometimes this can even cause the issue of a person having a character being better statistically at something than they actually want them to be, because they've taken that time to consider it and now have a couple of things prominent in mind that the character is poor with, but not enough lower stats available to them to map it out that way ^.^
I wanted to lower my little halfling's Con to 6, along with her strength, to reflect her extreme slightness... but our DM said that doing that would be far, far too dangerous...
I did this with my myconid I lowered it's strength to 9 to be the opposite of everyone in the party since most of them have 14 in everything if not higher
My brother showed me this little series when I made my first character, I've used it to make three characters so far, I am coming back to make a fourth lol
Super helpful when trying to figure out how to fill in basic stuff. It took me forever to find this channel. Thank you so much for the videos.
This is really helpful for people like me who decided to take part in a DND with experts, who when they try and explain this to someone like me, I assume they are speaking an alien language.
This is the best and most helpful D&D video out there for new players, I would definently recommend it to everyone!
Thank you for this! I am very new to the D&D world and I made my first ever character along side these videos.
That thumbnail is gorgeous. The type of art I would get obsessed creating an entire campaign around.
Thumbnail art is official D&D PHB art!
Oh of course it is, knew I recognised it from somewhere. Thanks Mark
This comment is so funny with the new thumbnail (I mean he changed it, right?)
@@yanicmaurer6669 yep I'm pretty sure
Thank you for making this series Mark.
I've seen quite a number of tutorials on character creation, but yours is by far the best, and easiest to follow.
I rolled pretty good! Three 14's, 17, 16 and a 7. 'u'b
I put the 7 as her intelligence because being a slave since she was like 5 yrs old and only recently got her freedom, her reading, writing and general knowledge of the outside world isn't the best yet - but hell if she'll admit it! haha
17 strength - rough past and also becoming a paladin
14 dexterity - she has a good throwing arm!
16 constitution - cleaning nightmares
14 wisdom - she might not be book smart, but she has learned through experience!
14 charisma - she is a kind and friendly person, although she tends to keep things bottled up inside
I'm going to get that book eventually and maybe the 4th edition as well. It seems to be the two most people reference.
Those are some good stats! Definitely get the Player's Handbook when you can!
LadyFireflyMC I got a nice "meh" character, 15, two 10's two 14's and a 7 lol
I got two 11’s, two 15’s, a 16 and a 17, I get a +1 intelligence (base was 15) and a +2 charisma (base was 11)
Intelligence is my favorite dump stat...let's me pretend to be easily distracted and avoid all the role playing drama.
I'm still confused on a few things and have don't have the handbook to get certain Info but these videos are helping a lot seeing as I'm very new to dnd!
What a great series. Man, to the point, clear, concise and intuitive. Thanks so much.
This is so amazing!! Loving the kind of in depth explanations for each thing so far! Can't wait for part 3!
Hey mark if you could do a part four for leveling up characters of certain types that would be amazing!
These videos have been so helpful omg, i’m playing for the first time in a littles bit and i hadn’t realized how unprepared i was ^_^” thank you sm for all the help!!!
This is so useful!! I'm making a Drow rouge named Ophelia Newbound and thanks to you she's a lot closer to being done
this was very helpful! i am a new dm and dnd player, and i am learning the ropes through the provided handbook + videos on yt. thank you man 🙏 these videos are very helpful!!
This was so useful. This helped me and my friend so much with creating our characters!! We were struggling to understand a lot of it but this has helped so much :)
Thanks Katie! I'm really trying to get the final part done asap, too many things in the way! D:
Fantastic series (and indeed channel) so far, Mark, very informative!
Mark, i must say thins is one of the best and well edited videos on TH-cam
Thank you so much for uploading. I can't wait to start playing this with my kids. You've explained this very well and easy to understand!
Howdy I was wondering if you could do one on artificer. I’ve looked around but I haven’t had any luck and the way you explain is Just chef’s kiss
Thanks so much. As a noob trying to learn with my son, this is fantastic.
As a person who has trouble reading a 300 page book this really helps thanks a bunch
These videos are really good. currently waiting for it all to be done so I can share all the parts with the D&D community I have on facebook.
making my first ever character. rolled so well. 12,12,13,14,14,15. then +1,+1,+1,+2,+2,+2
super useful, tomorrow im going to meet with my friends to create our first characters ever and this is useful so I can help them through it!
It's good to see the Chanel growing :) hope your well mark.
Serena! After Nina! That's so cute!~
This guide is amazing! So simple but also really helpful.
But no wacky intro D:
Best explanation and walk through I have found
thank u so much for this series!! my friends and i are starting trying to play d&d and some things are so confusing but this series is rly helping lmao
Awesome job, bro. Nice and clean! Looking forward to pt3
Mark are you mocking nina's height?
I know this comment is a bit late... but I would recommend an Aarakocra Ranger. Aarakocras can fly, so being able to shoot arrows from the sky is awesome. Also, you can avoid enemy creatures. :)
You've been a great help so far I'm hoping to start playing soon
Oh my gosh! This was so helpful 😁
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Can I use it too?
That dwarf looks amazing nice pick
Although he is small in the corner
Great videos, never played before. Looking forward to give it a try now.
Getting ready for a possible run through of I believe hoard of the dragon queen. I'm making a scourge aasimar tomelock with pact of the fiend. So far his unmodified ability scores are 10, 14, 14, 12, 8, and 15. It'll be interesting to roleplay with 8 wisdom on how he managed to get tricked by a erinyes who was disguised as a celestial, stuck inside of a painting on top of that, to make him serve her in exchange for power to root out evil.
Actually i guess since he accepted a pact with a fiend he would have turned into a fallen aasimar.
Since the ability score is less important than the modifier once you start playing it's more helpful (especially for new players) to write the score in the little oval and the modifier in the big box.
On my DND sheets from a starter set, the Modifiers are where you put the score
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Yo this helped me so much making my first druid, thanks so much!!
Bout to start a game up in a couple days, last time I played 2e was the newest thing (yea, back when it was tsr). This is helpful, thanks.
Honestly you give the best ways on how to start out I'm trying to start out a d & d campaign with a few of my friends but since I never really played before probs gonna get the starter set but wanna have us create our own characters for it. Also do you have a vid for like explaining how to be a dm like just starting out just need something to go off of
I have never played dnd but it sounds so interesting to me.
If I had a character it would be:
Name: Ithys
Gender: Female
Race: Forest Nymph (almost like a wood elf but more fairy like.)
Class: Ranger
Strength: 12
Dexterity: 15
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 13
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 8
Living alone in the forest, can communicate with animals but has trouble talking to people.
Weapons: Wooden Longbow + Short Hidden Dagger
Helpful stuff dude.
This helped a lot, thanks!
Rolled stats for a Goliath blood Hunter. Got a 17, 12, 9, 10, 14 and 14. This'll be fun :)
I'd suggest actually switching the possition of where you write the ability score and the ability modifier, since you pretty much only use the modifier it's much easier to have that as the bigger and more standing out number. :)
I got 15 14 14 12 11 10. So pretty good. I'm not sure which race to pick yet, I was gonna pick elf but gnome could be more fun.
10/great video marku
Hey mark, quick question! What is the under dark and how do you get to it?
A dark, subterranean nightmare land full of really nasty monsters. It's underground, like a literal underworld - so come up some way that they can travel deep under the earth. Do your research on the Underdark before you run stuff in it, it can make for some really awesome adventures!
I am more familiar with the point buy system. But the standard array is also interesting.
Hey @Tabletop Weekly Archive I still don't understand what are the hit points and for what are them. Im really confused about that.
Learned so much !!! :)
Is there a vampire race I have really cool idea for a character
Dr Suace does it include life steal?
@@gdkeashusoldaccount1861 uhh I don't think so im new to d&d
Dr Suace oh that’s really cool! And good luck if your being the DM
@@gdkeashusoldaccount1861 thanks
i have trouble understanding things and processing information but this was super easy for me to intake, so thank you very much!!
This was very helpful
Him saying 'gnome" only reminds me of the way Gnomeo would from Gnomeo & Juliet because of his accent
This is helping so much thank you... I’m a half wood elf
I think I’ve gained more knowledge irl than my character I’m making
This helped soooooooooo much!
Thank you!
You can also get your ability scores by subtracting 10 and dividing by 2
THANK YOU !
Very good video Mark, but why would you choose a d6 over a d10 when a d10 is aways better? Is it due to having a massive constitution bonus that could make multiple d6 really good?
Not a d6, a straight 6. As if you had rolled it. It means you can always take the just above average result for HP. Some DM's prefer to let players do this, so they don't get boned by rolling a 1.
Tabletop Weekly Ahhh okay thanks for the answer and reply
Question (I hope you reply) can you choose any name because in the players handbook it has a section of names but is that just a suggestion to help people or do you have to choose one of those names
I plan on joining a group of players soon when I asked the DM if I could use a race that was home brew he said sure so now start the humble beginnings of a myconid druid... not too sure how this is gonna turn out but it should be funny
what would i put down on "features & traits" ?
very help-full
I was making a Gnome Fighter when I was watching this.
Is the music from Disney Infinity Pirates of the Caribbean?
So did I understand the hitpoint system correctly? Every level-up you throw the hit point dice for your class and add the number you throw to your maximum hitpoints?
Plus your Constitution Modifier, if you have one.
@@SherlockHulmes Oh, ok, thank you!
So on a level up you're rolling the 1d10 to add more hp?
modifiers can be calculated by taking away 10 and dividing by 2
thanks Mark need the help :)
What is the modifier for wizard🧞♂️🧙♂️
Do you think it would be better to pre-fab characters for a one-shot, or let players make their own? I want to speed run Phandelver for busy people.
Depends on the skill level of the players. Experienced players will find it more fun, newer players better to pre-gen and then let them add the details.
My halfling paladin is gonna be lit
That moment when you are finally done, save without clicking ''Done Signing'' and discover everything you done is gone :')
Eidor M.
The accident was two years ago Eidor, how are you coping?
Thank you
Hey Mark, great video! Actually leads me to a question. When first getting into D&D I missed the rule of rolling 4 d6 and taking out the lowest. So for my characters stats I would roll 4 d6 and add them up together. Is this too powerful and should I change the stats of my four party members before we really start playing?
Far too powerful, as you could have characters with stats above 20 which is actually the maximum cap for Ability Scores (without magic items). I would highly recommend you get everyone to re-roll OR switch everyone to the standard array.
Tabletop Weekly Thanks!
im a little confused about hit dice. so when i level i roll my hit dice and add the number i get to my hp?
What kind of stuff/merchandise would you need to start a d&d campaign? Also if this question has already been answered could someone tell me where it was answered plz?
Hey Gavin, you should check out my very first video; "How to start playing Dungeons & Dragons". Should help you with this very thing!
Tabletop Weekly Thank you!
i don't understand the "hitpoints at higher levels" part: how many hitpoints does this fighter gain at, per say, level 2 or 3?
i mean, her hitpoint were 11, at level 2 does she really gain another 11 hitpoints if she roll a 10? is that even fair or i'm missing something?
I'm having a problem with understanding something. What does it mean having a 1 d10 hit dice? And if you get a 1d10 (or 6) + con modifier then does that mean that your character would have 18 hit points at level 2? 11 + 6 + 1 = 18. Is that right?