# Character Creation Rules

This page contains the rules for character creation. For the starting guide to the server, please head over to Start Here.

# Start

# Transferring Characters from Other Servers/Campaigns

You cannot transfer characters from other places. However, you can create a version of them in this server following the same creation process as any other new characters.

# Character Sheet Options

You must use a sheet compatible with the Avrae dice bot. The following are all free to use. Your options are:

• D&D Beyond (Best for new players)
• GSheet
• DiceCloud v1
• DiceCloud v2

• DiceCloud and GSheet are better for homebrew. DiceCloud takes some learning, so it is recommended for more experienced players.
• GSheet is the closest to a paper sheet/fillable pdf, so if you are used to those methods, you may find GSheet the easiest.
• Mythweavers, character sheet apps, and pdfs are not compatible with Avrae.

D&D Beyond

There is also a newbie-friendly step-by-step guide in New to D&D.

Character Preferences (settings)

• Sources: Expanded Rules, Legacy, Critical Role Content

Not everything from these sources is allowed to be used in the server.

Please refer to the "Sources" section below for full details.

• Dice Rolling: Off (We use Avrae Discord bot for dice rolls)
• Optional Features: On
• Advancement Type: Milestone
• Hit Point Type: "Fixed" is recommended. If you choose "Manual", you must make the rolls in #official-character-rolls , not in D&D Beyond
• Encumbrance Type: Use Encumbrance
• Ignore Coin Weight: Off
• Character Privacy: Public

Leave the rest of the options as they are.

Once you created a character on D&D Beyond, make sure to do the following:

• Equip your weapons and armor by clicking on the box next to them in the equipment page.
• If you decide to roll for HP in #official-character-rolls , you will need to manually enter your HP.

To use Google Sheets, go to this sheet and select File -Make a Copy

GSheet tutorial is in the ? tab of the sheet itself. Make sure to check the inserted notes for more specific instructions.

To benefit from the Avrae-GSheet/DiceCloud automation, find the feature from the following doc and put the Action Name inside Features & Traits section. (Note: Not every feature requires automation. Only the features with the automation are listed in the doc.)

• Avrae Action Names

DiceCloud v1 DiceCloud v2

To benefit from the Avrae-GSheet/DiceCloud automation, find the feature from the following doc and put the Action Name inside Features & Traits section. (Note: Not every feature requires automation. Only the features with the automation are listed in the doc.)

• Avrae Action Names

DiceCloud v1 tutorials

• PDF Tutorial
• YouTube Video

# Sources

# Official Material

We use the 2014 D&D 5e ruleset. If you are using D&D Beyond, these options will be marked with the [Legacy] tag.

A full list of All Allowed Materials . The rest of this page also includes breakdowns of all disallowed materials by race, class, etc.

• Alternatively, here is the Full List of Allowed Races/Species .

# Disallowed Content

Disallowed Books

• Explorer's Guide to Wildemount
• Planeshift
• Runeterra

Under Review

• Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Reborn

Other

• Supernatural Gifts
• Sidekicks

Any subclasses the source books determine as restricted to certain races, such as the Battlerager barbarian, are available for all races to use. However, feats that are restricted to certain races can still only be used by those races as stated in the sourcebooks.

Full List of Allowed and Disallowed Official Races . For races with multiple versions, please make sure you are using a version that is allowed.

General

• Race-restricted subclasses such as Battlerager lose said restriction.
• Tasha's Cauldron of Everything (TCoE) Optional Class Features are allowed for all classes.
• D&D Beyond's Blood Hunter is banned. Refer to the version described in the UA & Homebrew Compendium instead.

Disallowed Subclasses

• Bard: College of Eloquence
• Bard: College of the Road
• Cleric: Night Domain
• Fighter: Echo Knight
• Sorcerer: Clockwork Soul
• Warlock: The Undead
• Wizard: Graviturgy
• Wizard: Chronomancy

Disallowed Class Features

• Artificer: Arcane Propulsion Armor Infusion
• Artificer: Mind Sharpener Infusion
• Blood Hunter: Celerity Mutagen
• Blood Hunter: Potency Mutagen
• Blood Hunter: Sagacity Mutagen

• Aberrant Dragonmarks

• Adept of the Black Robes

• Adept of the Red Robes

• Adept of the White Robes

• Initiate of High Sorcery

• Gunner

• Opportunistic Thief

• Planar Wanderer

• Poisoner

• Strixhaven Initiate

• Strixhaven Mascot

• Ember of the Fire Giant (refer to the DW Homebrew version)

• Guile of the Cloud Giant (refer to the DW Homebrew version)

• Soul of the Storm Giant (refer to the DW Homebrew version)

All backgrounds from the following books:

• Baldur's Gate(except Faceless)
• Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica
• The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
• Strixhaven
• Spelljammer
• Dragonlance
• Glory of the Giants
• Planescape
• The Book of Many Things
• and Custom Backgrounds

Please note that some background features will have no effect on this server, e.g. The Retainers feature for the Knight and Noble background variant.

• Ashardalon's Stride
• Create Magen
• Create Spelljamming Helm
• Dunamancy spells
• Distort Value
• Dream of the Blue Veil
• Fast Friends
• Gift of Gab
• Rime's Binding Ice
• Silvery Barbs
• Spirit of Death
• Spirit Shroud
• Tasha's Otherwordly Guise
• Tasha's Mind Whip

# Unearthed Arcana (UA) and Homebrew

Unearthed Arcana is unofficial content released by the D&D developers for playtesting. Homebrew refers to self-published content created by our server.

• UA that gets officially released or revisited later in another UA is banned.
• Only Approved UA listed in the above document can be used.
• Charity content, planeshift content, content released by developers outside D&D Beyond, and Critical Role content is considered unofficial and only approved for use if they are in the Homebrew document (i.e. the Blood Hunter class).
• You cannot multiclass with Homebrew and UA classes/subclasses for balance reasons.
  • For approved third party content released on D&D Beyond, we will specify if it is eligible for multiclass e.g. Humblewood
• If you plan on using Homebrew or UA content, we highly recommend you to use GSheet or DiceCloud sheets due to various limitations of D&D Beyond's Homebrew system.

# DnD World Errata/Variant Feature Document

Erratas refer to changes made to the official game rules, which our server does for balance reasons and to better suit the West Marches setting. The above document along with the Erratas and Rulings page compile all changes to official content and variant features we've added.

# Character Creation

# Ability Scores

You may use Standard Array / Point Buy / Rolling for the character stats.

# HP

At 1st level, as per RAW you take max of your hit die, determined by your class, and add your Constitution modifier.

# Rolling for Stats/HP/Gold

# Character Details

Name

• Your nickname, character name, as well as username must be easily pingable by the staff members and not something with repeated characters (e.g. Caaaaaallum), key-smashes (e.g. jahfjbqwubwqu), difficult to search (e.g. "Copy" or "Backup" as a name), uses special font, etc.

Age

• You are not allowed to create characters younger than Adolescence, using the guidelines the below chart.
• You also may not play a character who behaves drastically younger than their actual age, i.e. overtly childish behavior.

# Equipment

• You may take starting equipment or roll for gold.

• If you choose to take starting equipment, the item must be available in Snowhaven Market Document . All PHB mundane items are included with the same price.

• If you choose to roll for gold, you can do so in #official-character-rolls . Once you have made the roll, you must use the rolled result and you cannot take equipment or gold from your class or background.

  • After you have rolled gold, you may then purchase the equipment from the above document, and by logging them in #transaction-log .

• You are not allowed to possess any magic items starting out.

# Character Creation Phase

After you create your character and before the character attends a DM event, you may change parts of the character as many times as you want. The following rules apply:

• You must keep all rolled results. If you have rolled the stats, you cannot switch back to Standard Array or Point Buy.
• If you chose Standard Array or Point buy as the Ability Score generation method, you may switch to rolling for stats. Please note, once you have rolled stats, you must use them.
• You may not switch between choosing starting equipment and rolling for gold.
• You may not reroll stats / gold / hp.

• If any of the starting equipment were sold and you need to switch them, retcon the transaction before doing so.
• Keep RPXP and Experience counter values.

• You are still in the character creation phase after gaining XP from Combat Training DTD, an approved RPXP claim, or Avrae Tutorial XP.

# Beyond 1st Level

# Multiclass

You are allowed to multiclass when you level up, as long as you meet the standard stat prerequisites.

# ASI/Feat

You are allowed to take a feat instead of taking Ability Score Improvement (ASI), when the class gives you the option at certain levels.

# Multiple Characters

• You start with 2 character slots on this server. You can gain extra character slots by becoming a Patron or taking on certain staff roles.

• You may make your second character any time, following the same procedure as your first character.

• You cannot sign up for, or go on the same quest with both characters, as per Roleplay Rules 11.

• If you are roleplaying more than one character at the same time, you can only gain RPXP for one of them during that period.

• Your characters cannot be in the same guild.

• Your characters cannot benefit from each other's presence, e.g. they cannot give each other items or gold.