Creating a D&D character

The step-by-step wizard: identity, origin, class, abilities, spells, details and summary, with the rules in place and a live summary.

The creation wizard takes you step by step with the rules in place: it only offers what your character can choose, works out what each decision produces and tells you what is missing before you go on. On the left you always have a live summary of the character; at the end the sheet is created. See The D&D 5e sheet.

Where it is

In New character (from Your sheets: the list, creating, importing and the trash) choosing D&D 5e, from the campaign if the table uses D&D, or with the route /dnd/crear. If you open the wizard from a campaign, the character is created inside it.

Requirements and permissions

An account that plays. The edition (2014 or 2024), the starting level, the ability-score method and the books you may use are decided by the campaign if the character belongs to a table; on a free sheet you choose them in Rules for your sheet.

The steps

The steps are tabs; the reachable ones can be pressed, the rest open once the previous ones are done.

Step	What you decide
Identity	Name, avatar and the campaign it belongs to
Origin	Species and background, with their ability increase, proficiencies and languages; you can create your own
Class	Class, skills and, where it applies, subclass and fighting style; starting equipment
Abilities	The six abilities, by point buy, rolling or fixed values, depending on what the table allows
Spells	Cantrips and spells, only if the class casts spells
Level 1 features	The level choices; if you start above level 1, a walkthrough of the levels
Details	Appearance, personality and narrative background
Summary	Everything together; the character is created here

Step by step

Type the name and choose whether the character belongs to a campaign or is a free sheet.
Go through Origin, Class and Abilities. What is missing to continue appears in a notice above the buttons, with a link to the step where it is fixed.
View character opens the full summary without leaving the step.
On the last step, the final action creates the sheet and takes you to it.

Your own species and backgrounds

If what you want is not there, the wizard lets you create a species or a background of your own without leaving it. If you use a module with new content, it appears next to the compendium's. See D&D compendium and modules and Module builder.

Levelling up later

Once created, the sheet offers Level up when it applies, with the class, subclass and feat choices. If you leave something unchosen, the sheet reminds you in the left column.

Frequent problems

"It won't let me continue." Look at the notice above the buttons: each line is a pending choice.

"My class, species or book does not appear." The campaign may have left that book out, or the content belongs to a module you have not turned on. Try a free sheet or ask whoever runs the game.