Stats-to get your stats there are a few meathods one that most use is 4d6 per stat droping the lowest number (note: DM must roll this) the other way is you all stats have a base of 8 and you get 25 points to distrubute amoung those stats.(personally i like the 4D6 meathod).the stats are as follows
Strength-this stat is pysical prowess how much you can lift and carry as well as bonuses to damage.
Dexterity-this stat has to do with agility. this determines your bonus to Armor Class(covered later) and your plus to hit with weapons.
Constitution-this stat tells you your bonus to hp per level and just how resistant you are to sickness and illness.
Intelligence-this skill tells you how book smart you and also adds to your starting skills number.you get bonus spells based on high intelligence if your a wizard..
Wisdom-this is how wise you are has to mainly with clerics spells and paladins abilitys.you get bonuse spells based on high wisdom for clerics and paladions.
Charisma-this is how much of a leader you are and how charismatic you are(to a small extent how good looking you are) Sorcerors and Paladins need high scores in this.you get bonus spells based on charisma if your a Sorcerer.
Class-this is your character class go to the classes page to find out what class you want. make sure you have the required stats for the calss you want.
Race-choose a race from the race page and be careful what you choose some gets plues some minuses (except humans which get no pluses or minuses).
Alighnment-this is your alignment good evil chotic lawful choose what you want and put it here.
Armor Class-this is what number some one has to
roll to hit you to get this you follow a small formula.(be sure to choose
your armor before figureing this)
Base AC(10)+Amor+Sheild+Ability Mod+misc(magic items or abilits)+temp(spells that may be effecting you)= Armor class
Hp.-this varys by class Class hp+constution bonus=hp.
Experience Points-this is how many expericence points you have(0 at start)
Exp for next level-this is how much EXP you need for the next level.(1000 for level 2).
Saving Throws-you have three of these. you use these to save against spells traps and other nasty suprises.each scare varys depending on class so make sure you have the right bonus(may have to ask DM for help on this part).
Reflex-base(found in class page)+Dex bonus+misc=total
Fortitude-base+constution bonus=total
Will-base+Wisdom bonus+misc=total
intiative-Dex Bonus+misc=total
(misc is usally 0 unless you have a spell or ability affectinbg you example Malcome has a necklace of resist posion giving him a +2 save againts posions so he adds a 2 in the misc box.)
Melee-this is your to hit number this tells how many pluses you get to hit some one. take your
Str bonus + Base Attack for your class(located in the class page where the chart is and it says base attack)=your mellee score.
Ranged-this is the same as melee only use your Dex instead of
Str+base attack for your class=ranged score.
Feats-all classes at level 1 get 1 feat(unless your human you get a bonus feat).go to the feats page for a list of feats.feats are skills to the extream careful chooseing of your feats can make you invinceible(note some skills and feats are prohibbited by character class)
Skills-these are skills they are like feats but have multible uses. every class has class skills which cost 1 skill point cross class skills 1 point=.5(so 2=1 full point) per skill and then some skills of prohibited by your class.each class gets a differant number of skill points its listed in the class page.
Racial Traits-go to your race page and list all racial traits here
Class Fetures-go to your class page and list current class fetures you currently can use.
Languages-this list what languages you know you
get your race language and common +1 language per intelligence bonus.
Abyssal
Infernal
Aquan
Elven
Auran
Draconic
Celestial
Common
Draconic
Druidic
Dwarven
Elven
Gnome
Goblin
Giant
Gnoll
Halfling
Ignan
Infernal
Orc
Sylvan
Terran
Undercommon
Age-how old you are(varys by race may have to contact your DM for this info)
Height-again this varys by race.
Weight-yeah varys by race ^^
Gender-male female.....uhh other X,x
Size-read the races page to see what your race is small medium or large.
Equipment-ok this gets complicated o,o you get an amount of gold depending on class you must buy all your equipment with that money and list it here along with your remaining gold.all listed on the equipment page at the bottom.
Weapon-list all current weapons here and damage with that weapon you find it with this formula
Base Attak Bonus(by class)+ability mod(strength)+feat(if it addds an to it)+misc(if there is any)=+to damage.
Armor-just list what armor your wearing here and its bonus to AC.
Description-describe what you look like and your personality here.
Funds-list your remaining gold here.
Spells or Special skills-lastly add any spells here you know or special skills make sure if you have spells you get the FULL DESCRIPTION into the character sheet we don't want to wait for you to find the spell.
Origin last but not least write up and origin for
your character make sure its good don't be a newbie and write one line -,-.
CONGRADULATIONS YOUR DONE!!! now just post this info in the Characters part
of the MB(you'll need an ezboard account no biggie its free) and your ready
to play.
