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So I'm trying to turn my current character into a dnd character because I'm a big nerd, but I don't know how to go about it.

5th Edition is the most current and here is their SRD, which is pretty helpful.

5th Edition SRD

Does your character concept fit (at least "close enough") to one of these classes? :

• Barbarian
• Bard
• Cleric
• Druid
• Fighter
• Monk
• Paladin
• Ranger
• Rogue
• Sorcerer
• Warlock
• Wizard

I picked bard because the character has a background for a dancer.

Cool.

To start, you'll want to generate Ability Scores for each of these:

• Strength, measuring physical power
• Dexterity, measuring agility
• Constitution, measuring endurance
• Intelligence, measuring reasoning and memory
• Wisdom, measuring perception and insight
• Charisma, measuring force of personality

Each one will get a starting number from 3 to 18.

There's many ways to create these scores (usually would be dictated by the game master which method to use). Some of the more common approaches:

• Roll 3d6 (Repeat 6 times, then re-arrange the values amongst the 6 Ability Scores.)
• Roll 4d6, drop the lowest die value. (This site will do it for you! https://gc3.github.io/taters/dnd5e/ability_score_roller.html)
• Assign what 'seems right' for the character. A score of 10-11 is considered human avg.
• Divvy up some pre-determined number of points amongst the 6 scores. (That linked site will do that for you too!)

So for my human bard, I have:

Strength-9

Dexterity- 15

Constitution- 14

Intelligence- 13

Wisdom- 11

Charisma: 16

Is that good?

Yep! Then check out the details on the bard class: https://5thsrd.org/character/classes/bard/

And the human race: https://5thsrd.org/character/races/human/

I've never played a bard, so don't know all the ins and outs to it, but picking out spells is always fun!

This is what ended doing with her, so is it accurate to what a dnd character sheet would look like?

Gettin' close! The other important thing you'd need would be how many Hit Points she has (unless it's on there somewhere... maybe I overlooked it)

Hit Points at 1st Level: 8 + your Constitution modifier

Since her Constitution is 14, that translates to a +2 modifier. So she'd have 10 Hit Points.

Okay thanks for telling me, I'll add that in right now.

For anything else... ask Juls.

Legit saving this thread for personal reference 😂😂

Awesome topic thanks Juls, Tusitala2017, and any future contributors to this! This is turning out to be a great educational thread for transferring a character from freeform to strict mechanics & dice roll kind of rp

I don't know if I'd go that far. I haven't played anything 5th edition much past 1st level. I only know the basics.