I do want to stress that D&D is as much as you want it to be. Don't feel like you have to go super deep and write pages and pages of character backstory. If you are that type, by all means go for it! If you are more like me, an outline type person, that's great too. There is no wrong answer to your character, but some will be easier to live than others. Some people like to just make themselves in character form and react as they themselves would and some like to pretend to be the opposite of themselves (my party paladin is an example of this). Some just want a random character given to them so they can be an actor in a film if you will. There is no wrong answer here. D&D does like you to pick some background personality traits because this makes characters more real people with faults and goals in life. This is where you can get some fun group dianamics with a straight laced too by the book follow all the rules character and a kloptomanic that lock picks and steals everything. Do think about how your character is going to interact with others. Sure you can make a true evil bad guy but don't be surprised when you end up getting the group killed or become the villian of the story.
My biggest suggestion for anybody who wants to play or may want to play, to go ahead and start looking at classes and races and deciding what kind of character you want to play. There are places that will give you random ideas if you don't want to be super cliché. I'll try and find some resources and post them. DD Beyond does have breakdowns of at least some of the classes. There are other places too. If anybody has better suggestions. I will try to do any example character build and what that could look like soonish.
I will also work up some basic info on character alignments (good, nuetral, evil, etc.) As well as how you can use your character's states the help with their personality. Example, my party paladin is super charismatic, but has very low intelligence. She says the words Like and Oh my God and For Reals a lot.
My biggest suggestion for anybody who wants to play or may want to play, to go ahead and start looking at classes and races and deciding what kind of character you want to play. There are places that will give you random ideas if you don't want to be super cliché. I'll try and find some resources and post them. DD Beyond does have breakdowns of at least some of the classes. There are other places too. If anybody has better suggestions. I will try to do any example character build and what that could look like soonish.
I will also work up some basic info on character alignments (good, nuetral, evil, etc.) As well as how you can use your character's states the help with their personality. Example, my party paladin is super charismatic, but has very low intelligence. She says the words Like and Oh my God and For Reals a lot.
