Starting a new game of D&D? One of the best ways to keep things fresh is by messing with character creation rules.

So, where should you start? The fifth edition of D&D is the most recently released version, so this is the one we'll run through the character creation process for (keep in mind that the steps in ...

The number of races, classes, and other approaches in D&D gives you tons of options to create a novel character. A wide-eyed former pirate who didn’t know any better could be a fun character ...

One of Daggerheart's strongest suits is in its character creation. It's familiar enough—until it starts to break new ground.

But while this is still broadly the D&D 5E we know and love, designers seem to have realized how important the character creation process really is, and found a way of putting a neglected system ...

And true to Bunkers and Badasses’ real-world Dungeons and Dragons inspiration, what seems like an impressive appearance generator turns into a fun D&D-lite character sheet by the end.

The D&D-style character creation system has been too ingrained for too long, however, so I suspect we'll see it continue for a long-ass time. If we can get a few more RPGs that eschew it ...

and Jon Peterson decided to give the character creator a whirl, and you can see what they cmae up with in this video. EXPERT D&D authors build the perfect character in BALDUR’S GATE 3 Watch D&D ...