Table Of Contents
| Part 1 - Creature in your campaign | x |
| The Creature | x |
| Creature - Creature | x |
| Creature - High Creature | x |
| Creature in your Campaign | x |
| Unique Creature | x |
| Class Influences - Monk | x |
| Class Influences - Warlock | x |
| Class Influences - Sorcerer | x |
| Magic Spells | x |
| Magic Items | x |
| Part 2 - The Creature of Location | x |
| Creature in Location - Introduction | x |
| Unique Creature from Location | x |
| Part 3 - Finding The Creature | x |
| Adventure Module | x |
| Part 4 - Epic Variants | x |
| Epic Creature | x |
| Epic High Creature | x |
Quick Characters
Sometimes you need quick characters for a D&D session. Whether you’re running an impromptu game with limited time for character creation, you want to get a new player into an established game quickly, or you need a new PC to replace a dead adventurer, these optional rules are for you. These rules can be used instead of the normal process of character creation, replacing the choice and creativity of that process with a series of tables that quickly generate a 1st-level character. With the exception of backgrounds, these rules focus on the character options available in the D&D Basic Rules as a means of keeping things simple.
Alignment
| d6 | Alignment |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lawful Good |
| 2 | Neutral Good |
| 3 | Chaotic Good |
| 4 | Lawful Neutral |
| 5 | Neutral |
| 6 | Chaotic Neutral |
Background
Backgrounds already make use of random tables to flesh out your character, and are easy to apply. You can roll a d20 to use the full list of backgrounds from the Player’s Handbook.
| d20 | Background |
|---|---|
| 1-2 | Acolyte |
| 3 | Charlatan |
| 4-5 | Criminal |
| 6 | Entertainer |
| 7-8 | Folk Hero |
| 9-10 | Guild Artisan |
| 11 | Hermit |
| 12 | Noble |
| 13-14 | Outlander |
| 15 | Sage |
| 16-17 | Sailor |
| 18-19 | Soldier |
| 20 | Urchin |
Alternatively, for players who are comfortable defining a character’s personality traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws through roleplaying, the quick character generation process can be made even quicker by foregoing a background, instead rolling for the skill and tool proficiencies normally provided by a background. Roll four times on the following table, rerolling any duplicate results.
| d20 | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| 1 | Acrobatics |
| 2 | Animal Handling |
| 3 | Arcana |
| 4 | Athletics |
| 5 | Deception |
| 6 | History |
| 7 | Insight |
| 8 | Intimidation |
| 9 | Investigation |
| 10 | Medicine |
| 11 | Nature |
| 12 | Perception |
| 13 | Performance |
| 14 | Persuasion |
| 15 | Religion |
| 16 | Sleight of Hand |
| 17 | Stealth |
| 18 | Survival |
| 19 | Carpenter’s tools |
| 20 | Thieves’ tools |
In place of a background feature, once during any game session, you can pick a nonplayer character you meet and declare that your character knows that NPC. The relationship is respectful but not necessarily friendly. The DM determines the exact nature of your relationship.
Class and Abilities
Roll a d6 to determine your class from the following table, which is more likely to generate a fighter or cleric than a rogue or wizard. Especially if you’re randomly generating an entire party, tilting the odds in favor of fighters and clerics can help shore up a group’s ability to survive in combat. Alternatively (or if you’re generating a single character joining an already balanced party), you can roll a d4 and give each class an equal chance of being generated.
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