Category: Dungeons and Dragons

Character creation discussions in D&D often turn to optimisation, and specifically maximising combat effectiveness (highest AC, greatest DPR,…). Optimisation goes both ways, however, so here is a character minimising combat ability. This is not, however, just a thought experiment. This is the essentially the character I am playing in our Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign….

Here are some house rules that our group tends to use for character creation in Dungeons and Dragons (5th edition). You might find some of them useful, so here they are… Ability Score Generation The core rules give three methods for generating ability scores: Roll 4d6 for each ability and keep the highest three. Take…