

For example, if you want your character to be really good at stealth, for example, you have to put more points on Dexterity. These skills work as a skill umbrella for more specific abilities, such as acrobatics (under dexterity), arcana (under intelligence), deception (under charisma), and medicine (under intelligence).

Members of a subrace have the traits of the parent race in addition to the traits specified for their subrace.

Languages: Each race has their own language, but there are common ones used throughout the Forgotten Realms.Speed: The speed determines how much a character can move each turn.Size: Most characters are medium-sized (around 4 to 8 feet tall), but a few races are small (from 2 to 4 feet tall) so the rules such as movement speed and handling heavy objects might be affected by their size.Aligment: Races have tendency towards an aligment, but of course you can choose one based on the story you created for your character.Age: The age marks the character’s stage of life and helps determine their objectives, way of thinking, and behaving.Ability Score Increase: Each race has a different set of abilities, so depending on the race you choose, your character will receive a bonus for some abilites.Race traits include their ability score increase, age, alignment, size, speed, languages, and subraces. The race will determine your general appearance and racial traits. Determine the ability scores and modifiers.Here’s how to create a character in Dungeons and Dragons 5E step-by-step:
