Dragons of Stormwreck Isle

Creating your character

Creating Your Hero with D&D Beyond Before you set foot on Stormwreck Isle, you’ll bring your hero to life—and we’ll use D&D Beyond, the official online toolset for Dungeons & Dragons, to make it quick, easy, and fun. Whether you’re brand-new to the game or a seasoned adventurer, D&D Beyond walks you through character creation step-by-step, making sure you understand your options while keeping everything organized and ready for play. No complicated math, no rulebook-hunting—just a smooth process that lets you focus on who your character is and what they can do. How It Works: ChatGPT 5 You said: Write a description of how to build a character in d&d beyond that is less than 3,000 characters long ChatGPT said: Here’s a concise guide under 3,000 characters that explains how to build a character in D&D Beyond: Building a Character in D&D Beyond Creating a Dungeons & Dragons character in D&D Beyond is quick and beginner-friendly. Start by logging in and selecting "Collections" → "My Characters" → "Create a Character". You’ll choose between Standard, Quick Build, or Randomize—most players pick Standard for full control. Character Preferences Decide if you want to use milestone or XP leveling, feats, or optional rules like encumbrance. You can change these later in the Home tab. Race Pick your character’s race, which grants ability score bonuses, special traits, and sometimes unique abilities. Many races also offer subraces with additional features. Class Select a class like Fighter, Wizard, or Rogue. Your class determines hit points, proficiencies, and starting abilities. You’ll also pick a subclass later, usually at level 2 or 3. Ability Scores Choose a method: Standard Array, Point Buy, or Manual Roll. Allocate points to Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Racial bonuses may boost these scores. Background Your background provides skill proficiencies, tool proficiencies, languages, and a roleplaying feature. It also helps shape your character’s backstory. Equipment Choose between starting equipment or gold to buy your own gear. The starting equipment option gives you items based on your class and background. Spells (if applicable) If your class uses magic, select your known spells or prepared spells from your class’s spell list. Details Customize your character’s name, alignment, physical description, personality traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws. You can also upload a portrait. Review & Finalize Check your sheet for accuracy. Once finished, click "View Character Sheet" to see your completed character, ready for play. Your D&D Beyond character sheet will automatically handle math, track resources, and link to rules for abilities and spells—making gameplay smoother and faster.

Preparing for the session

D&d beyond, discord and an internet connection is required

What Jeffrey Arrington brings to the table

Rule of cool should prevail in most cases, but I also generally stick to rules as written, but I'm also open to discussing other interpretation of rules and reading the rules as a group

Homebrew rules

Modified critical Hits, critical hits are always Max based damage plus an additional dice roll Potions may be drink as a bonus action On Athletics check, players can do in real life push-ups equivalent to the DC class and automatically pass the Athletics check. For example, if a player tries to scale a wall and the DC class is 15 for Athletics, the player has the option to do 15 push-ups and automatically pass the Athletics check where they can roll as normal

How Jeffrey Arrington creates a safe table

I like to run a good session zero and discuss lines and veils players can also come to me individually in private to tell me anything. They are not comfortable sharing with the group.