In today's episode we discuss how to make a roleplaying character from a concept or from scratch. Where can you pull inspiration? What if you're not really inspired? Hopefully, this will give you a few ideas.

Hello. We took a short break from publishing. We're in the process of moving and new jobs. We recorded this episode over the summer. The new version of D&D will be coming out soon so some of the rules here will probably change. The mechanics we discuss in this episode are for 5e. In this episode we explore the skills mechanics and how to roll actions other than combat.

This episode finishes up our discussion on stats. We explore the final character statistic: Charisma. How can my character be more likable than me?

What does it mean to be wise? How does that play out in roleplaying games? How can you quantify it? In today's episode we discuss the ability score Wisdom in D&D.

In this episode, we explore the Intelligence stat. We take a look a who needs it, when, why, and all those other "w" questions. Seriously, how am I supposed to pretend to be smarter or less smart?

In this episode we finish up our discussion on Dexterity and explore the ability score of Constitution. Speed and health. Two key elements of roleplaying games.

In this episode we explore two of the ability scores: Strength and Dexterity. These are the key scores for most physical combat classes. We give some tips on how to play low or high strength. The episode ran a little long so we split Dexterity. We'll finish exploring it next week.

Step three in creating a D&D character is to determine your stats. Do your roll? Do you use the standard array? How do you keep it fair? In this episode, we explore a couple of different ways to give your character their physical and mental ability scores. Choose wisely for these numbers will indeed rule your fate.