Character Creation

Question 1

What are the two primary aspects that impact a character’s abilities and niches?

Answer 1

Race and Class

Question 2

What are the six abilities every character has?

Answer 2

Strength
Dexterity
Constitution
Intelligence
Wisdom
Charisma

Question 3

What is an ability score?

Answer 3

An ability score is a number given to each ability to determine how good they are in all things related to that ability

Question 4

What is an ability score modifier?

Answer 4

A number determined by the ability score modifier that add/substracts to your total results when rolling

Question 5

Name and explain at least one from the three ways one can distribute ability scores?

Answer 5

Standard array (pre-determined scores given to the player)

Dice roll (Roll 4 six sided dice and discard the lowest number, then add the three remaining numbers. Repeat for each ability)

27 point buy (Start with all abilities having an ability score of 8, then individually add as much as you want for each ability until you have expended 27 points across all abilities)

Question 6

What is a skill?

Answer 6

A specific expertise you have on certain situations that one can determine from ability scores

Question 7

What is a skill proficiency?

Answer 7

A small bonus you can add to skill rolls

Question 8

What is an ability or skill check?

Answer 8

A roll a player must do to determine the success or failure of an intended action. Every action must connect to either an ability or skill

Question 9

What is a saving throw?

Answer 9

A roll a player must roll to determine if they successfully avoided any incoming threat. Saving throws must be connected to a specific skill

Question 10

What dice does someone use to determine the result of Skill/Ability checks and saving throws?

Answer 10

a d20 (20 sided die)

Question 11

what are hit points?

Answer 11

the amount of damage a character can take before being incapacitated

Question 12

Define and explain Death Saving Throws

Answer 12

A set of rolls a player does to determine if they live or die once incapacitated.

Rolling at 10 or above is a success and rolling 9 or below is a fail. If the players rolls 3 consecutive successes, the character lives, but if they fail 3 consecutive times they die

Question 13

How do the results of dice impact the actions of a player? Include Natural 20s and Natural 1s in your answer

Answer 13

When performing an action, the player must have a total result higher than that of the DM’s choice to successfully achieve that action. Anything below that is a failure to perform said action.

The higher you roll the better you do, the lower you roll the worse you do. If the player rolls a 20 (which is the highest possible result from a die without modifiers) The best possible result of that action will happen. The opposite happens if you roll a natural 1.

Question 14

What is an attack roll?

Answer 14

An attack roll is a roll a player or NPC (Non-player character) performs to deal damage to a certain target. The total result must be a preset number or higher to successfully hit the target

Question 15

What is the difference between an attack roll or a damage roll?

Answer 15

An attack roll decides if the attacker actually hits the target or not.

A damage roll is how much damage the target recieves should the attack roll be successful

Question 16

What is an Armor Class?

Answer 16

The minimum number an attacker has to get to deal damage

Question 17

Explain initiative

Answer 17

A roll that decides the order character’s go when in combat. Initiative is determined by rolling a d20 and adding the dexterity modifier