Dungeons and Dragons is a fantasy roleplaying game that allows you to be anyone you want to be and do anything you want to do. The world is in your hands. For ease of use, the creators of Dungeons and Dragons made races, classes, and alignments to help create the basic design of characters.
The race of a character gives the character natural skills and advantages as well as some disadvantages. Classes are like jobs, it's the path that the character has chosen to take in life. Alignments are the base of a character's personality, are they good? Evil? Lawful? Chaotic? Completely neutral?
Ava Shrank
Neutral Good Human Ranger (3rd level)
Ability Scores:Strength- 16
Dexterity- 15
Constitution- 16
Intelligence- 16
Wisdom- 15
Charisma- 15
Humans are a very common, but adaptable race. This allows for one to do well in a number of things. Ava takes advantage of this and uses her high intelligence to major in Biology, Chemistry, and BioChem. Last we heard there might even be French and physics minors added on. It's a good thing she loves reading, because I can sense a lot of that in her future. Not everything she does is academic though.
Ava does dancing and kickboxing which are two very different sports, but both contribute to one's skills as a ranger. The dexterity and grace of dancing paired with the strength of kickboxing makes for a deadly combination. Thankfully for us, Ava is of a good alignment, enjoying helping people however with no particular penchant for following or breaking rules. This played a big role in her decision to join the Writing Center Guild, though apparently, she also likes to have opinions that no one can tell her are wrong so... there's that.
Having only joined this year, not only is she new to the guild, but to also to Coe College. As Ava is only a freshman, we get to hear new stories about just how she came to be here with us. She competed in the Writing Center Fellowship competition which earned her an invitation to join. Her previous experience helping people prepared her well for this.
Gabby Collins
Neutral Good Human Bard/Wizard (1st/ 1st level)
Ability Scores:
Strength- 11
Dexterity- 11
Constitution- 11
Intelligence- 15
Wisdom- 12
Charisma- 11
Gabby's high intelligence score contributes heavily to her skills as a wizard and to her chosen field of study. Being a history major and art history minor goes along nearly perfectly with her two classes. Wizards rely on intensive study and Bard are known for their knowledge of items. Gabby went on quite the adventure before joining the Writing Center Guild.
The story starts with her like of writing. Nothing extraordinary about that but beating out every other member of the freshman class to win the portfolio contest is. Upon seeing this accomplishment our guild leader, Jane Nesmith, extended an invitation to the guild. Gabby has been with us ever since, enjoying the feeling of helping others.
AJ Jensen
True Neutral Halfling Bard (2nd level)
Ability Scores:
Strength- 9
Dexterity- 12
Constitution- 9
Intelligence- 15
Wisdom- 13
Charisma - 12
Halflings are a very curious race. This natural tendency may play a role in Aj's wide range of interests. Having chosen to major in english and political science with minors in both theater and creative writing, she's got her work cut out for her. As a bard, she is very creative and knowledgeable about items, these traits lend themselves well to her high intelligence, wisdom, and charisma skills. When not working Aj can be found working on her newest art piece of art or relaxing while playing video games.
Like many others, Aj has only been with the guild for a year, having applied on recommendation from her admissions counselor. Being of true neutral alignment, AJ has no particular preference for good or evil, laws or chaos. She's a true wildcard in this way.
If you want to learn more about D&D here are some good places to start:
Roll 20 is a good site with lots of information.
This is a site run by Wizards of the Coast who own D&D so you can find some good information, but not everything is there.
D&D Beyond works with Wizards of the Coast to provide an online platform where you can find the basic rules and character creation elements. They have an online character builder you can use to get start where they walk you through every step. Be warned while almost all of the D&D books and information is available through them beyond the basics you will have to pay for access to the book they came from.
Sources:
What kind of D&D character would you be?. What D&D Character Am I? (n.d.). https://easydamus.com/character.html
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