They list the proficiency bonus in each class table but that’s weird because it looks like it’s the same for all of them – it’s +2 and goes up by 1 at levels 5, 9, 13, 17. That’s an interesting streamlining – in 3e, you got a wide array of “your bonus to everything is different.” In 4e you got “+1/2 your level to like, everything.” This threads between those extremes providing a more simplified general number you add to things you can do while differentiating between things you are skilled at vs not – weapons, nonweapon skills, spellcasting, whatever. You get proficiencies from your class and other sources, and those proficiencies all share your class proficiency bonus. Choose a race, choose a class, determine ability scores, describe your character, choose equipment, come together, you’re ready to rock. This chapter walks you through the process.

Last time, we dispensed with the introduction, and now it’s character generation time! Chapter 1: Step-by-step Characters Welcome to the second part of my Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition readthrough and review of the Player’s Handbook.

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