5 Lifehacks for Creating Exciting D&D/TTRPG Characters!

[@jawesomenw]

I think I was subconsciously doing some of these but now that it's been laid out like this, it'll be easier to focus on it. Thanks for the great advice!!

[@DianaOfTheRose]

I do my best to lay seemingly subconsciously obvious things out in steps/guides for folks to help make it easy, so I'm glad it helps!!

[@WooBunny]

Great video. Just joined a campaign as a wild magic sorcerer based off the Deck of Many things too.

[@DianaOfTheRose]

Oh that is SUCH a cool idea!!

[@demetrinight5924]

These are really fun ideas for character inspiration. The word of the day idea in particular appeals to me as GM for NPC's. Getting the word of the day for a whole week could easily start to fill out a small town of characters.

[@luckedout13]

Great ideas. Thanks Diana!

[@InspiritShawol82]

This video comes at such a great time for me! I'm about to join a campaign mid-run and while I think I did an okay job with the connecting "lore", i feel like the character itself is falling flat in comparison (& also compared to my future party members) and i've been struggling to give it life and depth so to speak. So thanks a lot, this was so inspiring!

[@CrowePerch]

I'm glad to see someone mentioning turning a song into a character because that's like my go-to right after inspirations from movies and TV shows. I played an Annie Oakley gunslinger in a Trophy Dark campaign I based on the songs "Bringing Home the Rain" and "Bottom of the Lake" by the Builder's and the Butchers. She was a good shot and a selfish prick of a bounty hunter who owed a lot of money and ruined every relationship she had. During the game she ended up mentoring a teenage boy and we basically played out a genderbent version of that movie True Grit where she ended up passing down her legacy as a bounty hunter to him. At the end we found our target and the money he stole, but in the fight she sacrificed herself to save the boy. He grabbed her hat and buried her in the coins so she could pay her toll to get into heaven (it was a setting thing).

[@digitaljanus]

I've turned songs and albums into adventures and campaigns in the past, and might do it again soon!

[@cwesley2005]

Keep crushing it Diana! Also a burrito is not sushi

[@DianaOfTheRose]

I BEG TO DIFFER-

[@Tutel0093]

Pro tip for making characters. Think of other people. At job, neighbours, other friends

[@DianaOfTheRose]

I've definitely been guilty of turning people's quirks into NPCs for my games, haha

[@DreamEngine707]

Thanks Diana.

[@danosaur4952]

So when I first started playing D&D, I played with someone that would scroll art on Pinterest to get inspiration for their characters.

[@sivain5846]

Lol it's a scholar who got a B! On a test! The horror!!

[@theduketw]

You so nearly made it through the video without falsely accusing yourself of not being creative

[@Aech_Tee]

Forgot how many plants you have 😂

[@samfowler2073]

Wait when did you start doing serious dnd youtuber style videos? Don't you need a license for that?

[@DianaOfTheRose]

don't tell anyone, they gave me the checkmark without doing a background check first