A Candle in the Dark is a one-shot adventure in which a group of investigators attempt to unravel a dark and dangerous mystery at an unnasuming farm. 

Just don't let the candle go out. 

Keep these things in mind while creating your character:

• Combat-centered characters are discouraged. This is a mystery adventure, and brains will trump brawn. 
• Your character will start off at 3rd level and likely advance to 4th or 5th by the end of the adventure.  
• Roll for ability scores. If you roll a total score below 8, you may reroll it.
• Bard, cleric, druid, rogue, ranger, sorcerer, warlock, and wizard are the ideal classes.
• All official published material, as well as Unearthed Arcana, are permissable for character creation.

Please post a brief backstory along with the name, class, race, personality traits, and ability scores of your character.

Name: Carnelian

Race: Earth Genasi

Class: Cleric (Knowledge Domain)

Personality Traits

• I’m willing to listen to every side of an argument before I make my own judgment.
• I’m used to helping out those who aren’t as smart as I am, and I patiently explain anything and everything to others.

Ability Scores

• Strength:        14
• Dexterity:       14
• Constitution: 15
• Intelligence:  15
• Wisdom:        18
• Charisma:       9 

Backstory: Carnelian was taken in at a very young age to study under the monks and priests of Candlekeep. There, he learned a great many thing. Among the things he picked up is that knowledge is its own power. Even the greatest magics in the land sit firmly upon the foundation of knowledge. Carnelian developed a powerful taste for knowledge, gobbling it up whenever possible! As such, the monks of Candlekeep, ever seeking to expand their library, saw fit to send him out into the world. There, he could gather more knowledge. Perhaps he could even find something worthy to sit upon the shelves of the greatest library in the world!  Now Carnelian wanders the land, seeking new experiences and knowledge to enjoy. 

Name: Merle Aburnath

Race: Forest Gnome

Class: Wizard 3 (Divination School)

Personality Traits: 

I’ve read every book in the world’s greatest libraries—or I like to boast that I have.

There’s nothing I like more than a good mystery.

Ability Scores: 

STR 12

DEX 14

CON 10

INT 20

WIS 16

CHA 11

Backstory: From a young age, Merle was fascinated by the obscure, the strange, and the occult. He discovered his Gnomish inclination towards the magical arts at a young age, and soon spent all of his time huddled away in the local library. He voraciously tore through manuscript after manuscript, always hungry fro the next tantalizing secret, but soon, the pages of his small hometown library could not satisfy his hunger, so he focused his arcane studies into the art of Divination, so that he might see beyond his material limitations and find knowledge hidden from the common eye. Merle knew that in order to progress, he would need a tutor, and found one in a nearby city - an old fortune teller by the name of Madame Ostrela. This mystical old human woman trained Merle to focus his mind, and also open it to the possibilities of the world around him. She told him tales long forgotten, of heroes and villains who found power and knowledge in the most unexpected places, hidden beyond the veil of mortal understanding, and these tales become like a religion for Merle, who dreamed of having such a profound and enigmatic experience. His obsession grew until he decided to set off on his own, to find such a place himself. One that would contain the secrets and power that he desired, lurking just beneath the surface.

Name: Claw of Justice (Justice)
Race: Tabaxi
Class: Rogue/Inquisitive
Background: City Watch/Investigator
Ability Scores: Str 10, Dex 19, Con 15, Int 14, Did 15, Cha 14

Personality Traits: I’m always polite and respectful. I face problems head-on. A simple, direct solution is the best path to success.
Ideals: Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives in defense of others. (Good)
Bonds: My honor is my life.
Flaws: I obey the law, even if the law causes misery.

Backstory: Claw of Justice, or Justice as she's commonly referred to, is a fairly simple cat. Born third out of a litter of five, she was always interested in becoming a detective, where she could solve mysteries and bring "bad guys" to justice. At the first opportunity available to her, Justice joined the City Watch, and that soon became her life. No one was as good at tracking down criminals, and her stealthy ways made her excellent at stakeouts. After years of service, working her way up the ranks, she found herself the lead investigator in the city, which is what brings her this strange farm, looking into rumors regarding it.

Just posting to say that I'm still interested. However, I was not able to make the stats I rolled in the other thread work for Ian so I'm going to be playing a bard instead. Haven't finished the character or his full backstory. He (I think it's going to be a he) joined the group so that he can experience all sorts of paranormal adventures and have epic stories to tell.

Name: Penumbra

Race: Winged Tiefling (Variant)

Class: Rouge (Mastermind)

Personality Traits:

• I sleep with my back to a wall or tree, with everything I own wrapped in a bundle in my arms.
• I eat like a pig and have bad manners.

Ability Scores:

• Strength: 12
• Dexterity: 18
• Constitution: 14
• Intelligence:15
• Wisdom:14
• Charisma:10

Backstory:

Orphaned very young, Penumbra has no memory of her parents and no knowledge of how she came to live at an orphanage in Baldur's Gate. Her life there was unpleasant at best, always bullied by the other orphans she quickly learned to take care of herself and how to make herself unseen. At the age of twelve years she had had enough of the squalid conditions of the orphanage, and the harassment by her peers and caretakers alike, so she left. She spent a few years living in the streets and learning to steal to survive. After a time she found she could access the attic of a library and found that the attic had apparently been forgotten, She made a home for herself there. Living in such close proximity to so many books she inevitably read a great many and became very interested in the occult.

When Penumbra reached the age of twenty years she decided it was time to leave Baldur's Gate. She knew she would need money and so she found a particularly superstitious nobleman. She used her knowledge of the occult and the man's fears of such things to lure him into a trap. she left the man tied in an alley with nothing but his undershorts and made her way out of the city and into the world.

Name: Esano Dari

Race: Air Genasi

Class: Rogue (Inquisitive)

Personality Traits: I can stare down a hell hound without flinching. I’ve lost too many friends, and I’m slow to make new ones

Ideals: Greater Good. Our lot is to lay down our lives in defense of others.

Bonds: I fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.

Flaws: I made a terrible mistake in battle that cost many lives, and I would do anything to keep that mistake secret. 

Background: Esano always wanted to be a hero, a brave child and then a fearless young man he always tried to do the right thing, follow the rules and help his community, as life passed he believed that his true vocation would be in law enforcement and he joined the city watch, certain that he would be able to bring criminals to justice and make his home a better place to live.  Disillusionment followed, the inability of the watch to tackle the thieves guilds and the blind eyes turned for a few coins by his colleagues destroyed his belief in the system, he began to doubt everything, fearing that all of his fellow watchmen were corrupt and that crime was going on constantly around him.  He tried one last thing to restore his faith, a small department was created of investigators, whose tasks were to weed out the most dangerous elements of the criminal underworld.  His new team were misfits, brought in from different areas but despite this they worked well together and made great progress, too much progress in the end.

The fears Esano had harboured came true one night as his team of investigators were set up by a group of watchmen who were firmly in the pockets of the very people they were supposed to be bringing to justice, as the other investigators were cut down by hired killers Esano managed to escape, but as nowhere was safe for him any more he fled the area, knowing that one day he would have to return to make them pay for their crimes.  What made it worse was the knowledge that he could have prevented it but that he had put too much faith in one of the few watchmen outside his team he thought was a good man, seeing him among the assassins was the lowest point for Esano and he will not forget or forgive that betrayal.

Ability Scores: 1811991412

Ability scores including racial adjsutments: Str 8 Dex 16 Con 14 Int 11 Wis14 Cha 10

Name: Nillis Dorian

Race: Half Elf

Class: Lore Bard

Background: Acolyte

Backstory: Nillis grew up at a monastery. They spent time cooking, cleaning, meditating and praying to Balder. Nillis always hated the strict and confined life-style. He was fascinated by the world. At the age of 13, a traveling bard visited the monastery and told tales of ghosts and spirits that fascinated little Nillis to no end. Later, he ran away to with the bard to explore the world. Leaving behind his monk training, he adopted the ways of the bard under his new master. Later, he had to leave to travel the world and find his own tales. Tales of the paranormal always fascinated him. This is why he joined the group of paranormal investigators.

Personality Traits: I have a joke for every occasion, especially occasions where humor is inappropriate. I’m driven by a wanderlust that led me away from home.

Ability Scores:
STR: 10
DEX: 14
CON: 8
INT: 11
WIS: 16
CHA: 16

Name: Gritters (Grit) 

Race: Earth Genasi

Class: Druid (Circle of the Land)

Personality Traits: Grit tends to avoid rash decisions,  though he can sometimes take awhile to come to a decision. He prefers to stay outdoors in the land, which sometimes gets him into trouble in bigger cities. He is also stubborn, especially when it comes to protecting plantlife and animals. For example, if he sees animal abuse, he will not hesitate to break someone's arm. 

Backstory: Grit grew up in a local village, the son of a merchant whose grandfather was a dao. Grit grew up with a modest lifestyle and never had to worry about money. Although his family was one of the richer people in the village, Grit understood the value of helping people and giving back. On his 16th birthday, a druid visited the village and he was intrigued by the idea of helping the earth. With his parents' blessing, Grit left the village and followed the druid. He spent the next three years learning the druid magic and lifestyle. After his training was complete, Grit began to travel the lands in search of animals to protect. 

• Ability Scores:

• Strength: 10
• Dexterity: 12
• Constitution: 14 
• Intelligene: 12
• Wisdom:  16
• Charisma:  9

With difficulty, I have narrowed down the list of characters. To those whose characters were not chosen, I hope you find another campaign in which to play them. Good luck to all of you!

Accepted Characters:
Carnelian
Penumbra
Esano Dari
Nillis Dorian
Merle Aburnath

Felt a shame I couldn't use this character in a different game, going to see if she makes it here! :)

Name: Fiora 
Class: Wild Magic Sorceress --- (Or Rogue 1/Sorc 2 if possible)
Race: Halfling
Backstory: 

Personality Traits: 

Ability Scores: (After including racials)

Strength 9
Dexterity 18
Constitution 14
Intelligence 12
Wisdom 15
Charisma 19

Sorry LaRue, but recruitment is now closed.

For those who have been accepted, please submit your characters here: https://ddb.ac/campaigns/join/1680891175457666

Aw damn. And I rolled so gish too. GL everybody~

(Also small note, I was still writing up my thing when you posted your thing. Sorry for the bump.)

Hey uh... In DnD, is there any restriction on character cosmetics like hair color, eye color etc? Like IRL, it is impossible for a human to have purple, red or true black eyes naturally but is that also the case for DnD? Or can any character have any cosmetic feature like someone's bad OC?

I really have no problem if you want a purple-eyed, blue-skinned, green-haired human.

And that is what a 12-year-old's bad OC looks like. Don't worry. I will make mine a 16 year-old's bad OC.

Please change tread tag to closed to we don’t read it, looking for a spot