Now that the coronavirus has a) moved several in-person activities online and b) cancelled several others, I'm trying to convince my wife to try D&D with me.
She kinda liked the idea of being a rogue, but the pure number of options available was completely overwhelming her, especially since she doesn't really know the rules.
So I grabbed the pre-made halfling rogue sheet from the D&D Starter Set, and she seems happy with that, at least for now. Her first session, if she goes through with it, will be in a few hours.
(I should add that I'm kinda new to D&D myself, having only been playing since Jan. 8.)
But as I'm looking the sheet over and thinking about how to explain the minimum of what she needs to know to get through tonight and get a feel for the game, I noticed something.
Neither the weapons section nor the equipment section on the pre-made character sheet lists a pair of daggers, which I'm pretty sure is automatic standard equipment for rogues.
Am I missing something? Is there a reason why this rogue doesn't have daggers? Or did I stumble upon an error from the official material released six years ago? And is there a reason why I shouldn't just go ahead and assign her two daggers?
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I cant speak as to if it an error or not, but there is no reason you cant give her a couple of daggers. More even! A nice bandolier of throwing daggers for all your rogouish needs.
i agree nothing to stop you given her the daggers, but i just had a look and (not checked all of them) the others dont have everything they should. the cleric has 2 handaxes when they should have "a light crossbow and 20 bolts or any simple weapon" so it may be that because they are pregenerated characters instead of created ones, the designers possibly used the starting gold method instead of the starting items method to create them.
I talked to my DM about it last night and he said the character sheets from the Starter Set were known to be a bit off, but were still considered official. So I stuck with the given sheet and didn't give the rogue daggers that weren't on the sheet. It didn't matter much anyway as she only made range attacks with her shortbow (she did, however, roll poorly so all her attacks missed, but on the other hand, she didn't get hit, either, unlike my first session when my character was knocked unconscious five minutes after starting).
It just surprised me that the official pre-made sheets differed from the rules. In my mind, if any character sheet would match the D&D rules, it would be the sheets generated by D&D.
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Current D&D Characters: Kromen Flintfist, Hill Dwarf Order of the Scribes Wizard/Armorer Artificer Eiphrok, Half-Orc Oath of Glory Paladin/Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer
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Now that the coronavirus has a) moved several in-person activities online and b) cancelled several others, I'm trying to convince my wife to try D&D with me.
She kinda liked the idea of being a rogue, but the pure number of options available was completely overwhelming her, especially since she doesn't really know the rules.
So I grabbed the pre-made halfling rogue sheet from the D&D Starter Set, and she seems happy with that, at least for now. Her first session, if she goes through with it, will be in a few hours.
(I should add that I'm kinda new to D&D myself, having only been playing since Jan. 8.)
But as I'm looking the sheet over and thinking about how to explain the minimum of what she needs to know to get through tonight and get a feel for the game, I noticed something.
Neither the weapons section nor the equipment section on the pre-made character sheet lists a pair of daggers, which I'm pretty sure is automatic standard equipment for rogues.
Am I missing something? Is there a reason why this rogue doesn't have daggers? Or did I stumble upon an error from the official material released six years ago? And is there a reason why I shouldn't just go ahead and assign her two daggers?
===========================
Laugh at life or life will laugh at you.
Current D&D Characters:
Kromen Flintfist, Hill Dwarf Order of the Scribes Wizard/Armorer Artificer
Eiphrok, Half-Orc Oath of Glory Paladin/Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer
I cant speak as to if it an error or not, but there is no reason you cant give her a couple of daggers. More even! A nice bandolier of throwing daggers for all your rogouish needs.
i agree nothing to stop you given her the daggers, but i just had a look and (not checked all of them) the others dont have everything they should. the cleric has 2 handaxes when they should have "a light crossbow and 20 bolts or any simple weapon" so it may be that because they are pregenerated characters instead of created ones, the designers possibly used the starting gold method instead of the starting items method to create them.
I talked to my DM about it last night and he said the character sheets from the Starter Set were known to be a bit off, but were still considered official. So I stuck with the given sheet and didn't give the rogue daggers that weren't on the sheet. It didn't matter much anyway as she only made range attacks with her shortbow (she did, however, roll poorly so all her attacks missed, but on the other hand, she didn't get hit, either, unlike my first session when my character was knocked unconscious five minutes after starting).
It just surprised me that the official pre-made sheets differed from the rules. In my mind, if any character sheet would match the D&D rules, it would be the sheets generated by D&D.
===========================
Laugh at life or life will laugh at you.
Current D&D Characters:
Kromen Flintfist, Hill Dwarf Order of the Scribes Wizard/Armorer Artificer
Eiphrok, Half-Orc Oath of Glory Paladin/Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer