DDOCentral

Lizardfolk, they used to be one of the myriad of baddies players had to endure as they were a low enough Challenge Rating to live alongside kobolds, goblinoids, orcs, and gnolls as enemies meant to be sliced through for experience or loot. However, they are humanoid and as such have become a playable race. Embracing this I present Bic the Poison Archer for today’s November character creation.

I suppose it’s easy to play lizardfolk as cold-blooded and they are described as having an ‘alien’ mind. But I think, once again, that’s too simple leaving us with not enough to play with when the race has plenty to make it fun, both conceptually and practically. Racially, Bic benefits from a normal Bite attack and one as a Bonus Action can restore 2 HP per long rest and he can build weapons from slain creatures. This last one is useful…

Once again, I’m advocating for cherry picking a race and placing it in any setting you so desire. Kalashtars may be native to Eberron but there’s no reason other than whim why they can’t be a population in any and every other world. The Kalashtar are a people made from the melding of humanoids with spirits from the dream realm. Today’s November character creation takes up this race in the sorcerer Ablelarr Nostraam.

Ablelaar is one of those characters whose strengths are nearly erased by his weaknesses. Exceptionally low Dexterity (-2) means even though his spell attack bonus (+6) and spell save (14) are solid, he’ll have to wait a while to do anything (Initiative of -2) and during that time pray he doesn’t get hit (AC 11). However, his racial traits offer just enough spice to make the sorcerer promising. Dual Mind as a Reaction grants advantage…

Halflings, essentially Hobbits, are a race often treated too nice. I’m an advocate for whimsy and more madness in characters. Thus, today’s November character creation is Adelaide, a halfling Archfey warlock.

Adelaide is mad, Lewis Carroll mad. Her insanity springs from the glimpses of the Feywild she’s endured since birth and the punishment inflicted upon her by those in her community as they attempted to ‘cure’ her of the insanity. She hasn’t just dreamed of the Feywild but had waking nightmares finding herself transported there then suddenly returned to her own world. She loses time and has attempted to knit the two worlds together in her mind by creating fables and nonsense stories to help her cope. It’s unclear if her warlock patron is the cause of her madness or was drawn to her because of it.

In her pockets she always has playing cards with black diamonds on…