TGFS Player's Guide
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After joining the server, your next step is to create your PC!

Creating a Sheet in Roll20

1. Go to the Roll20 Home page, hover over "Characters" on the top banner, and select "My Characters"
2. Select one of the "Dungeons & Dragons - 5e" sheet, and click the "+" next to it. While you are welcome to use either the "5e New" or "5e Classic" sheet, we recommend the "5e Classic" sheet (even for 2024 PCs.) Unless you have purchased all the content you wish to use on roll20, the "5e Classic" sheets are easier for copying and pasting information from other sources, and tend to be less buggy than the "5e New" sheets.
3. When prompted, select "Edit Sheet Directly" (do not use the charactermancer). "Edit sheet directly" allows you to build your character from scratch
4. Copy and Paste the "TGFS Bookkeeping Information" below into your "features and traits" by clicking the "+" and then the gear. Fill this out on your sheet as you build the rest of your character!

TGFS Bookkeeping Information

Racial / Background ASI's: 
Origin Feat:
Languages:

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Class: 
Race/Species:
Background:
Other:

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Class: 
Race/Species:
Background:
Other:

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Class: 
Race/Species:
Background:
Other:

Note: An example finished sheet (5e classic) can be found in New Character Sheet Example

PC Creation Protocols

Below are all the protocols to follow for creating your sheet in the server!

Important Notes:

• If you have never made a D&D 5.5e PC before, please check out the 2024 5.5e Character Creation steps before proceeding.
• See the "Allowed Content" in Introductory Information or #server-info for what sources you can use to build your PC
• "Non-reprinted 2014 sources/content" refers to any content from Xanathar's Guide to Everything, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, Acquisitions Incorporated, Monsters of the Multiverse, The Book of Many Things, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Glory of the Giants, Player's Handbook (2014), or Dungeon Master's Guide (2014) that has not been reprinted in a newer source.
• Unless stated elsewhere, this server goes by "Rules As Written" (RAW).
• Any optional features from approved sources are allowed (eg: the 'customizing your origins' options for your species/race from Tasha's Cauldron of Everything.)

Class Protocols

• Your first PC will start at lvl 2. Additional PCs may start at a higher level as "prestige" characters. See Leveling Up, Ranks, & Perks for how prestige works, as well as our custom XP rules
• Multiclassing is allowed, but your character must have the required prerequisites as outlined in the 2024 PHB

Origin Protocols

Backgrounds

• If you select a background from non-reprinted 2014 sources that do not include a feat, you may choose one from "Tough", "Magic Initiate" or "Skilled" as your origin feat. This includes the "custom background" from the 2014 PHB.
• Backgrounds from non-reprinted 2014 sources might not follow the "two skill proficiencies and one tool proficiency" format that is universal for 2024 sources. Follow these guidelines for determining your proficiencies for these backgrounds
  • You gain all tool proficiencies listed in the background
  • If your background does not grant a tool proficiency, you may choose one
  • If your background grants 1 language (or common + 1 language), disregard it and follow the standard rules for selecting your starting languages.
  • If your background grants 2 languages (or common + 2 languages), you may choose 1 additional starting language

Starting Equipment

• All PCs start with gold instead of equipment. This is 50gp from any background + class starting gold, plus additional prestige gold if you are creating a prestige character.
• Your PCs starts with a trinket of your choice (see the options in the "Allowed Content" section of #server-info ), and 2 free healing potions

Species

• Species from non-reprinted 2014 sources follow these guidelines
  • Disregard any ability score increases as listed (see the "Ability Score Rules" section below)
  • If your species grants 1 language (or common + 1 language), disregard it and follow the standard rules for selecting your starting languages.
  • If your species grants 2 languages (or common + 2 languages), you may choose 1 additional starting language

Languages

• You may select any standard or rare language when selecting your starting languages.
• Your character will have 3 to 5 languages to start (common + additional languages), depending on if you selected a 2014 non reprinted background or species that grants extra languages as outlined above. This is before any languages granted from your class.

Example:

A "custom background (2014 PHB)" "half-elf species (SCAG)" PC would have:

• 2 skill proficiencies (3 if selecting half-elf option "Skill Versatility")
• 1 tool + 5 languages (common + 2 starting languages + 1 background additional language + 1 species additional language) OR 2 tools + 4 languages (common + 2 starting languages + 1 background additional tool + 1 species additional language)
• A choice of "Skilled", "Magic initiate", or "Tough" for their origin feat

Ability Score Protocols

• We use 27 point cost (max score of 15, min score of 8 before any ability score adjustments) or standard array for determining ability scores. There is a calculator for this found in #resources
• If you are using 2024 sources background, you must take the ability score increases listed
• If you are using a non reprinted 2014 sourced background, you may select any +2/+1 or +1/+1/+1 ability score increases.

Alignment Protocols

• We do not allow the "chaotic evil" alignment

Misc. Protocols

• Check out House Rules before submitting your PC for any server changes, bans, or rulings for specific character creation options
• Your PC must be an adult for their race/species; this applies to both age and appearance.
• Characters inspired by characters in media or otherwise are allowed, but you may not play a 1:1 copy of a character that is not your original creation. Further defined, this means your character cannot match ALL of the following with another character: Name, Appearance, Personality, Mechanics

To finish up building your character on roll20 be sure to add their portrait by clicking "edit" in the top corner of your sheet.

PC Approval

Once you have finished your PC in the roll20 character tab, follow these steps to submit them for approval

Add your character to the Roll20 PC Bank

1. Join the Roll20 PC Bank game found in #server-info
2. Head back over to the Roll20 Character Page
3. Add your character to the PC Bank by clicking the 3 dots to the right of your characters name, select "Move to Game" and "The Glassfang Syndicate PC Bank" from the drop down, then "Move Character"
4. You can open the roll20 game and find your character's sheet in the journal tab. From here, you can add your PCs token art at your leisure.

Submit your character on Westmarches.games

1. Head over westmarches.games to the "Characters" Tab on westmarches.games, make sure you are signed into discord on the website.
2. Add a new character by clicking the little icon with the helmet and "+" sign
3. Fill out the information as requested, noting the guidelines at the top of the submission page.
4. Click "create PC" and it will automatically send it to the #characters channel on discord for our team to approve. Please be patient as our team reviews your sheet! If you do not hear anything back within 72 hours, please ping @admin in your character's thread in #characters.
5. Once your sheet is approved, please remove it from the roll20 bank by 3 dots to the right of your characters name and selecting "remove from game".

Once your PC is approved, you will have access to the rest of the discord server, as well as the marketplace to purchase any starting equipment, and adventures to get started on adventuring!

You will also be pinged in #inventory-logs and #dtp-expending so you can start your journey right away!

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