5E Character Generator

Create detailed and balanced D&D 5e characters in minutes with complete character sheets

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How to Get Started

Simple steps to create amazing results

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Choose Your Character Details

Enter your character's name, select a race (like Elf, Dwarf, or Human), and pick a class (such as Wizard, Fighter, or Rogue). Add any backstory or personality traits you envision.

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Customize Your Build

Fine-tune your character's stats, abilities, and equipment. Our generator follows official D&D 5E rules to ensure balanced and campaign-ready characters.

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Generate & Download

Click generate to create your complete character sheet with all stats, skills, and abilities calculated. Download as PDF or save for your next adventure.

Main Features

Powerful capabilities at your fingertips

Complete 5E Rule Compliance

Our generator follows official D&D 5th Edition rules, ensuring your characters are balanced and ready for any campaign with accurate stat calculations and ability scores.

Instant Character Creation

Generate fully-developed characters in seconds. Get complete stats, abilities, skills, equipment, and backstory elements without hours of manual calculation.

Customizable Options

Choose from all official races and classes, customize ability scores, select backgrounds, and personalize every aspect of your character to match your vision.

Export-Ready Sheets

Download professional character sheets in multiple formats. Print-friendly PDFs perfect for tabletop sessions or digital versions for online play.

Rich Backstory Generator

Create compelling character backgrounds with personality traits, ideals, bonds, and flaws that bring your adventurer to life at the table.

Level Progression Support

Plan your character's growth from level 1 to 20 with ability score improvements, feat selections, and class feature progression tracking.

Did You Know?

Interesting Things You Might Not Know About 5E Character

The Math Behind Bounded Accuracy

5E revolutionized D&D in 2014 by capping ability score bonuses at +5 from stats alone, keeping a level 1 fighter and level 20 fighter within roughly 6 points of each other for baseline rolls—the tightest power curve in D&D history.

41 Official Subclasses and Counting

Since 2014, D&D 5E has introduced 41 official subclass options across its 13 core classes, with Clerics having the most domain choices at 14 different options including everything from War to Twilight.

The 27-Point Array System

The point-buy system in 5E uses exactly 27 points to distribute across six abilities, a mathematical balance tested across over 50,000 playtest survey responses before the game's official release.

Multiclassing Creates 78 Combinations

With 13 base classes in 5E, there are 78 possible two-class multiclass combinations, and accounting for subclasses, the total unique character builds exceeds 1.7 million mathematical possibilities.

Racial Features Were Reborn

In 2021's Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, Wizards of the Coast fundamentally changed character creation by making racial ability score increases customizable, ending the 47-year tradition of fixed racial bonuses dating back to 1974.

The Proficiency Bonus Caps at +6

Unlike previous editions where bonuses could reach +20 or higher, 5E's proficiency bonus maxes out at +6 at level 17, creating a flatter power progression that keeps low-CR monsters relevant even in high-level play.

Background Features Changed RPGs

5E's introduction of mechanical background features like the Criminal's "Criminal Contact" gave every character a non-combat narrative ability, influencing character design in dozens of tabletop RPGs that followed.

Hit Points Have a Hidden Formula

Each 5E class's hit dice was carefully calculated so that a Constitution modifier of +2 or +3 would yield hit point totals matching classic D&D archetypes—wizards averaging 38 HP and barbarians 145 HP at level 10.

Feats Are Technically Optional

Despite being central to character optimization, feats are listed as an optional rule in 5E, with surveys showing that approximately 85% of tables use them anyway, making them the most-adopted "optional" rule in the system.

Cantrips Scale Automatically

5E introduced automatic damage scaling for cantrips at levels 5, 11, and 17—a first for D&D—ensuring spellcasters remain viable with at-will spells throughout all 20 levels without tracking separate spell slots.

The Standardized Six Stats

While Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma have existed since 1974, 5E is the first edition to give every single stat equal mechanical weight through saving throws, with each used by exactly 2 classes as primary saves.

Character Options Doubled in Year One

The Player's Handbook launched in August 2014 with 12 classes, but by November 2015, the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide and Elemental Evil supplement had already added 8 new subclasses and additional race options, expanding character diversity by 67% in just 15 months.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know

To create a D&D character, simply input your character's name, race, and class into our generator. You can also add additional details or backstory to enrich your character.
Yes, our 5e character generator allows you to generate a complete character sheet, including stats, abilities, and other essential details for your D&D campaign.
Yes, our D&D character creator is free to use. You can create as many characters as you like without any cost.
Our generator includes all core races and classes from the Player's Handbook. You can create anything from a Dragonborn Paladin to a Halfling Rogue with complete official rules support.
Yes, you can save your generated characters and return to edit them anytime. Download your character sheets and re-upload them to make changes as your character levels up.

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