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Campaign Characters

A basic guide on generating a character for your first Tavern of Azoth campaign.

Building Your Character in Tavern of Azoth

Before you begin a campaign in Tavern of Azoth, you must generate a character.

Character Generation

To generate a hero for a ToA (Tavern of Azoth) campaign, go to Characters and click Generate.

Name — Choose a name for your character.
Level — For ToA campaigns, your character must begin at Level 1.
Race — You can select common options from the dropdown, or go completely unique by typing in your own ideas. Example: Giant Axolotl, Two-Headed Frogfolk, or Owlman.
Class — Choose your character's class from the dropdown or create something entirely unique. Example: Mortician, Thread Weaver , or Snare smith.
Art Style — Will influence the aesthetic of your generated character portrait.
Edition — Defines the ruleset used for the generated character.

If unsure where to begin try rolling the Blue D20 to randomize your character.

Note: To use your character in ToA Adventure Modules the edition must be set to ToA. No other edition is currently supported with our AI Game Master.

Description — The final field is the Description for your character. This is where you can add any additional details; gender, lineage, backstory, whatever is important to you. The information you provide here is important and will influence the actions and abilities your character starts with. A battle-hardened mercenary will have different starting abilities than a scholarly mage or a cunning street thief.

Note: Your character will take ~90–180 seconds to generate. This duration is because we generate a completely unique progression tree for your hero, including all actions you may choose from for levels 1–9.

Character Progression

Once your character is created, before you begin your first campaign, open your character page and look for the Level Progression icon in the top-right options. This is where you'll prepare your hero for adventure.

Level 1 Progression Steps

From the Level Progression panel, work through all the Level 1 progression steps. Your Hit Points at Level 1 are already set at the max roll for your character, but you must choose to learn actions for:

Class Feats
Ancestry Feats
Background Feats
Spells

The number you may choose is based on the type of character you created.

Allocating Points

Once you're done learning feats, you may allocate points into Skill Boosts and Attribute Boosts.

Hero Points

Hero Points provide a way to tweak or slightly improve your character by letting you reroll Hit Points, unlearn and reassign actions, or respec your Skills or Attributes.

How to Earn

Hero Points are earned through quests or feats during campaigns.

Usage

They are not shared between characters. You may only use them on the character that earned them.

Remember: Hero Points are rare and meant to be used sparingly.

Join the Adventure

Your character is ready. Now it's time to take them on an adventure. Create your own campaign or join one with friends.

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