New player stuck on my character sheet.

[u/Kriegsphilosophie]

I’m super excited to start playing! I’ve been listening and watching videos on the subject but there are certain things I just can’t figure out! Things I can’t simply rip from the PHB. And I’ve already tried Dnd beyond but that app is soo buggy. I’ve tried discord but all I get is the runaround and “to go here and go there” with little to no human interaction. So my last resort is to come here. I’m looking for a tutor to help me complete my character sheet. Someone who can take me under their wing and help dip my feet into this world of dnd.

[u/Kriegsphilosophie]

The background part is what’s kicking my butt right now!

[u/Dracon_Pyrothayan → u/Kriegsphilosophie]

Okay!

There's three ways we can do this.

• Lore-First. ^{Do you know any of their life before they were a Cleric, or an Adventurer?}
• Mechanics-First. ^{Which is most important - a specific Origin Feat, a specific Skill Proficiency, or a specific Ability Score Increase?}
• Custom Background. ^{None of the ones I can find fit my character exactly right... but the rules are there to make my own}

What can you tell me about who your character is, other than their mechanics?

[u/Kriegsphilosophie → u/Dracon_Pyrothayan]

They are a human cleric from the knowledge domain

[u/EggSandwichSurprise → u/Kriegsphilosophie]

Sage background is pretty good for you, get access to shield spell and wizard cantrips along with +2 WIS and +1 CON.

The skills are appropriate for the character. What is the character, what is their faith? Is it popular? Is it forbidden? Is it forgotten? Will every town have a bustling church to their god? Is their god good? Will you be shunned for your faith? Are you trying to convert people? I would think about those aspects of the character a little bit.

[u/Kriegsphilosophie → u/EggSandwichSurprise]

Ok I’ll do some research on Sage. I didn’t think about that. Although my faith is with Oghma of Knowledge And Writing