Character Building

At the beginning of this Campaign, you will be playing in a party of 1st level characters. While building your character, you will need to make selections for the following.

Lineage

  Your Lineage (Race) determines the group of people you most resemble. With this lineage, you gain a variety of features that distinguish your kind from others. You choose a Lineage listed below.  

Background

  Your background provides a structure for what your character was doing before they met the party. The background you choose may grant you additional skills, tool proficiencies, or languages. If you cannot find a background that suits your character, you can mix and match different features of a background. In general, you receive this with a background:

• You increase one Ability Score by 2 and another Ability Score by 1 or increase three different Ability Scores by 1.
• Two Skill Proficiencies
• Two from: Tool Profiencies or Languages
• Personality Trait, Ideal, Bond, and Flaw
• One 1st Level Feat of your choice.

Aspect

  Your character has an Aspect to which they align. This aspect includes options that reflect the divine gifts from the Golden Goddesses: Courage, Power, and Wisdom. At character creation, you choose one of these Aspects. These aspects are reflected by your Ability Scores.   Courage

• Aspect: Charisma and Dexterity
• Thematic Classes: Bard, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue
• You gain proficiency in Acrobatics (Dexterity), Sleight of Hand (Dexterity), or Performance (Charisma). At 5th level, you double your proficiency bonus for that skill.

Power

• Aspect: Constitution and Strength
• Thematic Classes: Barbarian, Fighter, Magus, Pugilist
• You gain proficiency in Athletics (Strength), Intimidation (Strength), or Survival (Constitution). At 5th level, you double your proficiency for that skill.

Wisdom

• Aspect: Intelligence and Wisdom
• Thematic Classes: Artificer, Dancer, Monk, Vessel
• You gain proficiency in History (Intelligence), Insight (Wisdom), or Religion (Intelligence). At 5th level, you double your proficiency bonus for that skill.

When you make an ability check with any of the three skills listed for your Aspect, you can use either Ability Score listed for your Aspect.   Additionally, when you choose your Aspect, you increase one of the two Ability Scores associated with your Aspect by 2, to a maximum of 16. You also choose an Ability Score that is not from your Aspect and decrease it by 2 (to a minimum of 5).   Thematic Classes are merely meant to be suggestions. This Aspect may influence later decisions within the world itself and some magic items will react differently depending on what Aspect guides you.  

Class

  In Myths of Mudora, it is extremely rare to find a full spellcaster. Of the available classes in 5th edition, these are limited to the following:   Included are Subclasses that can be played with these classes. These include some Third Party sources, such as the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting and Eberron setting books. These are marked as follows: XGE (Xanathar's Guide to Everything), TCE (Tasha's Cauldron of Everything), UA (Unearthed Arcana), PHB24 (2024 Player's Handbook), LL (LaserLlama), GotG (Bigby's Glory of the Giants), FTD (Fizban's Treasury of Dragons), EGW (Explorer's Guide to Wildemount), SCAG (Sword Coast's Adventurer's Guide), DMG (Dungeon Master's Guide).   You may play the 2024 versions of each of these classes, but you do not gain the benefit of Weapon Masteries. These are replaced with Martial Maneuvers, at the bottom of this article.  

Barbarian

• Path of the Ancestral Guardian (XGE)
• Path of the Battle Raver
• Path of the Beast (TCE)
• Path of the Berserker (PHB24)
• Path of the Giant (GotG)
• Path of the Storm Herald
• Path of the Sumo
• Path of the Wildheart (PHB24)
• Path of Wild Magic (TCE)
• Path of Twilight (Path of the World Tree, PHB24)
• Path of the Zealot (PHB24)

Fighter

• Arcane Archer
• Banneret
• Battle Champion (Replaces Battlemaster + Champion)
• Cavalier (XGE)
• Echo Knight (EGW)
• Eldritch Knight (PHB24)
• Mage Hand Magus (Mage Hand Press)
• Psi Warrior (PHB24)
• Rune Knight (TCE)
• Samurai (XGE)
• Spellguard

 

Monk

• Way of the Astral Self (TCE)
• Way of the Ascendant Dragon (FTD)
• Way of the Drunken Master (XGE)
• Way of the Elements (PHB24)
• Way of the Kensei (XGE)
• Way of the Long Death (SCAG)
• Way of Mercy (PHB24)
• Way of the Open Hand (PHB24)
• Way of the Penitent
• Way of Shadow (PHB24)
• Way of the Sonic Strummer
• Way of the Sun Soul

Paladin

• Oath of the Ancients (PHB24)
• Oath of Conquest (XGE)
• Oath of the Crown (SCAG)
• Oath of Devotion (PHB24)
• Oath of Glory (PHB24)
• Oath of the Open Sea (Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting)
• Oath of Redemption (XGE)
• Oath of Songs
• Oath of Vengeance (PHB24)
• Oath of the Watchers (TCE)
• Oathbreaker (DMG)

Ranger

• Beast Master (PHB24)
• Fey Wanderer (PHB24)
• Gloom Stalker (PHB24)
• Hexbreaker
• Horizon Walker (XGE)
• Hunter (PHB24)
• Monster Slayer (XGE)
• Swarmkeeper (TCE)
• Drakewarden (FTD)
• Wildkin

Rogue

• Arcane Trickster (PHB24)
• Assassin (PHB24)
• Inquisitive (XGE)
• Mastermind (XGE)
• Minstrel
• Phantom (TCE)
• Scout (XGE)
• Shadowhand
• Soulknife (PHB24)
• Swashbuckler (XGE)
• Thief (PHB24)

  There are additional features that can be found for these classes in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, in addition to this campaign site. These additional features apply to the 2014 versions of these classes and not the updated version.     These Third Party Classes are also available:  

Artificer

• Aeronaut (LL)
• Alchemist
• Archivist (LL)
• Armorer
• Battle Smith
• Biomancer (LL)
• Chronothief (LL)
• Composer (LL)
• Dungeoneer (LL)
• Enhanced
• Forgewright
• Gunslinger (LL)
• Juggernaut
• Junker (LL)
• Machinist (LL)
• Mechanic (LL)
• Puppeteer (LL)
• Reanimator (LL)
• Swarmsong
• Transmuter
• Wandslinger

 

Bard

• Conspirator
• Fool
• Loremaster
• Mesmer
• Skald
• Sword Dancer

Dancer

• Bladed Bravo
• Danse Macabre
• Idolized Superstar
• Noble Waltz
• Rallying Harbinger
• Sylvan Mirth
• Thrashing Pit
• Weave Teaser

Magus

• Order of Arcanists
• Order of Arcane Archers
• Order of Armorers (LL)
• Order of Blade Dancers
• Order of Conduits (LL)
• Order of Hexblades (LL)
• Order of Scales
• Order of Sentinels
• Order of Shades
• Order of Spellbreakers
• Order of Spellswords (LL)
• Order of Travelers (LL)

 

Pugilist

• Arena Royale
• Bloodhound Bruisers
• Dog & Hound
• Hand of Dread
• Piss & Vinegar
• The Squared Circle
• The Sweet Science

 

Vessel

• The Ascended
• The Cataclysm
• The Cursed
• The Fallen
• The Formless
• The Trickster

Warlord

• Chivalry
• Ferocity
• Schemes
• Skalds
• Tactics

Maneuvers

  All classes gain access to Maneuvers. These are special techniques that allow your character to perform special attacks or actions by expending a Superiority Die. All classes gain access to Maneuvers at 1st level.