How to create your level 2 hero 🎲

How To
Written By MomsBasement

Creating a D&D Beyond Account:

  • Head to: https://www.dndbeyond.com

  • Click on “Sign Up” (top right hand corner)

    • Choose how you sign up. For example, you can create your account by allowing Google, Twitch, or Apple to do some of the heavy lifting or you can just create an account with your email address and by creating a password.

  • Enter your info and check your email for a verification

  • Verify your account

Sweet, now let’s get you added to our Mom’s Basement Campaign (this is optional, but really cool - so eat your vegetables!) and then build your character!

Joining a Mom’s Basement Campaign (on D&D Beyond):

Joining a Mom’s Basement campaign on D&D Beyond will give you access to the 2024 Players Handbook (we bought it and are sharing it with you!) and other source materials. This also gives us the ability to help you build out details in your character upon your request and let’s us add cool loot and magical items to your inventory after a session. This step isn’t required, it’s just a bonus for playing with us.

Join the campaign link to the in-person sessions that attend most regularly:

Creating Your Level 2 Character (on D&D Beyond):

When you click on the campaign link, you will be taken to a page that looks similar to this:

From here you can create a character of your choice. You may use the pre-generated character you played during your level one game or you can pick something else entirely! There is a lot of choices to be made in character creation so take your time and don’t feel pressured to get everything “right.”

You also have the option to create a “premade character” which are characters that are built out and can then later be customized (we will gladly help you with this!). Keep in mind, these characters are made by D&D Beyond, the Mom’s Basement family has no say or contribution into what they have posted here. This section of the D&D Beyond site is a great resource for finding inspiration and we encourage you to check it out even if you already know you want to go fully custom.

Finally, there will also be a collection of “Available” characters that you can snag. These are characters made by the Mom’s Basement crew and are up for grabs! Silly voices encouraged when playing one of these goofballs!


Going Fully Custom:

You’ll notice a collection of “tabs” at the top of the “Character Builder”

Move through these tabs to make selections that will build out your character in detail.

Below are some suggestions for creating your Mom’s Basement ready (and compliant) hero:

❌ Homebrew (uncheck this option)

✅ When you get to “Ability Scores” select either Standard Array or Point Buy

Your character will automatically start at level one; once you select the “class” you will have the option to adjust the level (see below):

When you “level up” your character, D&D Beyond will automatically increase your HP (hit points), add class features and unlock new abilities

At Level 2, you typically gain:

  • More HP

  • New class features

  • Possibly spell upgrades depending on class


Remember, take your time, there is a lot of choices to be made here (but none of them are permanent). This is where your character can start to get more interesting, develop a personality and you can create a really cool backstory.


Pro Tip: Check Your Equipment!

Make sure that you have selected to “use”, “wear”, “wield” or “equip” the items in your inventory. Do this by clicking on the verb on the right hand side of each item (see above — the green items are not “active” and ready to use in game).

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