Can you create your own chars?

[Vitowns]

Game looks great and i love dnd videogames, but can you at least create your custom characters/party? I think that's the greatest thing about dnd is the option to create your character

[Harvester]

The board games that this is based on (D&D Adventure Sytem) comes with premade characters that you use to play the game.

[Vash]

(Basically I just copied my reply from an earlier post, since its the same question being asked here as well)

I am honestly not a fan of the current character line up. You would think more games based on D&D would offer custom characters but the Devs are correct, I own a few of the D&D adventure systems (Temple of Elemental Evil being my favorite) and they all have pre-generated Heroes. In fact, there are dozens of them across multiple games, way more then these four. I cant help but feel the Devs said "Lets try something new, grab the obscure character list." Which isn't in itself a bad thing, I have yet to play Tomb of Annihilation but I would hate to think these are the four Default Heroes who must save the world.

*By the By, ALL the Heroes from the D&D Adventure System are compatible with every new game using that system. i.e. The Heroes I have from Temple of Elemental Evil will work fine in The Legend of Drizzit or Castle Ravenloft. Sooo, if the Devs add more Heroes, even if they are not custom Heroes, there are some awesome (and more iconic) choices we could potentially see with future updates*

[Friendly Fire]

Originally posted by Flurdt Vash:

(Basically I just copied my reply from an earlier post, since its the same question being asked here as well)

I am honestly not a fan of the current character line up. You would think more games based on D&D would offer custom characters but the Devs are correct, I own a few of the D&D adventure systems (Temple of Elemental Evil being my favorite) and they all have pre-generated Heroes. In fact, there are dozens of them across multiple games, way more then these four. I cant help but feel the Devs said "Lets try something new, grab the obscure character list." Which isn't in itself a bad thing, I have yet to play Tomb of Annihilation but I would hate to think these are the four Default Heroes who must save the world.

*By the By, ALL the Heroes from the D&D Adventure System are compatible with every new game using that system. i.e. The Heroes I have from Temple of Elemental Evil will work fine in The Legend of Drizzit or Castle Ravenloft. Sooo, if the Devs add more Heroes, even if they are not custom Heroes, there are some awesome (and more iconic) choices we could potentially see with future updates*

What this man says. I have all the board games and my kids and I swap the characters all the time. Its great fun and I hope they do the same with this game. Saying that, I'd have oped for Castle Ravenloft before Tomb of Annihilation.

[Vash]

Oh Indeed! Castle Ravenloft FTW XD

[Balphagor_]

While character creating is not something included at launch they have stated in their livestreams that it is something they have talked about, and something that could potentially be included in the future.

[thawk619]

And everyone fights over Drizzt LOL

[Frozen Esper]

Well, I was looking forward to custom characters... Well, if they decide to add that feature in in the future then I will purchase.

[Vash]

I agree 100% As soon as more .... Iconic Characters or Custom Characters become avialable, the game will be an immediate purchase for me. Until then, I will continue to follow the game and wish the absolute best to the Devs as they improve and update the content.

[dstedman2000]

If you watch the latest live stream from devs they stress they wanted to get the game out as it is and make sure it played correctly. They want feedback from fans to see what direction the game needs to go to get a solid fan base and what features they can implement to keep that fan base.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by Flurdt Vash:

I am honestly not a fan of the current character line up. You would think more games based on D&D would offer custom characters...

Yeah, I'm not a fan of any of these characters either. I prefer any D&D game, board or otherwise, that at least gives you a few more choices to work with for your group of 4. If there were 6 to 8 to choose from it would probably appeal to more people. Of course making your own characters would be the best option, but for some games it's too hard to maintain balance if people can min/max and create munchkin characters. Trouble with this group of characters is I'm not interested in any of them, especially Dragonbait the "holy warrior" (paladin I'm guessing) and the stupid bard. I really don't like bards as a character class, and I can generally do without paladins as well.

Originally posted by Flurdt Vash:

Oh Indeed! Castle Ravenloft FTW XD

I remember a table top game where we didn't know we were going to be stuck in Ravenloft so not one of us made characters that were prepared to deal with that setting because, initially, we weren't in Ravenloft. It took a long time for us to catch on because our DM was trying not to make it obvious, and that made it even more fun. We had to try to adapt and survive. Great setting, made even better by our DM. Ah, the days when we all had time to gather and play around a table... I always hope that computer versions of these games will emulate that feeling, but they always fall short. Maybe this one will pull it off if they add multiplayer.

[Macdallan]

Originally posted by thawk619:

And everyone fights over Drizzt LOL

Drizzt is frickin' stupid. One of my least favourite characters anywhere, ever.

[PocketYoda]

So this is basically a dumb down version of zombicide

[PocketYoda]

Originally posted by Macdallan:

Originally posted by thawk619:

And everyone fights over Drizzt LOL

Drizzt is frickin' stupid. One of my least favourite characters anywhere, ever.

Always liked Shandril myself..

[Terse]

Originally posted by Maximus:

Well, I was looking forward to custom characters... Well, if they decide to add that feature in in the future then I will purchase.

Same here. Creating my own characters is a *must have* feature for RPG games and D&D games in particular.

[BKOM Studios]

Hello Vitowns, thanks for the feedback we appreciate it.

The Adventure System board games, which we are based on, comes with specific sets of rules which may differ from other D&D games. For instance, the board games come with pre-made heroes only. The Heroes from Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation are directly taken from the Tomb of Annihilation board game.

We are going to add more heroes taken from Tomb of Annihilation for sure, and we are certainly open the possibility of adding other iconic heroes from the other games.

Regarding customizable heroes, we are taking notes of all your comments and we'll keep you updated on this subject. Please do continue to give us your feedback on the matter, it's very valuable to us.