Introduction
- Navigate to our instance of FoundryVTT and enter your username and password.
- Once the world loads, you will see a landing page similar to the screenshot below.
- At the top of the right side panel, click on the Actors tab and open your character sheet.
- Click on the Edit button in the top left of your character sheet.
- On the right sidepanel, click the Chatlog tab. At the bottom, enter /r 5d6 to roll 4 six-sided die for your character stats.
- Expand the dice-roll message by clicking the expand arrow. This will show the individual dice results. Take the sum of the highest 3 dice and input the value into your character sheet’s ability scores. Repeat steps 5-6 a total of six times, for your Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma.
In this example, we will take the highest 3 rolls: 6+3+3=12 and apply it to our Strength ability.
- On the right sidepanel, click on the Compendiums tab and enter the 5e.tools folder.
- Open the Races compendium. This will open a new popout where you can search for your character’s desired race. Click and drag from the popout directly onto your character sheet.
- Walkthrough the prompt messages to complete your selection.
- Subsituting the appropriate compendium, repeat steps 6-7 for your character’s Background, Class, and Spell List.
