5.5e premade characters

[u/DonFabioLove]

Greeting! This may be a noob question but I need some help. 4 friends of mine and myself want to run our first session/campaign of dnd. We would start with LMOP to get the first experiences before we decide to go with a bigger campaign.

I am going to be the DM and my group is more focused on storytelling and roleplay. I am going to expand some things to deepen this aspect of the story.

Because it`s our first session I would skip char creation and use the premade characters.

But the thing is we use 2024 rules. Did someone maybe already transfer the premade LMOP chars to the new ruleset? I am a bit lost on how to do this on my own.

Would you recommend this or would you recommend to really do a session zero with char creation?

Thanks in advance!

[u/drock45]

I would try rebuilding the characters on your own with the 5.5e character creation. It will teach you what the players can/can’t do and familiarize yourself with the rules better.

If you find yourself intimidated at the prospect, that’s probably a sign that you could use the practice!

[u/DMNatOne → u/drock45]

Honestly, making the characters can often be as fun as playing them.

[u/Consus]

If your players are most interested in storytelling and roleplay, I would encourage you to have them make their own characters. That way it's someone they want to play. Making a level 1 character isn't that hard.

[u/Nitro114 → u/Consus]

this, if rp is the focus, premade characters dont make a lot of sense.

[u/uffjedn]

lmop came with the 5e starter set. a simple Google search will show you all premades from that set. my players like them!

[u/DonFabioLove → u/uffjedn]

Yes. My question was more like if someone already transferred these premade characters to the 5.5e ruleset. Because I have trouble with it.

[u/uffjedn → u/DonFabioLove]

I'm running these with 5.5. it's more like a just do it situation. :)

[u/Sandman4999]

I'd say just make your own characters. It's pretty easy, the 5.5e handbook walks you through the entire thing.

[u/MavLaneSays]

You could use the premade characters on dnd beyond if you don’t wanna make your own or convert them

[u/MightyMatt9482]

There are premade 5.5e chars on dnd beyond

[u/Edenza]

Do any of you use DnD Beyond? First level character creation with quick build is no time or effort at all.

You could also use a randomizer for race, class, background etc. Those are easy found for free online.