Wizards of the Coast wants you to help shape the future of D&D by playtesting D&D Next. All you have to do to join in the playtesting is visit DnDNext.com, agree to the playtest terms & conditions, download the latest playtest packet, and then you’re ready to start.
Every week at D&D Encounters many Friendly Local Gaming Shops (FLGS) are running tables using the new D&D Next rules. If you’d like to join a D&D Next table all you have to do is sign an NDA, create a character, and you’re good to go.
All of these pre-gens are the property of Wizards of the Coast and the information on these characters fall under the umbrella of the D&D Next NDA.
Pre-Generated Characters – D&D 5e
Starter Set
July 4, 2014
It’s here! D&D 5e has finally been released. The is available now at your FLGS for purchase and the D&D Basic Rules for 5e are available for download for free from the Wizards of the Coast website.
Five new pre-generated characters were provided with the D&D Starter Set. Down all five of them in one convenient PDF.
Pre-Generated Characters – D&D Next
Dead in Thay
(April 29, 2014 Playtest Packet)
The latest pre-generated characters for D&D Next are available with the purchase of the D&D Encounters: Dead in ThayPDF download from dndclassics.com. The pre-gen packet provides 10 new level 6characters that you can use this season 18 of D&D Encounters.
Download links:
- Pre-Generated Charactersfor level 7 Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay(PDF)
- Pre-Generated Charactersfor level 8 Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay(PDF)
| Dwarf Fighter | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
| Elf Mage | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
| Elf Ranger | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
| Gnome Druid | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
| Half-Elf Paladin | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
| Halfling Rogue | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
| Half-Orc Barbarian | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
| Human Bard | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
| Human Cleric | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
| Human Monk | Level 6 | Level 7 | Level 8 |
Pre-Generated Characters– D&D Next
Scourge of the Sword Coast
(February 4, 2014 Playtest Packet)
The latest pre-generated characters for D&D Next are available with the purchase of the D&D Encounters: Scourge of the Sword Coast PDF download from dndclassics.com. The pre-gen packet provides 10 new level 2 characters that you can use this season 17 of D&D Encounters.
Download link:Pre-Generated CharactersforDreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast (PDF)
- Dwarf Fighter (2nd-Level Medium Hill-Dwarf Fighter)
- Elf Mage (2nd-Level Medium High Elf Mage)
- Elf Ranger (2nd-Level Medium Wood Elf Ranger)
- Gnome Druid (2nd-Level Small Forest Gnome Druid)
- Human Cleric (2nd-Level Medium Human Cleric)
- Human Monk (2nd-Level Medium Human Monk)
- Half-Orc Barbarian (2nd-Level Medium Half-Orc Barbarian)
- Halfling Rogue (2nd-Level Small Lightfoot Halfling Rogue)
- Half-Elf Paladin (2nd-Level Medium Half-Elf Paladin)
- Human Bard (2nd-Level Medium Human Bard)
Pre-Generated Characters– D&D Next
(September 20, 2013 Playtest Packet)
| Dwarf Fighter | Level 1 |
| Elf Mage | Level 1 |
| Elf Ranger | Level 1 |
| Gnome Druid | Level 1 |
| Half-Elf Paladin | Level 1 |
| Halfling Rogue | Level 1 |
| Half-Orc Barbarian | Level 1 |
| Human Bard | Level 1 |
| Human Cleric | Level 1 |
| Human Monk | Level 1 |
Pre-Generated Characters– D&D Next
(August 2, 2013 Playtest Packet)
| Dwarf Fighter | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| Elf Mage | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| Elf Ranger | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| Gnome Druid | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| Half-Elf Paladin | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| Halfling Rogue | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| Half-Orc Barbarian | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| Human Cleric | Level 1 | Level 2 |
| Human Monk | Level 1 | Level 2 |
Pre-Generated Characters– D&D Next
(July 7, 2013 Playtest Packet)
| Dwarf Fighter | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
| Dwarf Paladin | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
| Elf Ranger | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
| Elf Wizard | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
| Halfling Rogue | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
| Human Cleric | Level 1 | Level 3 | Level 4 |
(We’ll update this page as more pre-gens are released.)
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Excellent – nice one guys 🙂
Yay! Too bad my FLGS isn’t pulling in as many Next players this season.
This is awesome. Thanks!!!
you going to be added the 5 pregenerated characters that became available through the starter set??
@matthew
I’ll be adding them later this week.
can you level up the pregenerated characters in the starter set for each level. at least 2 -10
@Ryan
We generally try to just post the pre-gens Wizards of the Coast created. If they put out higher level 5e pre-gens we’ll certainly post them.
That being said if you’d like to create some pre-gens using the free Basic Rules for higher levels, send them to me and we’ll see about posting them. Email me to discuss.
Thank you so much for this repository. I have used it for 4E and now for 5E. We are running a kids campaign and want to transition to 5E. This was so helpful. Our adult group is going to try D&D 5E in February and we are using the Lvl 3’s here. I appreciate your work.
Just a heads up, the compiled lvl 8 and lvl 7 lists link only to the lvl 8 list. You can change the 8 to 7 in the address bar and it switches to the 7 though.
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