🧝 Creating characters

GameMasterBuddy's Character creator lets you build a complete character sheet, save it to your account, and export it as a PDF ready for the table. It works both for player characters and for the NPCs you want to keep on hand. There are two separate creators, one per supported game system: the Vulcania creator (GMB's own setting, with its own rules) and the D&D 5e / Eberron creator. Both are free and run without spending credits: the sheet is a matter of rules and modules, it doesn't need the AI.

What it's for

The creator gives you a real sheet, consistent with the rules of the system you pick, without having to fill it in by hand on paper. In practice you use it to:

• Prepare characters before a session or a campaign.
• Create important NPCs with correct stats to use in your adventures.
• Keep everything on your account, so you find your sheets from any device.
• Export a clean PDF to print or share with your players.

The two creators

GMB has two separate creators, because the two systems have different rules:

• Vulcania creator — follows Vulcania's own system. It uses no AI at any step (it's "zero-LLM"): everything is deterministic and never touches your credits.
• D&D 5e / Eberron creator — a full step-by-step wizard that guides you through building a character under fifth edition rules, valid both for a generic setting and for Eberron.

Pick the creator based on the world you play in. Each has its own dedicated page in this guide with the steps in detail.

Saving and exporting

Whichever creator you use, the finished sheet is saved to your account: you find it in your library, under Characters, and you can reopen or edit it later. When it's ready you can export it as a PDF, to print it or hand it to a player.

If you've generated portraits with GMB, you can attach them to the character sheet, so your character library also has a face to go with it.

An important choice: two editions

Note something that may surprise you at first: the Master AI chat reasons over D&D 3.5 manuals (those are the ones indexed for lore), while the character sheet is built in 5e. This is neither a mistake nor something to "line up": it's a deliberate choice, explained on the dedicated page about the two editions.