View source for Creating a Character Above First Level

Many games feature characters higher than 1st [[level]], and feature characters who are much more significant in terms of power and capability. To start play with a character higher than 1st level, follow the steps below.

==Ability Selection==
Ability scores are generated in the same way when making a 1st [[level]] character. Then, [[Leveling Up|Character Advancement]] and increase your ability scores by the amounts given for a character of your level. For example, a 7th-level [[barbarian]] with the [[Rage]] track would likely choose to increase [[Strength]] by +4 and [[Constitution]] by +2, and could increase any other score by +2 as well (depending on the specific character).

==Race, Class, and Skill Selection==
All of these are done exactly as if making a 1st [[level]] character. Your [[class]] choice, as well as any tracks acquired through [[multiclassing]], is the same as a 1st-level character; however, you gain all the abilities possessed by a character of your level. You have ranks in your chosen [[skills]] equal to your level.

==Feat Selection==
Choose a number of [[feats]] equal to the number of feat slots given for your [[level]] in [[Leveling Up|Character Advancement]]. You must meet all prerequisites for a feat at the level you acquire the slot for that feat (so you can’t put a feat in the level 6 slot if it has a prerequisite of character level 9).

==Spell Selection==
Choose the abilities you want your character to possess at every level where you have a choice between different [[spell]]s, powers, or abilities.

==Item Selection==
Choose a set of items, consumables, and other commodities from the list given in [[Equipment#Items and Characters]]. Determine what kinds of items you are entitled to, and how many of each kind you can use. Characters who have chosen the [[Full Buy-In]] option receive many fewer items than normal.

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