D&D General Best pregens and Character sheets?

[Weiley31]

Ladies, gentleman, and good Tabaxi of the courts of Enworld, I have a simple question:

Next Thurs I will be showing a Co-Worker, her Fiance, and two friends of theirs how to play DND for the VERY first time. A small conversation with said co-worker mentioned that they would like to try DND out, but mentioned the social anxiety from never playing it is high. So, I offered to show said group how to play.

For now, the decision has been made that Pre-gens would be a good starting point. Does anybody have any suggestions on where I can find some pregens (or recommended ones) and which character sheets would be the easiest? (So far I'm probably gonna go with the official 5.5E character sheet since it puts the abilities/skills together for ease of finding/use. If anybody else has some recommendations, plop em here if ya want).

 

[djotaku]

WotC has (had?) some good ones on their own site.

Kobold Press' Tales of the Valiant (another 5e) also has some good ones with their Valiant Six.

 

[djotaku]

Let me also add that I introduced 2 coworkers to D&D last year. They had never played any TTRPGs. We just rolled our characters there in the moment, including using one of the AI art generators to create their character. They LOVED it. Obv your mileage may vary, but I just kept it real chill - this is what these numbers mean. I also made a lot of reference to LoTR and other fantasy media - think of your favorite movies - do you want to be a dwarf? An elf? Do you want to be able to use magic? They felt ownership over their characters.

One more key thing - I told them "it's a one-shot. Don't stress your character. This is the only time you're ever going to play this character. So there's no such thing as messing up"

Again, I don't know - you mentioned anxiety and I don't know if you mean literally or causally - but for my group this worked. They keep asking me every week when we're going to play again.