I don't know how much prep time you have, and what amount of easy communication you have with your players, but ...
you could write a sentence about each race, and two-three sentences about each class (to describe the class, and then the other two sentences to discuss the different class build options since most classes have two "sub feature choices").
And then have everyone pick their combo. And then you pregen it based off the feedback.
They should still have freedom to swap things out later, so this would just be for the first session, but it gives them a chance to ensure they'll be playing a type of character that they like even though they are pregens.
you could write a sentence about each race, and two-three sentences about each class (to describe the class, and then the other two sentences to discuss the different class build options since most classes have two "sub feature choices").
And then have everyone pick their combo. And then you pregen it based off the feedback.
They should still have freedom to swap things out later, so this would just be for the first session, but it gives them a chance to ensure they'll be playing a type of character that they like even though they are pregens.
