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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ebony Dragon" data-source="post: 6508990" data-attributes="member: 4899">My long-time D&D group is switching over from Pathfinder to 5th edition for our new campaign starting next week. We tend to play these campaigns for quite a long while (1-2 years), so I want to get things right as far as designing my character and making sure the group is diverse enough to cover the needed adventuring roles. There will be 6 PCs.What advice can more experienced players give as we figure out what characters to play in our first game?  Are there any good printed character sheets out there yet?  I searched through Reddit and didn't find much beyond <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/2do2an/treat_yourself_to_a_tall_cold_glass_of_current/" target="_blank">this one</a>, which is good enough but I expected to find a lot more. What do you use for a character sheet?How important is it to have a character in the group who can cast healing magic?  Is a Ranger good enough at covering that role or will we need more healing?  I am worried about the ramifications of no more "magic item shops" and so being unable to buy wands of CLW to cover a party that has a lack of healing spells like you could in 3.X edition.Can a Warlock cover the arcane caster role of a group, or is his spell/day too limited for that? How important is it to even have an arcane caster?Any other advice/tips for someone coming from Pathfinder to 5E?</blockquote>