D&D (2024) Here's The D&D Cartoon Characters' Stats!

Thanks to the release on D&D Beyond of the free D&D 2024 adventure featuring the heroes of the 1980s cartoon, we now know the official stats of those characters!

• Bobby is a berserker barbarian with the farmer background. He has his thunderous greatclub. Stats are Str 20* Dex 14 Con 16 Int 10 Wis 10 Cha 14. He has the Great Weapon Master, Skilled, and Tough feats. *Str is set to 20 as a feature of his magic weapon.
• Diana is an Open Hand monk with the scribe background. She has her quarterstaff of the acrobat. Her stats are Str 10 Dex 18 Con 14 Int 10 Wis 14 Cha 10. Her feats are Skilled, Tough, and Weapon Master (Quarterstaff).
• Eric is a champion fighter with the noble background. He has his shield of the cavalier. He also has a longsword, a dagger, and a heavy crossbow. His stats are Str 18 Dex 12 Con 14 Int 14 Wis 10 Cha 8. His feats are Defense Fighting Style, Shield Master, Skilled, and Tough.
• Hank is a hunter ranger with the guard background. He has his energy bow. Stats are Str 14 Dex 16 Con 14 Int 10 Wis 14 Cha 10. His feats are Ability Score Improvement (?), Alert, Archery Fighting Style, and Tough.
• Niko is a life cleric with the hermit background. She has a magic weapon called Niko's mace. Her stats are Str 14 Dex 10 Con 13 Int 8 Wis 18 Cha 14. Her feats are Ability Score Improvement (?), Healer, and Tough.
• Presto is an evoker wizard with the scribe background. He has his hat of many spells. His stats are Str 8 Dex 14 Con 12 Int 18 Wis 10 Cha 14. His feats are Skilled, Spell Sniper, and Tough.
• Shiela is a thief rogue with the farmer background. She has a cloak of invisibility. Her stats are Str 8 Dex 16 Con 12 Int 14 Wis 14 Cha 12. Her feats are Lucky, Skulker, and Tough.

Thanks also to @pukunui for grabbing these while my DDB account refused to play ball!

 

[Necropolitan]

They didn't because the party needed a healer but it would have been hilarious if the new member was a Fiend-Patron Warlock.

Lots of comedic potential there.

 

[MarkB]

No, none of them have any description at all. I was just referring to the fact that the D&D cartoon characters are a bunch of white kids with their token African American, to which WotC has now added the token generic ethnic girl (is she Native American? Hispanic? Indian? Malaysian?).

I mean, don't get me wrong, it's great that they're trying to be more inclusive here. Maybe it's because there's no context for any of these characters that it feels tokenistic to me? I'd much rather they strive for authentic inclusivity rather than tokenism.

Which would look like what, in comparison?

It reminds me of how Hasbro recently "retired" Mrs White from Clue and replaced her with Dr Orchid, a female Asian scientist ... cos, you know, that's neither on-the-nose nor stereotypical at all.

I'm pretty sure that both on-the-nose and stereotypical are required defining features for any Clue character.

 

[pukunui]

Which would look like what, in comparison?

In all honesty, I don't know. Some context would help, I think. If @Parmandur is right, maybe we'll eventually get some.

 

[ECMO3]

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Thanks to the release on D&D Beyond of the free D&D 2024 adventure featuring the heroes of the 1980s cartoon, we now know the official stats of those characters!

• Bobby is a berserker barbarian with the farmer background. He has his thunderous greatclub. Stats are Str 20* Dex 14 Con 16 Int 10 Wis 10 Cha 14. He has the Great Weapon Master, Skilled, and Tough feats. *Str is set to 20 as a feature of his magic weapon.
• Diana is an Open Hand monk with the scribe background. She has her quarterstaff of the acrobat. Her stats are Str 10 Dex 18 Con 14 Int 10 Wis 14 Cha 10. Her feats are Skilled, Tough, and Weapon Master (Quarterstaff).
• Eric is a champion fighter with the noble background. He has his shield of the cavalier. He also has a longsword, a dagger, and a heavy crossbow. His stats are Str 18 Dex 12 Con 14 Int 14 Wis 10 Cha 8. His feats are Defense Fighting Style, Shield Master, Skilled, and Tough.
• Hank is a hunter ranger with the guard background. He has his energy bow. Stats are Str 14 Dex 16 Con 14 Int 10 Wis 14 Cha 10. His feats are Ability Score Improvement (?), Alert, Archery Fighting Style, and Tough.
• Niko is a life cleric with the hermit background. She has a magic weapon called Niko's mace. Her stats are Str 14 Dex 10 Con 13 Int 8 Wis 18 Cha 14. Her feats are Ability Score Improvement (?), Healer, and Tough.
• Presto is an evoker wizard with the scribe background. He has his hat of many spells. His stats are Str 8 Dex 14 Con 12 Int 18 Wis 10 Cha 14. His feats are Skilled, Spell Sniper, and Tough.
• Shiela is a thief rogue with the farmer background. She has a cloak of invisibility. Her stats are Str 8 Dex 16 Con 12 Int 14 Wis 14 Cha 12. Her feats are Lucky, Skulker, and Tough.

Thanks also to @pukunui for grabbing these while my DDB account refused to play ball!

Who is Niko?

Most of those make sense except Presto. I don't recall him using a single Evocation-type spell in the entire series. Conjuration makes the most sense for him, if you are going with the 2024 subclasses Abjurer or Illusionist is better than Evocation. Presto and Sheila should also not have the tough feat as they are not .... well tough

 

[Not a Decepticon]

Who is Niko?

Most of those make sense except Presto. I don't recall him using a single Evocation-type spell in the entire series. Conjuration makes the most sense for him, if you are going with the 2024 subclasses Abjurer or Illusionist is better than Evocation. Presto and Sheila should also not have the tough feat as they are not .... well tough

Listen, the struggle between wanting to represent characters accurately and building them so they're actually fun to play is very real, okay?

 

[pukunui]

Who is Niko?

As has been mentioned multiple times in both threads, she is a new character introduced to the team for this adventure.

 

[Dire Bare]

Not only that, but she's also the token generic Asian girl.

Using your post @pukunui to respond to the whole tangent on Niko.

Niko, IMO, is clearly coded as Asian. Not specifically any ethnicity other than broadly "Asian". I can see how that can appear as tokenism and ruffle some feathers. Although, the classic gang of kids is non-specific white Euro-American, plus Diana.

However, I don't see this character as an example of tokenism. A token ethnic character usually gets some level of development, but has few ethnic traits other than having a particular ethnic look.

NONE of these pregens get any development at all! Those of us familiar with the animated series know who the characters are, but in the context of the module, they all get equally zero character development. Which is usual for pregens in a D&D adventure. To the point where character names like Bobby, Presto, and Hank come off as incongruous with D&D fantasy!

WotC felt like adding a cleric to the team was a good move. In modern D&D, you don't NEED a cleric, but the class is still iconic to the game. Reasonable decision, IMO. They could have made the character another white kid, but instead purposely increased the ethnic and gender diversity on the team. We're up to three girls and two POC. I'm okay with this.

I do think adding a little context and information on each character, the classic gang and Niko, would have been cool and also avoided the taint of tokenism. Just a paragraph on who each character is would have been nice. I don't see this as a mistake on WotC's part, just something that would have improved this promotional adventure.

 

[pukunui]

Which is usual for pregens in a D&D adventure.

FWIW the pregens that came with the original LMoP had some backstory that tied them into the adventure. What they didn't have was names or genders.

I do think adding a little context and information on each character, the classic gang and Niko, would have been cool and also avoided the taint of tokenism. Just a paragraph on who each character is would have been nice. I don't see this as a mistake on WotC's part, just something that would have improved this promotional adventure.

Exactly!

 

[Tonguez]

FWIW I have no idea what you are trying to say here. As an aside, while I've never seen the Clue movie, that version of Mrs White (who does not look like a housekeeper!) seems to me like she could have served as the inspiration for Dr Orchid:

In the movie Madeline Kahn is the widow of a nuclear physicist - and three other men - who often feels overwhelmed (mad).

That certainly would work as inspiration for Asian Scientist Dr. Orchid

 

[ECMO3]

Listen, the struggle between wanting to represent characters accurately and building them so they're actually fun to play is very real, okay?

Sure but what is not fun about an abjurer or illusionist or picking any of the other origin feats besides tough?