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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Semana" data-source="post: 6355628" data-attributes="member: 6763088">If you're under the gun, have to prep to DM a game on Sunday, and are having a hard time with the full PHB, I would suggest putting that aside for now and downloading the free Basic rules here: <a href="http://media.wizards.com/downloads/dnd/DnDBasicRules(PrinterFriendly).pdf" target="_blank">Basic rules download</a>, and starting with the pregens from the starter set here: <a href="http://media.wizards.com/downloads/dnd/StarterSet_Charactersv2.pdf" target="_blank">Pregens</a>It sounds like this may be the first time you're picking up 5e, and if that's the case (apologies if I'm wrong) the Basic rule set is simply a subset of the PHB (lifted wholly out of the PHB sections) and is still a solid place to start. The pregens are great resources into character creation and level progression. They start at level 1 and each one outlines the change for each level-up to 5. So you can use those as your 'guide posts' to follow along in level progression for Fighter, Cleric, Wizard, and Rogue classes.There is no 'skill advancement' per se, you are either proficient in skills or you're not (selected in character creation, through class, background and sometimes race selection). Your Proficiency Bonus is what describes how good you are in those skills as modifier that goes up by level. The Proficiency Bonus for each class is shown in that class' table. If you're not proficient in a skill does not mean you can't attempt a result, you can still try and your check will not include your proficiency bonus (all checks are based boil down to a base attributes).Hope that helps a bit,</blockquote>

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