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Your First Character

Loreden gives you two ways to add a character: you can build one from scratch, or pull one in automatically from PathCompanion.

Option A — Create a character manually​

  1. From your dashboard, click New Character
  2. Give your character a name and hit Create
  3. You'll land on the character sheet editor, where you can fill in everything — stats, skills, background, personality, and more

You don't need to fill everything in at once. Save as you go and come back to add more whenever you like.

What fields are available?

Loreden gives you a full Pathfinder stat block — ability scores, AC, HP, saves, BAB, skills, feats, spells, and weapons — plus a rich set of roleplay fields: personality, appearance, backstory, beliefs, fears, speech patterns, and more.

Option B — Import from PathCompanion​

If you already manage your character in PathCompanion, you can link it to Loreden and have your stats sync automatically.

  1. From the New Character screen, choose Import from PathCompanion
  2. Open PathCompanion and find your character's character key
  3. Paste the key into Loreden and click Import

Loreden will pull in your full stat block immediately. From then on, you can re-sync at any time to pick up level-ups or gear changes.

→ See the full PathCompanion Sync guide for step-by-step instructions.

Finding your way around the character sheet​

Once your character is created, you'll find their sheet organised into tabs:

TabWhat's in it
StatsAbility scores, HP, AC, initiative, and combat values
SkillsFull skill list with modifiers and class skill markers
CombatWeapons, attacks, armour, and CMB/CMD
SpellsPrepared and known spells, organised by level
BioBackstory, personality, appearance, relationships, and more
NotesFree-form personal notes

Your character code​

Every character automatically gets a character code — a short WRD-XXXX identifier that looks something like WRD-4B2A. You can find it on your character's profile page.

Character codes let anyone look up your character on Loreden without you needing to share a link. They're handy for Discord servers where people want to link characters to each other.

Next steps​