Dungeons & Dragons 5th – Levels & Experience
Levels and Experiences to advance your character
Level and Experience Advancement. As your characters goes on adventures and overcomes challenges, he or she gains experience, represented by experience points. A character who reaches a specified experience point total advances in capability. Gains a level.
When your character gains a level, his or her class often grants additional features, as detailed in the class description. Some of these features allow you to increase your ability scores, either increasing two scores by 1 each or increasing one score by 2. You can’t increase an ability score above 20. In addition, every character’s proficiency bonus increases at certain levels.
Each time you gain a level, you gain 1 additional Hit Die. Roll that Hit Die, add your Constitution modifier to the roll, and add the total (Minimum of 1) to your hit point maximum. Alternatively, you can use the fixed value shown in your class entry, which is the average result of the die roll (rounded up).
When your constitution modifier increases by 1, your hit point maximum increases by 1 for each level you have attained.
The character advancement table summarizes the the xp you need to advance in levels from level 1 through level 20, and the proficiency bonus for a character of that level. Consult information in your character’s class description to see what other improvement you gain at each level.
