Better-than-book Character Creation guide

[Arkhios]

Ok, let me open that up a bit.

Currently, the 5th edition "guidelines" to creating characters is relatively vague. It lists the things to do, no question there, but there's no clear "common thread" to follow, especially in regards to (official) character sheet.

I remember seeing in at least one or maybe two earlier editions/spin-offs (IIRC, at least in 4th edition and pathfinder 1st edition) that there were these snip-shots from character sheet with numbered step-by-step snips and corresponding written instructions on what information goes where, where to look for the information, and in what order (at least ideally) you should do it. The 5th edition only describes features, and sometimes neglects to point out where exactly certain information for a feature progression is tracked on the class table, or the format that it is in feature description or class table isn't immediately obvious for various reasons.

For a veteran player who learned their ropes in 3rd edition era or earlier, the 5th edition style is definitely easy to follow, but mostly because the format is already familiar.

For a complete newbie in D&D or RPG's in general, or someone with whatever problems to remember things (and that's okay, were all individuals here), especially if there's been a long (really long) pause between games, and they're struggling to return to the hobby, the current state of things is admittedly poor, to say the least.

So, what I'm looking for is either a pre-existing guide to more effective character creation progression to follow, or, to attempt to create one.


PS. I really hope they have realised this issue and improve it for the upcoming update this year.