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What’s a ‘DCI Number’? Do I need it?

A DCI Number is (usually) a 9 Digit Number you’re given when you join so they can identify you and the characters you play while you’re a part of the Adventurer’s League, some people also use it to keep track of the people they played through an adventure with too.

You can get your own DCI Number when you make a Wizards Account (https://accounts.wizards.com/) or when you join your Local Adventurer’s League Group at your Local Game Store.

How many things do I need to track on my Logsheet?

Beside your usual adventuring activities and session notes, here’s everything you should be keeping track of during your adventures, and it’s a lot!

Any Experience and Character Levels gained during the Session. 

Any Money (Gold, Silver, Copper, Etc.) gained or lost during the Session. 

Any Magic Items gained or lost during the Session. 

The amount of Downtime you gained from Adventuring.

The Name (and Code) of the Adventure you played through that Session. 

How many Hours of the Adventure you played through in that Session. 

The Names (or DCI Numbers) of the Dungeon Master that ran the Adventure and the other people you played it with. 

Can I make a Character of any Tier or Level, or do I always start at Level 1 and play through to Level 20? 

With Adventurer’s League, every Character you make always starts at Level 1, unless your Local Gaming Store says otherwise. 

But yeah, your Adventurer’s League Characters should always start at 1st Level.

Can you change your Alignment during the Adventure, or can that be done between Adventures or in Downtime?

You can change your Alignment whenever you want (if you so choose), including during an Adventure, between Adventures, and during your Downtime Activities.

The only ‘real’ rule is that you cannot be Evil, but even that rule has a few exceptions…

How much do they care about “Character Backstory”? If at all? 

There are Dungeon Masters in Adventurer’s League who will ask about your Character’s Backstory and try to mix it in with the Adventure they’re going to run, and there are Dungeon Masters that don’t and instead just run through the Adventure as if it doesn’t matter who you are or where you come from. 

So always have just a little Backstory in your pockets for your Adventurer’s League Characters, just in case they ask.

If I make and play a Character in Season 9 and Season 10 comes out, do I need to make a new Character?

Any of your Adventurer’s League Characters can play in any Adventurer’s League Adventure that they’re the right Level for, regardless of which Season it might be. 

The one exception here is that your Character can only play in each Adventure once, so you can’t run the same Character through the same Adventure twice.

What’s “Renown” and why should I care?

First off: Renown isn’t something you should have to track anymore.

Instead, your amount of Renown can give you benefits based on your Tier (Tier 1 to Tier 4), since at higher Tiers, people in the world start hearing of your exploits and are more willing to help you out!

One rule to keep in mind though is that you might not get the benefits of your Renown if you get convicted of committing any kind of crime, or if your Faction thinks you’re being a little too crazy and need to be knocked down a peg or two.

Does Renown depend on your Faction, like if you don’t pick a Faction you don’t get any Renown?

You get more Renown as you advance in Tiers, regardless of whatever Faction you may or may not be a part of.

What are “Tiers”? How do they work?

Tiers in Adventurer’s League work as defined in the Player’s Handbook for 5th Edition D&D:

Tier 1 is Levels 1-4

Tier 2 is Levels 5-10

Tier 3 is Levels 11-16

Tier 4 is Levels 17-20

As your Adventurer’s League Character advances in Level, they’ll go from Tier 1 all the way to Tier 4.

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