The official Dungeons & Dragons companion app and web site D&D Past lately launched some stats for the final yr’s price of characters created on the platform. The preferred identify was ‘Bob’ similar to it has been yearly since a minimum of 2019.
Names with probably the most progress embrace Hyperlink, which loved a 23% increase because of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, whereas these with probably the most drop-off embrace Bruno, down 56%, and Eddie, which fell by 45% after having fun with a bump the earlier yr because of Eddie Munson from the 2022 season of Stranger Issues.
Earlier than you assume that is proof D&D gamers don’t have any creativeness, it is price noting that lots of characters made in D&D Past aren’t made to be performed. Names like “Cleric” and “Bard” are likely to price extremely in these polls too, however folks aren’t really rocking as much as video games to play Cleric the cleric. Half the PCs on my account have been made both to check builds or to completely stat up an NPC somewhat than counting on one of many pre-made stat blocks for a Veteran or no matter. Bob the human fighter is a venerable henchman identify for the quiet man who will get despatched together with the adventurers to behave as a meat protect as a result of all your folks rolled up rogues and wizards.
Nonetheless, these numbers present an attention-grabbing window onto the shifting affect of popular culture. Again in 2019 the quantity two identify was “Varis” however the reputation of Recreation of Thrones references fell off fairly exhausting in later years. Different stats collected by D&D Past present that the most well-liked Baldur’s Gate 3 companion character sheet to obtain was Gale’s, which gels with Larian’s stats wherein Gale was the most well-liked origin character. Individuals positive do love a considerably generic human male—no offense, Gale.
In the meantime, the most well-liked character age was 28, which is maybe a stability between the folks taking part in fresh-faced younger people, tieflings, dragonborn and the like versus longer-lived dwarves and elves who’re totally 50 or 100 years outdated. In contrast to the remainder of us, who simply really feel like we’re.
