Changing Characters

If you want to change a current character's stats - See Mulligans.

## Swapping to a **New** Character

You may, at any time, swap to a character of the same or lower level as your current one.  Alert a DM first and *please be considerate - if a DM is working on your backstory, talk to them before swapping or posting a character sheet to swap.*

**To swap to a new character, create a new character using the rules above, with the following additions:**

1. You get starting equipment **plus** additional gold. Run the **!swapgold <level>** command to find out how much gold you need for the level you are swapping.
2. You may exchange any number of starting items for any number of other items of equal or lower value, but you will not receive gold as compensation.
	* You must list your changes with GP values when posting your character in #character-sheets (such as in the Journal tab in Dicecloud or in the Discord message containing your character sheet link).
3. You have *starting XP* for your current level.

After creating a ticket and getting your new character approved, format your nickname and complete a #town-character-intro just like your original character.

### Swapping Back to a Previous Character

Any levels your character gained before leaving the Mark must stay the same (referred to as Base Classes). Any levels they gained after leaving the Mark may be of any applicable class.

*e.g. Evelyn left the Mark as a level 5 Oath of the Ancients Paladin (her Base Class). Since I am level 10, if I wish to swap back to Evelyn, her Base Class must be at least Level 5 Paladin with the Oath of the Ancients subclass. If I wish, I could add on 5 levels of Divine Sorcerer without DM approval. If I would like to change Evelyn's first five levels to anything else, I need DM approval.*

The returning character does not retain spells, items, or anything else from their previous time here at the Mark. You may buy back items available on the Magic Items Spreadsheet from your swap gold, but homebrew items are gone forever.

Small changes (such as those listed on the Mulligans page) are OK without DM approval when swapping back to an existing character.

If you have not played the character in over 24 months, extensive changes to base classes are okay. A lot can happen in four years in game!

## Prestige (Formerly NG+)

After reaching level 15 once, and starting a new character at level 2, you may use 30-point buy (sometimes referred to as *Prestige* or *NG+*). This applies to the new level 2 character and any future characters.

## Character Death

In the event of a character death, you may choose to create a new character or seek out a Resurrection. If you are attempting to resurrect your character but have failed your rolls and are waiting until you can try again, you may create a temporary character to play until your old character is resurrected.

In either case, you create your new character following the Swap rules as detailed above, and using the level that your character died at. Your character's XP also resets to the base of their level, with one exception: if XP from the quest that killed your character would level you, you retain that level up and Swap as though you were that new level. Keep in mind that you still reset to base XP for the new level - you don't keep overflow.

## Resurrection

If you are swapping back to a character as a result of a successful resurrection, you don't follow standard Swap rules. You use your resurrected character's sheet, retaining their items, gold, and other gained features, and you reset to the base XP of your character's level (as described above). See Resurrection for more details.

## The Rare Trump Card: DM Intervention

In exceptional and rare circumstances, a DM may approach a Player about changing their subclass, level spread, or race if it would fit the story for your character.
*Note: this can have unexpected and exciting results! If you agree, you're surrendering a certain amount of control of your character build to your DM.*