Visualizing the data
In DnD, players take on the roles of adventurers who battle fearsome foes and overcome challenges, all while following a story crafted by a skilled Dungeon Master (DM). Players create and control a unique character from a variety of classes and/or races, each with their own strengths, weaknesses, and personalities.
- +In the above visualization, we've plotted the most popular classes chosen by players in our dataset, along with their frequency of selection. The Fighter class stands out as the most commonly chosen one, closely followed by Rogue and Cleric. Hover your mouse over the plot to see the exact number of times each class was chosen.
In the second graph, we explored the most popular DnD races. As it turns out, Humans are the most frequently chosen race of all when it comes to character creation.
Next, we looked at the most popular combination of races and classes in our dataset. The largest number of players chose a combination of the Human race and Fighter class, followed by Human/Cleric, and Human/Rogue.
- +The choice of races and classes determines a character’s abilities and how they interact with the world. In the next plot, we examined the distribution of strength (STR) ability among different race/class combinations.
- +In this interactive plot, you can toggle class names and view their respective data. When comparing race/class combinations with the Fighter class, for example, we notice that Human/Fighter has a lower strength ability score than Orc/Fighter or Minotaur/Fighter. Check out our Dungeons & Dragons Jupyter Notebook for similar plots on all six ability scores used in DnD. It also includes a section on using data science for character creation.
Whether you are a seasoned player or just starting out, this data may surprise you and guide you to create your next character.