When a player begins their journey with the game, he or she will select one of the available character classes to play. Only one copy of each character class can be played in any given scenario.

Each class has a unique set of abilities, so this is an important decision to make.

When the box is first opened, the Brute, Tinkerer, Spellweaver, Scoundrel, Cragheart, and Mindthief are available.

New characters can be unlocked during the campaign, unlocked character classes are available for anyone starting a new character.

Once a character class has been chosen, the player takes the corresponding characters:

1 - Mat

2 - Tokens

3 - Starting hand of Level 1 (and X cards) ability cards

4 - Miniature