Brainstorm a char w me! Help me Obi-Wan!

[mao]

I am going to a convention in March, we will be plying 5E which I know nothing about. I came in 2nd two years ago and I want to repeat that.I would prefer to play a fighter or a wiz but I am open to good Ideas w other classes. About the only parameters for this would be : no dumb(as in not smart) and I only play team players.
My first idea is to write a bunch of poems and spout them during combat as a fighter(a sort of Cyrano Debegarac, but this is kinda close to my last char(wiz for whom I wrote out his verbal components of spells. Thanx in advance.

[Hexenritter Verlag]

Well, it has your basic D&D 3d6 roll for attributes, then you pick a race (with potential sub-race)- each race gives you various abilities & often a choice of default skills. Then you pick a class - with a variety of basic options to choose from; plus initial abilities. At level 3 you choose an archetype, which is a spin on a kit or prestige class - you have to pick one & you get extra abilities based on it & a hint on playing it. Then you pick a background which gives you equipment, skills & a selection of random charts giving you background elements to work with. Then you do equipment beyond what you get with your background & then you roll to get a trinket, a random piece of equipment your GM can use to seed personal background hook or simply be a RP seed you create.

Depending on level you start with for the con, if you like fighters - a Eldritch Knight could work, casting spells, spouting poetry between sword thrusts.

[Admin Pete]

Some of the basic are available free, see this link.

5th EditionLinks to all available free (legal) PDFs for 5e so far

I was making this list for my players, but I figured I'd post it online anyway in case it helps others. There are a lot of spells, magic items, monsters, etc. covered between all the various PDFs. For example, many spells found in the player's handbook but not covered in the basic rules are found in the HotDQ and RoT supplements. Ditto for Monsters and Magic Items.

5e Basic Rules for Players
5e Basic Rules for DM
Hoard of the Dragon Queen Online Supplement
Rise of Tiamat Online Supplement
Elemental Evil Player's Companion
Adventurer's League Player's Guide, Tyranny of Dragons
Adventurer's League Player's Guide, Elemenatl Evil Edition
Unearthed Arcana: Eberron*
Unearthed Arcana: When Armies Clash*
Murder at Baldur's Gate†
Legacy of the Crystal Shard

* beta materials
† released during playtesting so may be out of date.

[mao]

I broke down and bought the 5e PHP, something  have been debating for a while now, thanx for the input guys.