Is there anything wrong with my character sheet?

Question

I am playing dungeon and dragons and still a very new player. I created a character and leveled it to level 2. I am not sure if I did it correctly.

Google Drive link for character sheet

I am not sure what spell save dc or spell attack bonus is for or how it is used.

Thank you for your help!

What makes you think it isn't leveled correctly? Are there parts of the books you aren't understanding? — firedraco, Jun 15 '16 at 19:22
Possible duplicate of Does your spell modifier add to your spell damage? — nitsua60, Jun 15 '16 at 21:55
dupe in that the linked question ^^ effectively serves, in the question post, as an answer to this one. — nitsua60, Jun 15 '16 at 21:56

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 15 '16 at 21:58

Welcome to D&D! Lemme answer your question before I point out a few (small) errors on your sheet.

Spell saves are calculated by 8+CHA(because you're a sorcerer)+proficiency in this case, it should be 13. This stat is a number that enemies have to roll against to see if they are affected by your spell.

Your spell attack bonus should be CHA(Again, because sorcerers)+proficiency bonus, so it should be 5. This is added to your d20 roll when you roll to attack with a spell such as firebolt (I want to say this is the case for ray of frost and acid splash on your sheet but I can't be certain off the top of my head).

A few things to point out:

because you have 15 dex and daggers are finesse weapons, you can choose to use your dex instead of strength to calculate attack and damage. So attack could be a +4 and not a +1; damage could be 1d4+2 and not 1d4-1.
Your proficiencies are Stat+proficiency bonus, so insight should be WIS(-1)+Prof(+2) = +1 and religion should be INT(0) + Prof(+2) = 2.

Other than that, you did a great job for a newbie. Have fun in your games!

He should have two personality traits; the list of spells under "attacks and spellcasting" doesn't match the list of spells on page 2 (each has spells not on the other); and I would actually advise against identifying the sorcery points as used on the sheet proper - since they can be changed at any time as a bonus action, it's probably best to have the sheet simply say that there are 3 1st-level spell slots and 2 (unused) sorcery points, and simply announce "I'm using my sorcery points for an additional spell slot" during play. Was a Sorcerous Origin selected? If not, that should be done too. — Dan Henderson, Jun 15 '16 at 19:40

Is there anything wrong with my character sheet?

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