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Diggity Dungeons! Turn your favorite Gravity Falls character into a playable DND homebrew creation. Photo via Gravity Falls Wiki.

I’ve recently been re-watching Alex Hirsch’s masterpiece, Gravity Falls—a Pacific Northwest adventure full of magic, cryptids, and mouthwatering mysteries. This is one of my favorite TV shows ever made, and what makes it even more fun is Alex’s hilarious references to D&D. (Seriously—there’s a whole episode on it. Go watch “Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons” featuring the hip-hop version of their in-world spoof, Diggity Dungeons & All That.)

There’s so much potential for both giggles and gasps in the madcap world of Gravity Falls (I’ve been working on a one-shot that I really need to stop procrastinating), but one standout aspect of the show is the hilarious, heart-wrenching, and unforgettable characters. If you want to bring some Gravity Falls goodness into your own game, here are a few suggestions for how to adapt your favorite characters into powerful, playable OCs.

Mabel Pines as a D&D Character

Play Mabel Pines as a DND character with our homebrew! Photo Courtesy of the Gravity Falls Wiki.

From her compulsive bedazzling to her funky sweaters and legendary performance of “Don’t Start Un-Believing,” the evidence has me convinced that Mabel Pines is a bard straight from the College of Creation. Like Mabel, Creation Bards specialize in the unities and harmonies of life, inspiring their party with creativity and optimism.

Use spells like Fast Friends, Motivational Speech, and Animal Messenger to capitalize on Mabel’s contagious positivity and her loyal pet pig, Waddles. Abilities like Performance and Creation can tap into her creativity and ingenuity, and if I were your DM, I’d totally let you swap out your simple weapon for a glitter glue gun, leaf blower, and/or grappling hook.

Dipper Pines as a D&D Character

Play Dipper from Gravity Falls as a rogue in DND! Photo courtesy of the Gravity Falls Wiki.

This was a tough one. Originally, I thought WIZARD! since Dipper is a studious, somewhat nerdy adventurer with an insatiable thirst for knowledge.

But then I started thinking deeper into how Dipper goes about acquiring his knowledge. Sure, he’s got the mysterious, six-fingered guide, but from the get-go, Dipper has established himself as more of the detective type. 

For this reason, I’d play Dipper as an Inquisitive Rogue. With unparalleled Insight, Investigation, and Perception skills as well as features like Ear for Deceit and Eye for Detail, you’ll notice things that most townsfolk dismiss as everyday idiosyncrasies—things like hidden caches, secret societies, and a giant stack of gnomes disguised as a zombie.

While the Inquisitive might not be the best choice for a battle-centric campaign, in a setting full of traps, mysteries, and secrets like Gravity Falls, you’ve got yourself a great build.

Pacifica Northwest as a D&D Character

Wondering how to homebrew Pacifica as a D&D character? We’ve got you covered. Photo courtesy of the Gravity Falls Wiki.

Mabel’s archnemesis—the prissy, insufferable mean girl Pacifica Northwest—is the perfect candidate for a Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer. (With the noble background, naturally.)

While there aren’t many dragons in Gravity Falls, Pacifica’s obsession with her family’s status fits naturally into her delusion that her ancestral bloodline makes her somehow better than everyone else. Her notorious stink eye and bratty attitude could easily translate back to a temperamental reptilian ancestor (personally, I’d opt for silver, white, or copper dragon), and the fact that sorcerer’s spellcasting abilities are charisma-based makes her sarcastic bullying come to life with spells like Mind Sliver, Antagonize, or even Crown of Madness. 

Grunkle Stan as a D&D Character

Play Grunkle Stan in your next D&D campaign! Photo via Gravity Falls Wiki.

I know we’ve already got a rogue on deck, but is there any other choice when it comes to playing Grunkle Stan? 

When building out this crusty, money-grubbing geezer, you’ve got to go with a Rogue Charlatan, if only for the choice of a favorite scam and the wickedly handy False Identity feature (No spoilers, but those of you who know know just how perfect this is.)

This build is going to be a bit different from most rogues since you’re going to want to put more emphasis on charisma. However, this larger-than-life, shyster subclass is perfect for capitalizing on Stan’s signature moves—duping rubes, outwitting enemies, and evading authorities.

Soos as a D&D Character

Now that you’ve imagined Soos as a Luchador, could you ever play him any other way? Photo via Gravity Falls Wiki.

For a hot minute there, Soos had me stumped! Would I play him as a fighter? A monk? An artificer/barbarian? I can see a pretty good argument for any of those three, but thankfully, I didn’t have to think too much more about it. I took one look at this homebrew Luchador build and knew I’d found exactly what I was looking for.

Strong, sensitive, and courageously loyal, I love the idea of Soos being a Luchador because of his colossal strength and inherent sense of honor. As the guy who’s always showing up right in the nick of time, abilities like Finishing Move and Fearless make total sense. I also love the mechanics of the powerful unarmed strike—much like a monk, but without being limited by ki points. 

Old Man McGucket as a D&D Character

Wanna play Old Man McGucket as an artificer? Why not! Photo courtesy of Gravity Falls Wiki.

While some consider him a minor character, Gravity Fall’s local racoon-whispering coot, Old Man McGucket, is one of my all-time favorites in the series. We meet him pretty early in the second episode, “The Legend of the Gobblewonker,” where we discover that McGucket isn’t just a babbling, nonsensical old man—he’s a babbling, nonsensical old man who invents strange and wonderful things.

For this reason, I’d play McGucket as a Battle Smith Artificer, an ingenious inventor who blends science and sorcery to create magnificent battle beasts. Spells like Heroism, Aura of Vitality, and Mass Cure Wounds reflect his devotion to his beloved community, and—let’s be honest here—who doesn’t want to make kick-butt battle bots to protect the ones they love? 

Gideon Gleeful as a D&D Character

You can hombrew a version of Gideon as an (evil) adventurer in your next campaign. Photo via Gravity Falls Wiki.

Infamous villain Gideon Gleeful is one of the most nefarious bad guys on the show, not only because of his craftiness and insatiable thirst for vengeance on the Pines family, but also because of his desire to achieve power by any means possible.

I’d totally play Gideon as a Warlock and subclass him with a fiendish pact. Gideon doesn’t really care who he makes a deal with (even if they just so happen to be particularly triangle-shaped) so long as they get him what he wants, and he would totally use spells like Command, Hold Person, and Hunger of Hadar to accomplish his dastardly schemes. 

Bill Cipher as a D&D Character

Unleash Bill Cipher’s inner chaos by playing him as a Wild Magic Sorcerer.

Bill Cipher is easily the most mysterious, suave, and dangerous villain in Gravity Falls, and if you were to introduce this interdimensional dream demon into your game, the possibilities would literally be endless.

As a player character, you’d really have to tone down his terrifying powers. I would reskin him using a medium-sized flying species like an Owlin, and I’d definitely go with Wild Magic Sorcerer as my class. When you start rolling on that Wild Magic table, there’s no telling whether you’ll grow a beard, summon a random unicorn (But only for the pure of heart!), or TPK your entire party with a fireball.

But hey—that’s just the way Bill plays. After all, pain is hilarious!

If you really wanted to spice things up as a DM, homebrewing hero Dastardly D&D has created a wicked monster stat block. Incorporate Bill into your game or use this build as a starting point to reskin your own chaos demon.

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