------------MODEL-------------
<?php

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Character extends Model
{

    public static function userChars()

    {
        return static::where('player_id', '=', \Auth::user()->id)->get();
    }



    public $timestamps = false;
}





------------CONTROLLER---------


<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

use App\Character;

class CharacterController extends Controller
{
    public function index()
    {

    // $characters = DB::table('characters')->get()->where('player_id', '==', Auth::user()->id);

    //$characters = App\Character::where('player_id', '=', Auth::user()->id)->get();

    $characters = Character::userChars();

    return view('pages.characters', compact('characters') );


    }


    public function create()
    {




    return view('pages.create-char');

    }



    public function store()
    {

        $p_id = \Auth::user()->id;

        $new_character = new \App\Character;

        $new_character->player_id = $p_id;

        $new_character->campaign_id = 1;

        $new_character->character_name = request('characterName');

        $new_character->Race = request('race');

        $new_character->Class = request('class');

        $new_character->Level = request('level');

        $new_character->Strength = request('strength');

        $new_character->Dexterity = request('dexterity');

        $new_character->Constitution = request('constitution');

        $new_character->Intelligence = request('intelligence');

        $new_character->Wisdom = request('wisdom');

        $new_character->Charisma = request('charisma');

        $new_character->Proficiency = 1;


        $new_character->Trained_Skills = request('skillsField');

        $new_character->Languages = request('languagesField');


        $new_character->Hit_Die = 1;

        $new_character->HP = 1;

        $new_character->save();

        return redirect('./characters');

    }





}