Dark underground prisons & Flying reptiles with breath weapons

[Tshern]

You did it, didn't you?
 

* Soly sighs.

I'm going to say okay for this because I trust you can maintain party balance, Tshern.

Hey, it's a damn healbot! Well, she can certainly hold her own in melee, spellcasting and all that, but it all depends on how I play her. Honestly, I'm not planning on doing anything special, I'll probably concentrate on battlefield control (Entangle), healing (Lesser vigor) and buffing (this is yet to come).

I voted, by the way. Picked Cookies for reasons that are very obvious to Soly and Jolkuna, and both melee and spellcasting. Druid is a two-in-one package, so I had to take 'em both.

[Jolkuna]

Krhm, Druid is all-in-one... 

[Solnath]

I know, but Tshern is good enough a player to not disrupt party balance and his animal companion's name is Krypto.

[Tshern]

Krhm, Druid is all-in-one... 

Bs, since the Shapechange/Wildshape errata, the Druid has dropped in power significantly. It can still hold his own again most classes, though the greatest classes such as the Samurai and the 3.0 Ranger defeat pretty much any Druid build instantly.

I know, but Tshern is good enough a player to not disrupt party balance and his animal companion's name is Krypto

[The Empire]

Well, now I only have a couple of problems left, name and how to actually create the character... (And I am used to rolling the main stats with a set number of dice according to race, re-rolling ones with an unmodified cap at 20 in the cases 4d6 are used)

[Solnath]

Well, you have 72 points at your disposal, distributable freely with the minimum being 8 and maximum 18 to any stat. Racial modifiers et al. are added on later.

For example:

Str: 16
Dex: 16
Con: 16
Int: 8
Wis: 8
Cha: 8

...is perfectly acceptable, as all the stats add up to 72.

[Tshern]

Str: 18
Dex: 18
Con: 18
Int: 8
Wis: 8
Cha: 8

...is perfectly acceptable, as all the stats add up to 72.

That makes 72?

[Solnath]

Hehee, you seem to have a misquote there.

[Latagon]

Name: Haradar
Class(es): Ranger
Race: Half-Elf
Sex: Male
Alignment: Chaotic Good

Stats:
STR: 16 (3)
DEX: 15 (2)
CON: 10 (0)
INT: 11 (0)
WIS: 12 (1)
CHA: 08 (-1)

AC: 15
BAB: +1
Fortitude save: 12
Reflex save: 17
Will save: 12

Skills: Favored Enemy (Orc), Track, Wild Empathy

Feats: Alertness

Special qualities: ?

Possible spells: None

Language: Eleven, Human

Inventory: Studded leather, Long Sword, Long Bow (Non-composite) with 100 Arrows, Dagger, 4 Hempen Ropes, 6 days trail rations, 1 whetstone, 1 water-skin, 1 tent, Flint, 1 grappling hook, Backpack. (X amount of Gold left over from the purchases.)  Light Horse, Bit and bridal, pack saddle, 6 Saddle bags, 5 days feed.

[Latagon]

Krhm, Druid is all-in-one... 

Bs, since the Shapechange/Wildshape errata, the Druid has dropped in power significantly. It can still hold his own again most classes, though the greatest classes such as the Samurai and the 3.0 Ranger defeat pretty much any Druid build instantly.

I know, but Tshern is good enough a player to not disrupt party balance and his animal companion's name is Krypto

I swear that's not the reason I picked Ranger! 

[Tshern]

I'm quite sure your AC is not 28. 10 is the base, then 2 from your dexterity modifier (15-10/2, rounded downwards gives 2) and studded leather armor gives three more. That's 15 right there.

So, your ability modifiers (the number in brackets after the actual modifier) are:
STR: 16 (3)
DEX: 15 (2)
CON: 10 (0)
INT: 11 (0)
WIS: 12 (1)
CHA: 08 (-1)

[Latagon]

Oh.  I thought you added the entire dexterity.  I'll fix it.

[Tshern]

Oh.  I thought you added the entire dexterity.  I'll fix it.

Same goes for saves, attack bonus and such. I can rewrite your character from the stuff you've given above, send it to you and you can edit it in, if you wish. It could make it a lot clearer...

Also given that you have a second level character, you would already have specialized in one of the Ranger combat styles, so you have to pick either archery (recommended) or two-weapon fighting route...

[Daimiaen]

Okay...mr.Thicky question....How are skill points worked out....looked through the rules couldn't find it....

[Allama]

Each class has it's own criteria for calculating skill points.  You get a certain number per level of a class, plus your intelligence bonus.  You may add these points to any skill your class is capable of using, though cross-class skills require 2 points per rank.  Class-specific information can be found in the Player's Handbook.