Build a Character 101

[Mongooseh]

I find when making a ranger theres no point making a ranger if its the bow you want to use the most. It's best to be a fighter with feats that are focused into ranged attack making it more effective. In a campaign im in right now my friends built like this and those goblins drop like flies  

[Raganui Minamoto]

I enjoy bow rangers. They have their place. krahken, you gotta think OUTSIDE of combat as well.  

[Rock_DS]

He couldn't set up an account, so I threw up a sheet on my myth weavers account for him. He was foucing on the robbing and stelth aspects of the rouge.

I am putting it together for him to use as it's hander than going to a horde of PM's to get the info

]http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=140352

 

[Rock_DS]

I was leaving that stuff blank for him, he sorted out his own http://www.thetangledweb.net/forums/profiler/view_char.php?cid=27836

*Shakes fist* Damned feat XD Oh well. Point Blank is just as handy. Just thinking on how to get his giving some decent melee damage along with range. Bring them both into the same stat seems a valid idea.

He Pmed me and was doing his skills before he vanished off line. Been helping him between playing my bass =3  

[Archfiend Damio]

Apparently I need not to have created this thread sense everyone is an expert and could help you if you wanted and don't care what the thread is actually for.  

[Archfiend Damio]

That's not what I made that post for but whatever.  

[Xenar1]

just joined the guild smile

never played D&D and don't have any books (am reading an online scoure material on 3.5 that I found here.)

so my question is this;

any good template that a DM and myself or others can quickly read and understand?  

[WhimsicalXellos]

Xenar1

just joined the guild smile

never played D&D and don't have any books (am reading an online scoure material on 3.5 that I found here.)

so my question is this;

any good template that a DM and myself or others can quickly read and understand?

There are a lot of good guides online that you can find with a quick google search. There are even video guides on youtube about character creation and other aspects.

That said, it's really easy to listen to other people talk or write about D&D, but when you're trying to learn, the best resource is being able to ask someone. It's great to know the right questions to ask, though, so use your other sources as a means to familiarize yourself with the game so that you're not going in cold.  

[Rain Yupa]

Xenar1

just joined the guild smile

never played D&D and don't have any books (am reading an online scoure material on 3.5 that I found here.)

so my question is this;

any good template that a DM and myself or others can quickly read and understand?

If you're playing in person, the book has a copy of the character sheet in the very very back. You can also likely find it by google image searching the edition and "character sheet". If you can print it, way to go! Online, there's websites like Myth Weavers, The Tangled Web, Coyote Code, and probably more that I haven't seen. You have to sign up to the website but that's all they ask of you.

When I play, I usually hand-write my sheet because I prefer my own format. But for people new to the game, I suggest using a standard template. It's less of a matter of YOU using a template format that's easy to read. It's more of EVERYONE using the same template format that's easy to read. Consistency is key. If the DM wants to see what your skill bonus for, say, Knowledge: History is without outright asking you, he or she should be able to find it on the same spot on everyone's sheet.  

[Xenar1]

need a little hand. i'm making this mock character (wouldn't mind putter her in a dungeon to test out) but I have run into problems.

weight was a problem. you know you've done your math wrong when a human female warrior is 425 lb.... but that's all good now. a little heavy at 165 but I can live with that.

my current problem is hit dice. a fighter has *d10 for hit die. my CON of 8 (not one of my better rolls) -1 from my hit dice, my level (1) should add 1 to the pool. currently this makes 0d10...... something's not right as i'm already dead.  

[KytanaTheThief]

that's not how it works. the con modifier doesn't effect your hit dice, it effects your hit points. And, you always have a minimum of +1 to your Hp each level, it can't drop lower than that.

To quote from the SRD:

You apply your character’s Constitution modifier to:

Each roll of a Hit Die (though a penalty can never drop a result below 1—that is, a character always gains at least 1 hit point each time he or she advances in level).

So for your fighter, you'd roll a d10. Say you rolled a 5, with your Con mod of -1, that would make your HP a 4.

However, if you rolled a 1, your con mod would not be able to drop it to 0.

Is that clearer?  

[doctor_who_fan3]

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