My cousin is going to try his hand at the DM chair for the first time, and I'm a little late in working on my character, as the first session is tomorrow night...
As of right now there is only one other PC and myself. Though this may only last for two or three levels of play, it may be good enough that we keep playing it. Both PC characters are associated with a Spartan-esque mercenary company (they took us in as children, and we've been training for the last decade or so). We just "graduated" and will soon be going on our first real mission, along with a handful of DMPC's.
The basics of character creation are thus:
- 1st level characters.
- 28-point buy stats.
- Non-setting-specific D&D books (no FR or Eberron)
There are several house rules in play, however, so bear with me:
- At first level we get to Gestalt with Fighter. This is ONLY for first level. After level one or two, most of the numerical bonuses provided by this single fighter level will be subsumed by the other, normal, class. In essence it is a means of giving us a high starting HD, a bonus feat, and several weapon and armor proficiencies.
- We all get a free +2 bonus to Spellcraft, Knowledge (Arcana), Use Magic Device, and Survival (and may use them untrained); we may add ONE of those skills as a permanent class skill.
- Anyone with an Intelligence or Charisma of 14 or higher gets one bonus language known (limited to those of the common PHB races), as a result of the multi-racial nature of our mercenary company.
- Deities aren't well defined; I can pick any two domains as a cleric.
- We get standard 1st level starting gold for our class (125 gp for Cleric), plus the following equipment, which we were given by the company (and we may sell any of it at 60% value):
Any one Kit (your choice) [Healer's Kit, Climbing Kit, etc]
One Simple Weapon
One Martial Weapon (or another Simple)
Leather Armor
one Darkwood Buckler
You also recieved one 400gp magic item (a gift from a mentor) (which you may choose)
That's most of it there, but there is one other important and tempting house rule... He has completely changed the racial traits of Half-Elves. Ignore what's in the PHB, half-elves now get this:
- Two free Skill Focus feats in any two skills.
- One of either Spell Focus or Weapon Focus for free (if you can cast spells, you must take Spell Focus).
- Your Max Ranks limit on skills is (Character level + 4), so you can qualify for PrC's sooner.
Okay, all that out of the way,
here is my character idea.
LN Fighter 1//Cleric 1, with the Magic and Luck domains. As we progress, I'll be leveling in Cleric.
Since my party mate is going to be a ranged-focused Warmage (with some house rule adjustments the player convinced the DM to allow), I figured I'd go with a melee cleric.
My 28 point buy stat array plan was this:
Str 14 (6)
Dex 10 (2)
Con 14 (6)
Int 10 (2)
Wis 16 (10)
Cha 10 (2)
I'm planning to take Power Attack as my Fighter feat, and Law Devotion as my 1st level feat (I will have enough turn attempts to use it a second time per day). If I go with Human, I'm not sure what else to take (probably Extend Spell, in preparation for eventually gaining divine metamagic). But those Half-Elf changes look tasty; Skill Focuses might help me PrC (Divine Oracle is the only one I can think of off-hand, though the Spell Focus feat could help me become a Ur-Priest, if I wanted to be crazy), though they'd be handy even if I just put them in Concentration and Spellcraft. Also, prestiging out probably won't be in my long-term plan (though it certainly could be), due to the fact the Magic Domain's ability to use wizard scrolls is based upon my actual levels in cleric. I could certainly be persuaded toward something worthwhile, though.
Assuming I'm not going with Ur-Priest, what would be the best school of magic to choose for my free Spell Focus, if I were to go Half-Elf?
I'm thinking of decking myself out with a chain shirt, the free martial weapon (warhammer), free simple weapon (crossbow), the free darkwood buckler, and probably a scroll with one 3rd-level spell and one 1st-level spell.
Anything you would choose differently?
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