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[mfloyd3]

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If the druid decides at first level that Ranger will be his chosen favorite class, it looks like he woud start play with 7 skill points to spend. His ranks will always be limited by his HD, however.

Let me know what flaws you spot in my logic, being sure to explain with examples. And please also let me know what happens to this druid at 2nd level.
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OK, I'm new to pathfinder as well, but let me take a stab at this. You mix ranger and druid up there, but let me give you my understanding of each:

Druid: 4 points for being a druid, +1 for having 12 Int, +1 for being a human, +1 for choosing druid as a favored class =7.

Ranger: 6 points for being a ranger, +1 for having 12 Int, +1 for being human, +1 for choosing ranger as favored class=9.

These examples assume that the player chose to exercise the "+1 skill point" for favored class option, rather than the "+1 hit point" option. That may be part of the inconsistency between characters.

And yes, the skill allocation you give (except for Spellcraft, noted below), including the +3 bonus for a skill from the favored class list, seems to be correct.

At second level, my understanding is that the druid gets 6 points, and the option to choose a skill point for the "favored class" bonus for a total of 7 skill points. The ranger has a choice of getting 8 or 9. It appears that you can make this choice over again at every level.

If the druid puts 1 rank into a new skill that is a class skill, he gets the +3 bonus to that as well. For instance, if he puts a rank into Knowledge(geography), he gets
Knowledge(geography): 5 (1 rank, +3 favored skill bonus, +1 for INT 12)

However, adding a rank to a skill he already has does not add additional favored class bonus, it just increases the skill by +1.

Also, a nitpick: In your example above, Spellcraft should be +5 (+1 for his Int 12).

By the way, when you mentioned this, I noticed I listed 8 SP as the total for Elyra, but gave her 9. My understanding is that 9 is the correct number, as calculated above (I think when I was originally writing the character sheet I was confused about the "favored class" issue myself). Sorry about the confusion.

Anyway, I'm new to Pathfinder as well. Anyone see anything wrong with the above?

Thanks,
Mark