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<blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 1935043" data-attributes="member: 1129"><p>I've had a few people ask about my character.</p><p></p><p>Faraj Haroun is from Calimport proper and the middle son of three sons and one daughter. Basic background. Figured he started training as a fighter to protect some wagons of the family and encountered a mage during his travels who showed him a different way of protecting his goods by making others blow up good.</p><p></p><p>The GM uses 80 points with nothing going above racial maximums.</p><p>S: 14 D: 14 C: 14 I: 18 W: 10 C: 10</p><p></p><p>Right now he's a Fighter 1/Wizard 5. We just got enough experience to advance again so I'm going to see if there's anything special needed to become a Eldritch Knight as that'll fit in well with what I'm trying to do, a wizard who can survive being hit by more than one spell or swordblow! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>So I have some combat and survivability and of course, stat dumped on wisdom and charisma. I try to play it off in the game by not being very talkative or being direct and to the point when I do talk to cut through the 'honeyed words of false merchants.'</p><p></p><p>For feats, the GM gave us one regional feat free.</p><p>freebie: Mind over Matter. A feat from the Player's Guide to Faerun. let's me apply my int bonus instead of Con for 1st level and +1 hp every time I take a metamagic. Off the top of my head, I think it gives me a bonus to a skill.</p><p></p><p>human: Calisite Elementalist: From Races of Faerun. +1 level when casting fire based spells.</p><p></p><p>fighter 1st: Weapon Focus Greatsword</p><p></p><p>1st level: Combat casting: I know I'm going to become a mage so why not I figure.</p><p></p><p>3rd level: Spell Focus-Evocation</p><p></p><p>5th Level Wizard Bonus: Empower, metamagic</p><p></p><p>6th Level: Sudden Maximize, metagic</p><p></p><p>For hit points, GM gave us max at 1st-4th, and then either average or roll. So far I've rolled two 3s so I've got (10+4)14 + ((4+2)*3) 18 + ((3+2)*2))10 + 2 for the feat so 45 hit points. Turns out I have more hit points than the fighter asimar, who put his highest stats into Charisma and has no Con bonus.</p><p></p><p>Pretty much standard equipment but I do have a mighty composite longbow +2 strength adjusted and a masterwork greatsword. </p><p></p><p>For magic items, Bracers of Armor +2, a wand of shattering, a wand of magic missiles (part of starting equipment for a Calishite), and a Rod of Empowerment.</p><p></p><p>Now the GM was cool. I had originally picked Combat Expertise but never used it. While reading through Races of Faerun, I saw the Calisite Elementalist and asked if I could swap it since I was always using fire base spells and he gave it the thumbs up. Personally I hate it when a player has feats that he's always swapping out but the GM has a 1 swap out rule in case a PrC or something comes along that you want to qualify for. Made me more dangerous but I don't think too much more terribly dangerous.</p><p></p><p>Can't remember my skills off the top of my head, but I know for my 1st level fighter, I took craft weapons and craft armor because that's what the family deals in.</p><p></p><p>Some of the above may be wrong.</p><p></p><p>In looking at the character, I see that I used the following: Races of Faerun, Player's Guide to Faerun, Complete Arcane, and the Player's Handbook.</p><p></p><p>How do other people go about it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeGKushner, post: 1935043, member: 1129"] I've had a few people ask about my character. Faraj Haroun is from Calimport proper and the middle son of three sons and one daughter. Basic background. Figured he started training as a fighter to protect some wagons of the family and encountered a mage during his travels who showed him a different way of protecting his goods by making others blow up good. The GM uses 80 points with nothing going above racial maximums. S: 14 D: 14 C: 14 I: 18 W: 10 C: 10 Right now he's a Fighter 1/Wizard 5. We just got enough experience to advance again so I'm going to see if there's anything special needed to become a Eldritch Knight as that'll fit in well with what I'm trying to do, a wizard who can survive being hit by more than one spell or swordblow! :p So I have some combat and survivability and of course, stat dumped on wisdom and charisma. I try to play it off in the game by not being very talkative or being direct and to the point when I do talk to cut through the 'honeyed words of false merchants.' For feats, the GM gave us one regional feat free. freebie: Mind over Matter. A feat from the Player's Guide to Faerun. let's me apply my int bonus instead of Con for 1st level and +1 hp every time I take a metamagic. Off the top of my head, I think it gives me a bonus to a skill. human: Calisite Elementalist: From Races of Faerun. +1 level when casting fire based spells. fighter 1st: Weapon Focus Greatsword 1st level: Combat casting: I know I'm going to become a mage so why not I figure. 3rd level: Spell Focus-Evocation 5th Level Wizard Bonus: Empower, metamagic 6th Level: Sudden Maximize, metagic For hit points, GM gave us max at 1st-4th, and then either average or roll. So far I've rolled two 3s so I've got (10+4)14 + ((4+2)*3) 18 + ((3+2)*2))10 + 2 for the feat so 45 hit points. Turns out I have more hit points than the fighter asimar, who put his highest stats into Charisma and has no Con bonus. Pretty much standard equipment but I do have a mighty composite longbow +2 strength adjusted and a masterwork greatsword. For magic items, Bracers of Armor +2, a wand of shattering, a wand of magic missiles (part of starting equipment for a Calishite), and a Rod of Empowerment. Now the GM was cool. I had originally picked Combat Expertise but never used it. While reading through Races of Faerun, I saw the Calisite Elementalist and asked if I could swap it since I was always using fire base spells and he gave it the thumbs up. Personally I hate it when a player has feats that he's always swapping out but the GM has a 1 swap out rule in case a PrC or something comes along that you want to qualify for. Made me more dangerous but I don't think too much more terribly dangerous. Can't remember my skills off the top of my head, but I know for my 1st level fighter, I took craft weapons and craft armor because that's what the family deals in. Some of the above may be wrong. In looking at the character, I see that I used the following: Races of Faerun, Player's Guide to Faerun, Complete Arcane, and the Player's Handbook. How do other people go about it? [/QUOTE]
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