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<blockquote data-quote="phindar" data-source="post: 4249817" data-attributes="member: 37198">I'm really having trouble getting started building a character for a friend of mine's game.&nbsp; The books I'm using primarily are the PHB, OA, the first four Completes (Ar/D/W/Ad), and the PHB II, with other sources being negotiable.The character creation guidelines are as follows:&nbsp; No multiclassing penalties.&nbsp; I have to take 2 levels of Monk to represent monastic training, and beyond that, any levels I have in a primary casting class have to be less than half my total character level.&nbsp; The characters are starting at 7th level, with half the money, and no magic items.&nbsp; (It's a low magic campaign.)My general idea is for a fighter type who has some spellcasting for buff and minor healing.&nbsp; I'm thinking of going Monk into OA Samurai and taking a few levels of a casting class, either arcane or divine, and taking spells that increase my armor and weapons.&nbsp; But when I actually sit down to build the character, I'm drawing a bit of a blank.&nbsp; I'm thinking something like a Monk/OA Samurai, with a level or two of something like Sorcerer or Earth Shugenja.&nbsp; (The idea is to have spells that buff my armor so I can get my Monk bonuses as well.)&nbsp; Or I could ditch the caster idea and go straight for Ronin, and build around the idea of doing a lot of damage on a charge (Power Attack, two-hand weapon, and Bonzai Charge, maybe with something like Combat Brute or Shock Trooper). Any advice is welcome.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="phindar, post: 4249817, member: 37198"] I'm really having trouble getting started building a character for a friend of mine's game. The books I'm using primarily are the PHB, OA, the first four Completes (Ar/D/W/Ad), and the PHB II, with other sources being negotiable. The character creation guidelines are as follows: No multiclassing penalties. I have to take 2 levels of Monk to represent monastic training, and beyond that, any levels I have in a primary casting class have to be less than half my total character level. The characters are starting at 7th level, with half the money, and no magic items. (It's a low magic campaign.) My general idea is for a fighter type who has some spellcasting for buff and minor healing. I'm thinking of going Monk into OA Samurai and taking a few levels of a casting class, either arcane or divine, and taking spells that increase my armor and weapons. But when I actually sit down to build the character, I'm drawing a bit of a blank. I'm thinking something like a Monk/OA Samurai, with a level or two of something like Sorcerer or Earth Shugenja. (The idea is to have spells that buff my armor so I can get my Monk bonuses as well.) Or I could ditch the caster idea and go straight for Ronin, and build around the idea of doing a lot of damage on a charge (Power Attack, two-hand weapon, and Bonzai Charge, maybe with something like Combat Brute or Shock Trooper). Any advice is welcome. [/QUOTE]

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