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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 3537243" data-attributes="member: 892">PHB II has retraining rules for those that change their character concept mid-stream.Also, the characters that don't have all the books memorized can ask the characters that do.  Although there are things that make them equally happy, nothing makes a rules lawyer happier than being able to show a person how to meet the prerequisites for various feats and prestige classes.  Just watch their eyes light up!Personally, I like having a 1-20 (or sometimes just 1-15, since most campaigns I am in stop before 16) planned character in my head.  It gives me a 4 dimensional map of what my character will be like.  But that plan is certainly not written in stone, and I can change in-game as needed.That said, I am considering playing a Factotum and here I am having a great deal of difficulty planning ahead.  I know that I want to stay single-classed, and that tripping will be involved, so that means Combat Expertise, Improved Trip, and perhaps Combat Acrobat so no one returns the favor if I fail.  I might also take Power Attack, Bull Rush and Shock Trooper.  And then maybe that feat in CM that lets you use the same UMD score on a magic item all day, and that other feat in CC that lets you use Knowledge checks to get bonii to hit/damage types of monsters.  At least that's one way to go.  For skills, I am thinking of maxing out Search and Disable Device, and UMD.  Otherwise, I would want to spread the points as widely as possible - even to some Crafts and Professions.And all of that may change.  If another guy is playing a rogue when I play the Factotum, perhaps I will not max out Search and Disable Device.  If we are doing a "giant heavy" campaign, perhaps Trip and Bullrush will go by the boards too.  It all depends both on what other characters are doing, which affects my self-perceived role in the party, and on what happens to my character in game.</blockquote>

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