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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Strider The Ranger" data-source="post: 241710" data-attributes="member: 1741">Help with characterYAY First to respond...at least, unless someone else responds before I can... In any case, here's what I'd do. Look at the scores again and how you've assigned them. Then ask yourself, Why does ___ have this as a score? You said you had a background, but does it reflect the attributes as well? This helps too. Here's what I'd insert into whatever background you have: (Oh, and the name I'd pick would be Geoffroy [that's pronounced with that french-sounding J and ending with a "wah"] ) Geoffroy grew up as the youngest child of three boys to a fairly impoverished family. As the youngest, Geoffroy was constantly the butt of jokes and when there was a scuffle, he was almost always the loser since his two brothers inevitably allied against him. From his backyard brawling with his brothers, Geoffroy learned to be quicker than them to win. While he gained some strength from the years of wrestling, he found he was more agile and could often catch his brothers off their guard. That was when he discovered that the combination of his agility and polite attitude could help his family eat and live healthily. At first he stole only when he had to; a loaf of bread here, a steak there. He always put on his most innocent expression and had a knack for convincing others he was "just distributing some uneven wealth". After years of acting as Robin Hood with quite the success, his parents began to look more favorably upon the former runt of the litter. They showered him with praise and elation, which brought to him more happiness than he had ever known. This praise made him think better of himself, but unfortunately, inflated his ego (possibly the reason behind the low wisdom score). He always was convinced he could succeed despite any and all odds. But he was a fairly bright fellow and understood he was no match against warrior-types: he had to be quick, nimble, and hit them hard and fast before they could fight back. Now that's just the stuff I might want to incorporate into a character background. Sure you can min/max to compensate for a weak score, but with most DM's, if you have a strong point you can focus on when you roleplay, they will often "throw you a bone" (i.e. an XP bonus).Now for the feats, skills, etc:Under feats, I would get rid of alertness....to me, spending a feat to get +2 on a skill simply isn't worth the slot. I'd go for Lightning Reflexes, or one of the Bow feats (take advantage of that nice ranged atk modifier).The skills seem to be nicely distributed and are practical. The Bluff score can also help with his roleplaying and is already incorporated into his background.The magic weapons are also well-purchased. The only other suggestion I would make is that if you do purchase Bow feats, buy a +1 bow at the very least.Now, off you go! Have some fun and I hope I helped</blockquote>

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