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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 6800233" data-attributes="member: 36150">Janice is going "tank", if that means anything.  Her focus is defense and resilience, possibly working towards the Bodyguard class (Hence the Armor proficiency [cop vests] and the High hit points).  She's equally capable with gun or nightstick; Kung-Fu or Brawl (or fighting at all, really) isn't her focus.That said, I put a lot of points into Int skills and I'm likely taking at least 1 level of Smart to reflect her shift to Investigation (as she gets hopefully promoted to Detective).  Right now, she's a simple small-town cop.Yes, "mechanically", it would have been smarter (heh) to start with the Smart class for the bonus skill points, but whatever, I'm letting the story describe the character and tacking on what fits after the fact.It's hard to do, but if you can separate the D&D class-thinking from your characters and think about who they are and what they've learned at this stage in their life, you may find some avenues of advancement you never even thought of.That said, we don't have a "people person" or a "techie" represented as yet.Also, consider this: If everyone is playing high school athletic, physical types, might you consider agreeing on a sport and being on the same school team?  Super-easy way to meet everyone and has camaraderie (and drama!) built-in (ex. the tv series 'Friday Night Lights' [football] or 'One Tree Hill' [basketball]).</blockquote>