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<blockquote data-quote="Maximillian" data-source="post: 758324" data-attributes="member: 9471"><p><strong>Not at 3rd</strong></p><p></p><p>A fighter with no other classes has a maximum of 3 ranks in Knowledge(Tactics) or any other knowledge skill. 8 ranks would require 13th level with no other classes. A level 1 rogue, level 3 fighter could quaulify, and I guess 4th level is a little low for this class too, but I think that 5th is just right.</p><p></p><p>You're probably right about those skills being inappropriate, and maybe the saves, but the feats and skills required are entirely antithetical to a standard fighter. Alertness gives a bonus to two skills that a fighter cannot take cross class (and, without a really solid intelligence, cannot likely take while gaining those other two skills). Iron Will is useful to a fighter, but not on his list of bonus feats and will only serve to detract from any feat chains he may be trying to master. Am I just rambling, or do you see my point?</p><p></p><p>The bit about the symbiot dying is covered in my campaign's information on the race. I didn't provide that, since anyone could find a different in-game justification for the class without using the flavor from my game. I don't think anyone else has, or cares for, the Bodu, since I made them up with help from the player using this class.</p><p></p><p>For future reference, I may raise the Search to also be 4, but I didn't want a non-human, average intelligence fighter to be required to spend all of their skill points gaining entrance by 5th level. </p><p></p><p>It occurs to me I should cross-reference those skill requirements with Ranger... I don't use the PHB ranger, and never had to consider this, but I don't think they have Knowledge as a class skill either, so it shouldn't matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maximillian, post: 758324, member: 9471"] [b]Not at 3rd[/b] A fighter with no other classes has a maximum of 3 ranks in Knowledge(Tactics) or any other knowledge skill. 8 ranks would require 13th level with no other classes. A level 1 rogue, level 3 fighter could quaulify, and I guess 4th level is a little low for this class too, but I think that 5th is just right. You're probably right about those skills being inappropriate, and maybe the saves, but the feats and skills required are entirely antithetical to a standard fighter. Alertness gives a bonus to two skills that a fighter cannot take cross class (and, without a really solid intelligence, cannot likely take while gaining those other two skills). Iron Will is useful to a fighter, but not on his list of bonus feats and will only serve to detract from any feat chains he may be trying to master. Am I just rambling, or do you see my point? The bit about the symbiot dying is covered in my campaign's information on the race. I didn't provide that, since anyone could find a different in-game justification for the class without using the flavor from my game. I don't think anyone else has, or cares for, the Bodu, since I made them up with help from the player using this class. For future reference, I may raise the Search to also be 4, but I didn't want a non-human, average intelligence fighter to be required to spend all of their skill points gaining entrance by 5th level. It occurs to me I should cross-reference those skill requirements with Ranger... I don't use the PHB ranger, and never had to consider this, but I don't think they have Knowledge as a class skill either, so it shouldn't matter. [/QUOTE]
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