Not so, Oh Mighty DM! See Posts #4 and #5 for my character concept -- [Darthan - human mercenary fighter (bastard sword specialist and light crossbowman), he is also addicted to games of chance and will bet on just about anything.]
Since I gather that we'll be [starting, at least] in a harbor town, and the other characters have at least a twinge of nautical flavor to them, perhaps I'd better make Darthan a sailor, too, replace his bastard sword specialty with scimitar or falchion specialty. Possibly even glaive, although that is perhaps more difficult to justify as a shipboard weapon. Hmmm....