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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Muther Hubbard" data-source="post: 1108377" data-attributes="member: 14116">Hi, I'm not very familiar with D&D rules so I'm not sure if I'm making a mistake. Situation is - I'm starting a game and want to play a ranger - but someone in the game's already got one and I've been 'encorouged' to play a fighter (cos there's none in the party). Problem is I have a definite idea of the kind of character I want to play - a scout/guerilla/stealthy tracker  who has a quaterstaff, or a couple of machetes or axes. Prefers the company of wild things, man of few words etc...So my compromise (we start at Level 2) is to start with a level of Ranger and then build fighter on from that point on. I'll continue to wear light armor and become a bit of a killer with the above mentioned weapons. I know this is a mistake from a power-gaming perspective. As fighter I should use decent armour and a huge sword. But I have a definite character ideal that i want to play and the heavily armoured fighter (or barbarian) isn't it.(the Wolf Totem Warrior from Aracana unearthed would fit the bill a lot better but I doubt I'll be allowed this).I'm not strong on the making the rule system work to my advantage. Is there a danger that this hybrid will end up neither one thing or the other, or does he have some possibilities? Any suggestions on how to constrtuct him from a rules point of view?thanks a lot</blockquote>