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Went over the numbers again. I was mistaken: I DID apply an ability increase at 4th. Sorry about that!

Can we retrain feats? Rapid Strike is rubbish. I don't know why I took it. I guess I mistakenly thought I could stack it with Flurry of Blows. :-P

Could it be that this feat was a prerequisite for another feat you wanted?

Anyways, there are rules for retraining here.

This is the first time I have played on this site, so sorry if I end up spamming while trying to learn how to roll my character.

Stat rolls

STR 11

DEX 16

CON 21

INT 13

WIS 19

CHA 9

@Kalajel I accidentally wrote the stats out of order on the dice rolls, but fixed it above. Is that alright? I had the INT and WIS stats marked backwards in the rolls.

I feel like I got REALLY lucky with those rolls so I am not going to reroll anything. I would like to switch my CON and WIS stats and I'll switch the CHA and DEX (I am doing this to get more Channeling if that is not how it works I reserve the right to undo this :P)

So final stats


STR 11

DEX 9

CON 19

INT 13

WIS 21

CHA 16

Shanata, don't forget to drop the lowest die from each roll. Your stats should have been: 10, 15, 17, 12, 16, 8

Ah, I knew it was too good to be true! Thanks, I figured I must have done something wrong but I wasn't sure what.

STR 10
DEX 15
CON 17
INT 12
WIS 16
CHAR 8

I will swap DEX and CHA. I get a +2 to one ability as a Human so I will bump up the 16 to an 18 so final starting stats of:

STR 10
DEX 8
CON 17
INT 12
WIS 18
CHAR 15

Does this look correct? Would you guys have tried to reroll the 8? The chances of it being lower are pretty slim, but an 8 isn't terrible...

Looks good to me. The reroll is not mandatory, so if you're comfortable with that 8, so am I. As a cleric you'll have access to heavy armor, so that 8 shouldn't be too much of a problem...

Rolling for HP, my character is almost done. Now to go shopping.

Ok, I think my character is done. If anyone has time to look it over that would be great. I included how I calculated the number of skill points, feats ect in the notes. Let me know if I did anything wrong.

I just have a couple questions/problems with equipment.

1) I wanted to have a light cross bow as well but the character sheet won't save a second weapon. I can fill it out but it disappears when I hit save.

2) How do you figure out the maximum weight you can carry, I have just under 100lbs of equipment. My STR is +1 and I am a medium creature (human). I couldn't find this anywhere, I know D&D had penalties for carrying too much.

3) Can you buy rations or do you need to buy meat, bread ect separately.

4) I have 4,000gp left. I am not sure what else I would spend it on, did others have a lot of gold left as well? Should/can I buy a horse? I splurged on mithril armour, a masterwork morning star, I bought shield spikes, and a silver holy symbol.

5) Speaking of holy symbol, can that be bolted to my shield? That way I can present my shield when the spell requires the holy symbol? Would it make sense to also have a ring in case I have to drop the shield for some reason?

Thanks for the help!

Okay, I've approved the character. If you want the other players to be able to check your character, you must put it in your library (checking the book symbol when you're on your characters page).

If you can't add a light crossbow as a weapon, that sounds like a bug. I can try adding it for you (as GM I have the power to edit your character sheet), but if it's still doesn't work, we might want to notify Keleth about this in the bug section...
Edit: I was able to add the crossbow for you. Hopefully, you should be able to edit it and it should still show up...

The carrying capacities for a STR 11 character are Light Load: 38 lbs or less, Medium Load: 39-76 lbs, and Heavy Load 77-115 lbs.
The penalties are that at Heavy Load, your speed will be limited to 20-feet with a run of x3, your Max Dex bonus is +1 (which is a nonissue with your modifier of -1...), and you check penalties which account for armor and encumberment are at -6 or whatever the armor you're wearing has, whichever is worse (so yeah, no swimming with those penalties... :P ).

Trail rations cost 5 SP each and weight 1 lb. each. Each provide enough food for 1 day. There is an inn at the village of Barovia, so you can always eat there too when you're in the village. Still, in order to travel to Barovia, your character would have probably had to take a few days worth of rations...

Some minor magic items might help. I don't remember how much the other players had left after creating their characters... I think it varied between a few dozens to about a hundred or so GP...
Edit: An heward's handy haversack costs only 2000 GP and would definitely help you reduce your weight, seeing that you made your armor out of mithral, I assume mobility was a concern for you.
A headband of inspired wisdom +2 would cost 4000 GP and help increase your Wisdom to a score of 20.
Those are merely suggestions...

Hmm, interesting idea for the holy symbol. Maybe this was covered in one of the many Pathfinders sourcebooks... I'll have to look into it...
Edit: It seems that in order to make a shield, weapon, or armor into your holy symbol, you need to pay someone 250 GP in order to do so. It all has to do with an item creation feat.

Also, I think you forgot to add your CON bonus to your HP. In Pathfinder, each race get to choose their favored class, which is usually teh one they took levels in. Each level of favored class you take gives you minor bonuses like the choice of an extra HP or skill point every level.

Finally, your character will have two traits to choose. Those are small bonus that are not quite to the level of feats but do add a bit of personality to your character...

@kalajel Thanks for the help, the crossbow is there now. I will grab a Haversack and some rations. The haversack brings me just under the Medium load so no extra penalties. Mobility is never a bad idea, you never know when running away will be important.

If you are ok with it I will pay to have the Holy Symbol put on my shield, and retain a traditional one just in case.

Spent the last of the excess gold on a ring of feather fall (I almost bought a swim ring just because of your comment).

I used the favoured class bonuses on skill points, but I will add 3X6=18 to my HP for CON bonuses gives me an even 50.

I added Dedicated Defender and Inspired traits. I wasn't sure where to put them so they are under Feats, with explaining notes.

I think I made it so everyone can see my character, in case anyone else wants to take a look.

Those look like some nice purchase. If you still have a lot of money left, you may check out alchemical items, potions, or scrolls, or perhaps even some of the new anti-undead equipment listed here.

Yeah, the Feat/Ability field is indeed the best place to put in your traits. You can also use it to note your class features and racial abilities. In fact, I think its what this field is for, hence the word "abilities" included in its name...

I put some of that in notes, oops.

I do have a little money left so I am going to buy 10 alchemic flare bolts and 2 vials of vampire repellent.

And with that my cleric is fully equipped and ready to run into some adventurers to join whenever it is convenient story wise :D

I was wondering why did you took Heavy Armor proficiency. With your full plate armor being made out of mithral, it is considered a medium armor.

Good point, I took it before I realized I would have enough money for Mithral armour and never went back to feats.

Would you mind if I change it?

No problems.

Switched it for rapid reload for my light crossbow. Now reloading is a free action, not a move action.

Roll 'em up.

Looks like I missed that 18 train but still not as bad as I was expecting.

(Subject to change as per rolling rules, depending on class choice)
Str: 13
Dex: 15
Con: 16
Int: 16
Wis: 14
Cha: 14

Woah, pretty hardcore. So far I do not see any abilities which could potentially mess with the campaign like the corpse hunter does. Pretty interesting concept. You can make a scarred monk if you want.

Remember that you can switch two traits. You can also re-roll one, but must keep the second result, even if worst than the first.

Oh yeah, I also forgot, you can also select two traits.

Okay, probably going to regret this, but rerolling Str.

Also, swapping Int and Wis.

Yup, regrets: 10

Mathed wrong on my Con modifier; should be +15. Total roll: 41.