Character Creation rules

If you want to try and get up there with them, I'll let you go ahead and roll one more time.

Though...I'm playing an alchemist in Phil's game with some really crappy rolls. He's been a lot of fun (for me, at least) so far.

Question- is there a penalty for putting skill points towards a non-class skill?

No, you just don't get the +3 bonus for having a rank in a class skill, that's all

Irvan, I'm good! Nothing wrong with having some weaknesses

Ok my guy's still missing a few things but here's what I've got so far.

I'm kinda stumped for feats. Even though this guy is a caster I see his role as being more of a front-liner than a spellslinger or controller. Maybe some buffs or debuffs. I've never played a cleric, and I haven't really studied the spell list. The choice of warpriest was based purely on flavor. So given that, I should be going for combat feats. I'm seeing a lot of prerequisites not being met at 1st level though. For example, Power Attack (BAB not high enough). So I'm toying with purely-flavor-motivated feat selection: Firebrand feels fun and will be useful until I get my hands on an actual weapon (at which point it becomes utterly useless). And how about these Damnation Feats, eh?

Jabes! This Warpriest Guide might help you out. I consulted it a bit when made mine for our Ravenloft game.

It goes over the different playstyles, traits, skills, feats and spells. Very in-depth!

Will go over it. Thanks! :-)

Hrm...the Damnation feats look interesting. Give me a moment to actually read over them, and I'll make a decision.

They're from a Player Companion, so they are technically core. I kinda like 'em, but again, I want to read them over.

OK...normally, I'd be all for the Damnation feats. I like them, and there's a lot of potential for story flavor there. However, to balance it all out, I'd have to throw some heavy obligations your way.

I'm going to say not at first level for right now. However, there will be plenty of opportunity for you to gain them as you level up.

Sure, no problem! :-) I don't suppose I can bank feat slots? :-P

Not right now...but there will be opportunity to retrain feats. :)

"Shield Proficiency" here means proficiency with shields (granted by class), or this referring to this feat?

Either one of them, really. As long as you are proficient with shields.

All four of you took Charisma as your dump stat?

Oh, this gone be good.

Seeing that, I'll probably switch my wis and cha around. Someone has to be the "face"

Strength is my dump stat. I'm charismatic enough.

You're right...it is. Still, gone be good. >:D

What does this mean "Select one arcane school power at 1st level that is normally usable a number of times per day equal to 3 + the wizard's Intelligence modifier. The wizard adds +1/2 to the number of uses per day of that arcane school power." I only have one arcane school power. What am I adding + 1/2 to?

Basically, if you took that as your favored class bonus, every two levels you get an extra use to that arcane school power.

Hey Jabes, have you given any thought to your Cleric domains? If you look them over, they grant you interesting powers that begin at first level. It won't necessarily make you a first liner, but they can really help give your character some "oomph!". For example:

Evil Domain
Granted Powers: You are sinister and cruel, and have wholly pledged your soul to the cause of evil.

Touch of Evil (Sp): You can cause a creature to become sickened as a melee touch attack. Creatures sickened by your touch count as good for the purposes of spells with the evil descriptor. This ability lasts for a number of rounds equal to 1/2 your cleric level (minimum 1). You can use this ability a number of times per day equal to 3 + your Wisdom modifier.

Warpriests don't get domains. They get blessings, which are a totally different beast