Xanedan
2009-03-14, 12:18 PM
I haven't played D&D since the days of 2E, and that was entirely beer and pretzel type play, but have recently bought up almost every 4E source book I could order/preorder being recently blessed with decent disposable income and a large amount of free time.
I've heard tell of a weekly 3.5E game running at a nearby community center and will probably try to get myself into the game. Problem is I have 4E books, and 2E experience leaving me entirely clueless about the nuances of 3E.
So I'm reading what I can to help create a character, but it's not really my style to play anything terribly supernatural, wishing rather to create a persona similar to myself but in a far more fantastical world.
I had this silly idea in my head about creating a non-magical healer who used bandages and alchemy skills for out of combat healing.
I gather there are a great many skills to boost to make yourself an effective alchemist/medic but alchemy seems ostensibly linked to magical classes which just doesn't work with the flavor of the character. Craft: Alchemy, Heal, Knowledge: Nature, Survival, and moderate BAB seem to be the goal.
For this reason ranger seems an obvious choice. It has spells, but a fairly small pool and I guess I can live with that.
My question (Yes! There is a question in all this.): is there a nice feat tree, or obscure PRC that will focus my character more towards effective healing using the skill "heal" or making/using potions more effectively?
I've heard tell of a weekly 3.5E game running at a nearby community center and will probably try to get myself into the game. Problem is I have 4E books, and 2E experience leaving me entirely clueless about the nuances of 3E.
So I'm reading what I can to help create a character, but it's not really my style to play anything terribly supernatural, wishing rather to create a persona similar to myself but in a far more fantastical world.
I had this silly idea in my head about creating a non-magical healer who used bandages and alchemy skills for out of combat healing.
I gather there are a great many skills to boost to make yourself an effective alchemist/medic but alchemy seems ostensibly linked to magical classes which just doesn't work with the flavor of the character. Craft: Alchemy, Heal, Knowledge: Nature, Survival, and moderate BAB seem to be the goal.
For this reason ranger seems an obvious choice. It has spells, but a fairly small pool and I guess I can live with that.
My question (Yes! There is a question in all this.): is there a nice feat tree, or obscure PRC that will focus my character more towards effective healing using the skill "heal" or making/using potions more effectively?