Brauron
2010-02-19, 05:47 PM
So, a friend of mine is starting a D&D 3.5 campaign, and has asked me to make a 2nd-level character. He told me the following books were open for use: PHB, PHB II, and all the Completes.
I decided to do something a little out of the ordinary, while also utilizing a race and class I've never played (I tend towards humans and dwarves). The description of the Knight class mentions that Half-Orcs rarely get the opportunity to become Knights, but that they're not unheard of (and their STR bonus serves them well).
I should note that nobody in this group is particularly geared towards optimization.
I rolled really well for stats, and my character currently looks like this, having taken racial modifiers into account:
STR 19
DEX 14
CON 17
INT 13
WIS 12
CHA 15
FORT +3
REF +2
WILL +4
HP: 29
AC: 19
FLAT: 17
TOUCH: 12
INIT: +2
BAB: +2
Ride +7, Intimidate +7, Climb +7, Swim +6 (ranks and ability modifiers, armor check penalties not factored in)
and tentatively outfitted with a Masterwork Breastplate, a Masterwork Heavy Steel Shield, a Masterwork Battleaxe, mundane Flail, and mundane Shortspear.
As a Knight, he gets Mounted Combat as a bonus feat at second level, but I haven't decided on his first-level feat yet. Some options I was considering were Combat Reflexes or Shield Specialization (Heavy) from PHB II.
Any other suggestions?
I decided to do something a little out of the ordinary, while also utilizing a race and class I've never played (I tend towards humans and dwarves). The description of the Knight class mentions that Half-Orcs rarely get the opportunity to become Knights, but that they're not unheard of (and their STR bonus serves them well).
I should note that nobody in this group is particularly geared towards optimization.
I rolled really well for stats, and my character currently looks like this, having taken racial modifiers into account:
STR 19
DEX 14
CON 17
INT 13
WIS 12
CHA 15
FORT +3
REF +2
WILL +4
HP: 29
AC: 19
FLAT: 17
TOUCH: 12
INIT: +2
BAB: +2
Ride +7, Intimidate +7, Climb +7, Swim +6 (ranks and ability modifiers, armor check penalties not factored in)
and tentatively outfitted with a Masterwork Breastplate, a Masterwork Heavy Steel Shield, a Masterwork Battleaxe, mundane Flail, and mundane Shortspear.
As a Knight, he gets Mounted Combat as a bonus feat at second level, but I haven't decided on his first-level feat yet. Some options I was considering were Combat Reflexes or Shield Specialization (Heavy) from PHB II.
Any other suggestions?