TooSlo
2011-10-17, 10:56 PM
Hey all, I've been reading these forums for a couple weeks now and trying to learn as much as possible, but I'm finding myself stuck currently. I'm playing D&D for the first time in almost 15 years with a group of friends, but I'm finding that I'm incredibly lost on what class to start, though I have a bit of an idea of the style play I'd like to get into.
To give a little background, we're starting a campaign in the Eberron world, and it's going to be somewhat lenient since myself and some others are just now getting back into playing a d20 game. We're starting with a character level of 4 and will likely finish this initial campaign ~level 11-12, so end-game awesomeness isn't something that I need to keep an eye on.
Currently I've been interested in the idea of a Spellthief, as it feels like an alternative to a pure Rogue class (which someone else is already playing) but I was hoping to get some of the sneaky abilities while keeping myself at range. Reading through some of the rules books we have (most everything in 3.5 is available to us) I'm just struggling to find something that fits that character archetype, and I'm not sure if it actually exists.
The spellcaster portion of the class isn't a "needed" feature, it just seemed like a neat feature to the class. The most important features are as follows.
Stealthy abilities (hide/sneak/etc)
Mainly uses ranged weapons (bow/xbow/etc)
Not really interested in a pure spellcaster
Not forced into strict alignment. (Some freedom in selfish/selfless acts if the opportunity arises)
Don't have a huge interest in a familiar/pet/etc
I apologize if this isn't the specific forum for this type of post, but it seemed like my question didn't fit into the stickies since it didn't pertain to any rules clarifications, I'm just hoping to find some help in figuring out a good class combo to start this campaign.
Cheers!
To give a little background, we're starting a campaign in the Eberron world, and it's going to be somewhat lenient since myself and some others are just now getting back into playing a d20 game. We're starting with a character level of 4 and will likely finish this initial campaign ~level 11-12, so end-game awesomeness isn't something that I need to keep an eye on.
Currently I've been interested in the idea of a Spellthief, as it feels like an alternative to a pure Rogue class (which someone else is already playing) but I was hoping to get some of the sneaky abilities while keeping myself at range. Reading through some of the rules books we have (most everything in 3.5 is available to us) I'm just struggling to find something that fits that character archetype, and I'm not sure if it actually exists.
The spellcaster portion of the class isn't a "needed" feature, it just seemed like a neat feature to the class. The most important features are as follows.
Stealthy abilities (hide/sneak/etc)
Mainly uses ranged weapons (bow/xbow/etc)
Not really interested in a pure spellcaster
Not forced into strict alignment. (Some freedom in selfish/selfless acts if the opportunity arises)
Don't have a huge interest in a familiar/pet/etc
I apologize if this isn't the specific forum for this type of post, but it seemed like my question didn't fit into the stickies since it didn't pertain to any rules clarifications, I'm just hoping to find some help in figuring out a good class combo to start this campaign.
Cheers!