Post by WxMAN on Sept 28, 2010 15:14:10 GMT -6
First off, thanks for letting me play with y'all and teaching me ;D
Alright, since I am so new to this whole thing, I decided it would be a good idea to 'recreate' by hand my character since it was created with Hero Lab in kind of a rush before we started Friday.
I have attached the character sheet I used to fill in my stuffs and am comparing it to the pdf HERE , if you like it the blank version can be found:
Happy Camper's Class Specialized Character Sheets
www.pathfinderdb.com/character-sheets
Onto my questions!
1. My class features has "Bravery +1 (Ex)" which has a +1 Modifier to Will Saves (pg 55 in Core book), yet in HeroLab, there was no marking of this so my Will Save stayed at +1... who's correct?
2. In the skills, ie: Climb... I have 1 rank in it, and a +3 str ability modifier... but a -6 AC penalty from my shield and armor... but its value is 1, why is this? I originally thought maybe each rank meant +3 to the skill, and because it was a class skill I got an additional +1 (for whatever reason).. but using that system with intimidate doesn't work so can that be explained?
3. Appraise skill is listed as only a +1, but my racial trait "Greed" gives a +2 to Appraise checks (pg 21 in the Core book), but it is only listed as +1 in Hero Lab's build sheet?
4. To quote a movie I quite enjoy: "Who takes Improved Initiative?" I was just wondering if improved initiative is really that useful compared to another feat (more combat oriented) I could have taken? Or is it actually nice to have?
If you see any other errors in my handwritten or hero-lab generated sheet, let me know as it will really help me to better understand this whole character creation thing!
Alright, since I am so new to this whole thing, I decided it would be a good idea to 'recreate' by hand my character since it was created with Hero Lab in kind of a rush before we started Friday.
I have attached the character sheet I used to fill in my stuffs and am comparing it to the pdf HERE , if you like it the blank version can be found:
Happy Camper's Class Specialized Character Sheets
www.pathfinderdb.com/character-sheets
Onto my questions!
1. My class features has "Bravery +1 (Ex)" which has a +1 Modifier to Will Saves (pg 55 in Core book), yet in HeroLab, there was no marking of this so my Will Save stayed at +1... who's correct?
2. In the skills, ie: Climb... I have 1 rank in it, and a +3 str ability modifier... but a -6 AC penalty from my shield and armor... but its value is 1, why is this? I originally thought maybe each rank meant +3 to the skill, and because it was a class skill I got an additional +1 (for whatever reason).. but using that system with intimidate doesn't work so can that be explained?
3. Appraise skill is listed as only a +1, but my racial trait "Greed" gives a +2 to Appraise checks (pg 21 in the Core book), but it is only listed as +1 in Hero Lab's build sheet?
4. To quote a movie I quite enjoy: "Who takes Improved Initiative?" I was just wondering if improved initiative is really that useful compared to another feat (more combat oriented) I could have taken? Or is it actually nice to have?
If you see any other errors in my handwritten or hero-lab generated sheet, let me know as it will really help me to better understand this whole character creation thing!