Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:11 am
Your latest build seems pretty solid. I wouldn't doubt about that one.
Domi_Ash wrote:
To answer your question, no, I don't see Leida as shy; as a ranger she did meet plenty of people and served as a guide through the wilderness, a protector and as she travels. Charisma is an essential skill for someone who travels on her own, to be able to convince the strangers that they should offer her food and shelter. Plus she grew up in a big city. She can definetly lead. She is a male PC romantic interest; she might not be a beauty queen, but she is attractive. Her charisma is average or higher than average. I can throw in a couple of illegal points there, since it does not affect her ranger abilities, so, I would be looking at the 'natural' range of 8 to 10, perhaps.
As for her race it's a toss-up between a human and a half-elf. Though if dwarves or tieflings make great rangers, please, let me know.
Multiclassing is up to a player, really, in IWD2, but the 'official' version will be pure class, me thinks.
So, perhaps, if strenth-based build is better than dex-based build:
STR 18
DEX 14
CON 16
INT 10
WIS 14
CHA 8 + 2 'illegal' points to the total of 10.
I think a tiefling would actually be an interesting choice for a ranger, here are the tiefling stats:
Strengths:
* +2 to Intelligence
* +2 to Dexterity
* +2 to Bluff and Hide skill checks
* +5 to Cold, Fire, and Electrical Resistances
* Blindness 1/day
Weaknesses:
* -2 to Charisma
* Character level is considered 1 level higher when the experience for advancing levels is determined
Favored Class:
* Rogue
Don't rangers also use stealth? If so the +2 to Hide would probably be useful. Plus, a Tiefling ranger departs from the usual elf/half-elf model, and it would add to her back story and interparty banter. Just a thought anyway
Also, while you are looking at a pure-class build, it would give players the option to multi-class her into a rogue if they wanted.