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#1 Archenstone May 17, 2012 21:03:50	Hello, I am currently designing a character for a 'redemption' type of game where you were evil and died but have a chance to redeem your soul. I decided to play a half dragon out of the fact that I'm simply a dragon nut, and like some of the stat boosts. Now I was a bit hesistant to place this in an optimization board simply because I'm not trying to "min-max" my character. I'm just a bit new and need some help building a decent character to have fun with. I should also warn you I am limited to certain content "Allowed Material: SRD (no psionics or psionic races), Savage Species, Complete Warrior, Complete Arcane, Vile of Darkness, and Exalted Deeds. I will allow all monster races/monster classes. You will be allowed to pay off level adjustment. Character level is 7 or should be close to 7. NO multiclassing EXP penalty. Please list what books you use so I know. These are the books that I have the best access to. If you need something specific from another book, let me know and I will see if I can get a hold of it. You will start with the amount of 21,000 exp, which may mean you end up with less then a level 7 character if you spend some in item creation. Gold will be 10,000 gold pieces plus a +3 magic item of your choice either weapon or armor." I already confirmed races of the dragon is a no, no, for which I am greatly grieved but will accept. *I was going to use 1st lvl feats for wings/tail.* And before its asked, I know Silver Dragons prefer lawful good and normally the progeny is inclined towards the dragon alignment, however I believe Nurture trumps nature and this girl doesn't get a happy past. She is lawful evil based on her past experiences/actions. What I have so far.... Race: Silver dragon/Human (half dragon template)  Age: 123 Female Personality Traits: Alpha, dominating, manipulative, jaded, Trust no One, Cunning, Ambitious Alignment: Before death Lawful Evil. All characters start true neutral and vector off based on in game decisions like in Fallout.  Current class thought: Hexblade /Mind Bender *I had wanted to do this combo because it fit her personality and actions so well however I am now thinking it will take too long to develop. I was also thinking of perhaps an odd spin of Hexblade/Dirvish, but the skills don't mesh well and Dirvish, though absolutely fun, doesn't seem to fit her in my mind. Question: MM1 Half Dragon template bases skill points off racial hit die, which my dm for one reason or another as said I will be using....but how do you calculate that when the base race *Human here* has no Racial HD? Stats:30 point buy 12, 12, 12, 10,14,16 With HD template 20,12,14,12,14,18 Plus 1 for lvl 4. I was thinking cha or con  skill point (6 + Int modifier) × (HD + 3).
#2 Maat_Mons May 17, 2012 22:04:06	LA +3 is pretty hefty. One thing you might want to ask about is the half-dragon template class from the website. The racial classes on the website use slightly different rules from the ones in Savage Species, in that you don't have to take all the levels right away. My first thought is half-dragon 1 / battle sorcerer 6.
#3 Uknits May 18, 2012 22:42:58	There are no racial HD for humans.  Your first level as any of the base races will always be a class level, regardless of templates. As for builds, battle sorcerer would be cute, but Paladin of Tyranny (the Unearthed Arcana Section of the SRD) would be perfect for your personality, talk to your DM about alignment incompatibilities if needed and how converting from one type of paladin to another would work.  You have the charisma and physical abilties, though, for the perfect paladin build.