My Fighter Stats.

[Tedulas]

Ok, made up my mind...
Str - 16
Dex - 14
Con - 16
Wis - 10
Int - 10
Cha - 8

And Im gunna spend points on heal, disapline and tumble.
That's it, made up my mind.
I wanted my character to be dumb and ugly!

[miltonyorkcastle]

yay for dumb and ugly!!!  ...err, I mean... no 'expertise' for you!

[ozziewolf]

Get your dex to at least 12 that will give you a +1 AC while wearing full plate.

Also I recommend getting luck of the hero's which is a level 1 feat that gives +1 to all saves and can only be taken at the first level.

I also recommend getting INT to at least 12 that way you get extra skill points.  I would say Discipline and Heal any extra points into Tumble and that one Spell Knowledge spell.   5 points in tumble = 1 AC and 5 points in the spell one gives +1 to saves or so I've heard.

This is of course assuming one is trying to maximize his skills/stats to be the strongest possible character he/she can be.

From an RP Stand point I would say don't take the spell knowldge skill unless it makes RP sense for your character such as my Dwarf is completely clueless about magic.

[jjkolb]

So who's character is this?  Tedulas's or a hodgepodge of everyone else's?
  Seriously, do what Doc says and think of the character first and then apply the abilities.  Your character will feel much more real (if one can in a make believe world).  If you try to get the best of all worlds, the character suffers.
  My $0.02.

[ozziewolf]

jjkolb - 10/19/2005  11:21 AM    So who's character is this?  Tedulas's or a hodgepodge of everyone else's?
  Seriously, do what Doc says and think of the character first and then apply the abilities.  Your character will feel much more real (if one can in a make believe world).  If you try to get the best of all worlds, the character suffers.
  My $0.02.

 Right abilities should always be selected on the character and not what will make him the most uber.  But if some one doesnt know much about fighters its nice to know what all the options are in advance.  Like when I originally played a Rogue I never put points into UMD which really hurt me as a Rogue.  Then when it comes to casters I know absolutely nothing about what a caster needs so he doesnt gimp himself.  So yes while build it around what fits the characters there is nothing wrong with trying to get as much information as possible about a class so that you know what your options are.