Pathfinder Character Creation Walk Through

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Ryan walks you through how to create a character for Pathfinder first edition.
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@sajuro81419 5 жыл бұрын

7 years later. Thanks this video helps me.

@GamerGoggles 5 жыл бұрын

Would you like more "how to" Pathfinder videos?

@ChrisHanline 5 жыл бұрын

"I'm doing everything random." *Chooses alignment based on current mood*

@SteinerSE 6 жыл бұрын

A class skill give you a +3 misc bonus to the skill if you have a rank in it, not 3 bonus ranks (you can't have more ranks in a skill than your level).

@Nightfire99201 5 жыл бұрын

When it comes to ability scores, do what your DM says.

@InVaDeRsOfThEeArTh 12 жыл бұрын

thank you so much; I was so confused before I saw this.

@apex1990 5 жыл бұрын

Thinking about running a Pathfinder scenario within my own home brewed campaign setting. This video was a lot of help, thank you for uploading! :)

@dclxvi_89 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@bryanvivian7480 11 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing. Helped me to clear up some questions that I had. Thank you GamerGoggles. Love the artwork on the box as well.

@atftbone 12 жыл бұрын

Great walk through. Looking into this game and will probably pick this box set up.

@astrobollo 12 жыл бұрын

Nice video and great turotial for starters. I'm gonna to reference my friends to this, I'm going to start a PF campaign (as soon as my Beginner Box arrive, can´t wait!) and I'm the only one with experience in roleplaying so this video will be very handy. Thanks a lot! :D

@Dazspaz6 12 жыл бұрын

This is Pathfinder :P

@TheVoidReturnsNil 12 жыл бұрын

An interesting thing about Lawful Good... most people *do* think of the "lawful stupid" stereotype, but heroes like Batman are often aligned as Lawful Good. He holds to a strict code (no killing), respects the established governmental order and justice system over his own judgements, and works to protect and preserve life (good). And yet, he's an awesome and complex character, and by no means "lawful stupid". Just something to think about :D It's possible to play an epic paladin.

@frost9239 11 жыл бұрын

Always wanted to play d&d but never new where to go and what to do, now that ive found this, im sooo getting pathfinder! thanks man, that was a great video, I'm getting the begginer box this saturday

@cluxiroge 7 жыл бұрын

thanks this really helped me make characters for my friends!

@balsimar 12 жыл бұрын

Class Hit Die + CON modifier. If you're making your starting class your favored class, don't forget that even level 1 gets to choose a hit point or skill rank.

@MembrainJ 11 жыл бұрын

Character generation tools are great but nothing quite like build a character using the dice and good old pencil and paper Nice job!

@Cenwyc 11 жыл бұрын

You do not roll for starting hit points in pathfinder. At level 1, you just start with the maximum for your class. For instance, wizards start with 6 hp, rogues and clerics with 8, fighters with 10. Then you add your constitution modifier. For instance, a fighter with a 12 constitution would have a +1 modifier. His hit points would start at 10 + 1 = 11.

@millbranch2 10 жыл бұрын

Super helpful!!! Thanks, Ryan!!

@mcrmakesmemelt 12 жыл бұрын

thanks I am a total noob to this stuff. My friends just invited me to play this game with them every week so this was a big help!!

@GamerGoggles 12 жыл бұрын

Each Class has a die you roll. For Example most fighter types are a d10 base. You would roll one d10 (per level) and ad the appropriate ability modifiers.

@Jan.V 12 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your video very much :) Good explainations for a beginner. I am playing Pathfinder for two years with some friends but I also like to watch such tutorial videos. If I was a totally beginner at the latest after this video I would have wanted to play Pathfinder myself. Thanks for sharing!

@WASD20 10 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Thanks!

@DirkDigglerExtreme 11 жыл бұрын

Each level, you roll your hit die and gain that many hit points. If you have a constitution bonus, you add that to the gained HP at each level. So if you start a first level fighter with, say, 14 con, then you roll 1d10, add two, and that's how many HP you have. If you gain a second level in fighter, you'd roll an additional 1d10+2, and gain that many maximum HP. Repeat. Hit dice are mostly for monsters, and can be ignored.

@urmanascrewed 11 жыл бұрын

This vid cleared up the rules a lot thx!

@pedrohmantelli 12 жыл бұрын

Answering to your question: Summoner is a class in Pathfinder found in "Ultimate Magic" there are many classes in Pathfinder that allow you to build an Illusionist character, but I can't recall any supplement that includes Tieflings as a player's race. In 4E, Tieflings are a player's race and you have many many different classes who allow you to build a character specialized in summoning and/or illusion. Both systems will allow you a great amount of freedom and endless options. I vote for 4E!

@gamelover260 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I want to convince my buddy to strt it up with, and at first glance chracter creation looks tedious and confusing. so this will help us both.

@ronaldsanfran 11 жыл бұрын

Just Google "tiefling pathfinder" and you'll find the entry for the tiefling in the Bestiary. One great thing about Pathfinder is that all of its core books and bestiaries are online. The Tiefling entry has rules for creating Tiefling characters.

@megatokyo20 11 жыл бұрын

Very helpful thank you.

@amusement420 12 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Helpful. Without seeing the entire sheet it seems odd they wouldn't have a space to write the armor down underneath the armor section if they're giving the other sections the treatment. It's good you went against the grain a bit. But it's good you mention you could go back and min-max the Skills based on rearranging the ability scores. The graphic design layout is easy to read but not very RPG fantasy gamey. Looks more like instructions for a power drill lol

@dawala1000 12 жыл бұрын

I have my players roll 4d6 minus the lowest die 7 times and pick the best 6 scores and that way they can place the scores however they want and pick their class based on what they want to play. It tends to creat a little higher scores but not so high they all powerful . To me they are the heros of the world so if their scores are a a bit higher then normal thats fine with me .Great video guys .

@TotemOfBryce 11 жыл бұрын

lawful good does not equal lawful nice as my paladin would say.

@Quietninjastar 11 жыл бұрын

Really helpful

@ElliotCarver 11 жыл бұрын

Everyone does their first game. It can be a little harrowing. My first game, I invented what could have best been described as a sheep grenade. It worked about as well as you could expect.

@DannySisto 12 жыл бұрын

You do get to add your +1 Dexterity bonus to your AC, even while wearing medium armor. So your AC should be 17.

@RyanGatts 12 жыл бұрын

I've played 3.5 for years. I'm watching this to learn more about how the system is different.

@DubblejayComics 9 жыл бұрын

Great video. I like your positivity. Cool :)

@DavidSmallVideos 11 жыл бұрын

Great video! This helped a lot. One question though. Why didn't you add your DEX mod to section H in the armor/amor class portion?

@eddojynx 12 жыл бұрын

Pathfinder has both an Advanced Player's Guide which adds new classes (one of which is the summoner :) and has an Advanced Race Guide which adds 30 new races, you might be able to find your race in there or something extremely close to it. Hope I helped :)

@splendedwarrior 11 жыл бұрын

I would love to see you build a character, just like this, for the full pathfinder game.

@quantus5875 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, agreed! This is a great video. Probably one of the best Pathfinder creation videos I have seen on KZfaq.

@RTard48JRod 11 жыл бұрын

guess it is just me then:( I bought the core rule book. It felt great, loved the art, the rules and they way it was written. After about 6 months of heavy use it fell apart( somtimes expected) so i bought the Inner Sea Guide and that fell apart within a weak of light use, i thought mayber a fluke, so i bouht the Monster book and that fell apart too:( quick, light use..sucks for me haha..i put book binding glue in side the binding( where the paper meets the bind, NOT where the cloth binding meets

@01NiCk01 12 жыл бұрын

Tiefling is in the Advanced Race Guide,

@ronaldsanfran 11 жыл бұрын

Actually, you start with max hp at 1st level when you create a PC (p. 12)

@algebraizt 12 жыл бұрын

I started on 4e. Pathfinder/D&D 3.5e (are incredibly similar Pathfinder is basically an updated 3.5e) gives you more roleplaying freedom though there is more maths. D&D 4e is more focused on quick resolve combat. Like for example in my 3.5e campaign my players have got a small trade empire going from buying ships & recruiting crew and I find the rules comfortably support this. My 4e campaign is more about MMO style fighting. 4e is easier to learn but in my opinion not as satisfying.

@Dfowler98 11 жыл бұрын

@GamerGoggles Hey, could you make a walkthrough video on making a character with the core rulebook? I'm confused with it. I'm trying to make a Half-Elf Ninja.. I need some help.

@davidrivers2908 11 жыл бұрын

where did you get those awsome D6 dice i would love to know and i cant decied between D&D or PF which one do you guys think is better

@cfield189 12 жыл бұрын

"exceptions to the rule" DRIZZT! lol currently watching this to lift some uncertainties from my half elf rogue build. in other words, adapting from 3.5 to a fresher and different game, but still close to home. this game seems EXTREMELY promising and can't wait to get my character lined out and start out on the first campaign. thanks for the vid, and... can i haz vorpel sword PUHLEEZ!?

@gynophagos 12 жыл бұрын

Should I get this Beginner box, or should I get the D&D red box? Which one is better?

@pedrohmantelli 12 жыл бұрын

Pathfinder is the 3.5 edition revisited. 4E is much simpler, balanced and practical. It was designed to solve the main weakness and limitations of the 3.5 edition, so strongly recomend 4E. The power between classes are very unbalanced in pathfinder. The fighter classes are better at lower levels, but wizards by far outweight them at medium and high levels. Besides, a fighter can't do much other than the same weapon attacks whilst spellcasters have a wide variety of spells and interesting powers.

@GamerGoggles 12 жыл бұрын

I am uncertain as to whether or not you can grab a tiefling in Pathfinder, but I am sure there is something really close. As for starting with 4e or Pathfinder I would go with Pathfinder for the simple reason that 4e is on its way out, so the support will be minimal in the near future. With that said 5th ed will be out late this year or early next (not an official date yet). If you want to get started right away pathfinder is the way to go.

@180sxify 12 жыл бұрын

im thinking u mean with stats modifiers? the +3 is the benefit your statistic gives to your secondary abilities, skills etc. starting at 10 it is considered average, so u get no modifier, and whether u are going up, or down, in stats this will adjust.

@DUSKYMOO 12 жыл бұрын

well hello im just starting to play with my friends and we dont know a thing and we dont know if we should start with 4E or pathfinder we just want it to give us freedom for example i dont want to be a any of these races i want to be a tiefling and i dont want to be any of these classes i want to be a summoner or a illusionist can i do any of this in 4E, 3.5 or pathfinder??

@GamerGoggles 11 жыл бұрын

My pathfinder books are fine. I have had books fall apart in the past, but that is usually from more wear and tear, like traveling to conventions.

@180sxify 12 жыл бұрын

Its all gonna be dictated by the DM, he can either say "rules exactly" or give u a bit of wriggle room. ie, if u wanna try something that isnt designated in the rules. making up an appropriate rule/difficulty roll on the spot

@RTard48JRod 11 жыл бұрын

Hey Mr GamerGoggles, did your pathfinder books fall apart? i LOVE and respect al my books(especcially the ones tht cost 50) and they all fell apart. I dont throw them on the floor or i dont bend them. but they fell apart..any insight as to why?

@DirkDigglerExtreme 11 жыл бұрын

I prefer 4th edition and I would still point people towards the Beginner Box than the Red Box. It's just better designed to introduce new players to the hobby, while the Red Box is designed to... I'm not sure what it's supposed to be.

@JacquesQuestiaux 12 жыл бұрын

nice vid, but you should make a tut for the proper character sheet, im trying to make a proper one based off this but its not working too well

@C4ptainSeven 11 жыл бұрын

You can use it as long as you're playing 3.5 of D&D or before.

@andrewearenheart9916 7 жыл бұрын

When you were doing the feats you said the feats have pictures of the classes that CAN take them. Did you mean classes that can conventional use them better than others? I'm aware there are prerequisites but are certain feats only accessible by certain classes?

@quantus5875 6 жыл бұрын

What the pictures of the classes with each feat is supposed to show what classes the given feat is recommended for, i.e. it's used to help players make their feat choices. So for example, if a feat has a picture of the rogue and fighter on it, it means that the the feat is recommended for the rogue and fighter, but a cleric or wizard can still take it. The actual class prerequisites for a feat are listed in the prerequisites for each feat (right under the title of each feat), for example the feat: "Selective Channeling" has the prerequisites: Charisma 13 and Cleric, meaning only Clerics with a Charisma of 13 or higher can take the "Selective Channeling" feat. Another example might help. The feat "Weapon Finesse" has a picture of a fighter and a rogue, and the prerequisites listed for this feat are "none". This means that this feat is recommended for a fighter or a rogue, but you can still take this feat if you are a wizard or a cleric. Hope this makes sense. :-)

@Ejhekk33 11 жыл бұрын

How many skills do I put down when I start and how do I know which ones are correct (if followed by the book)?

@quantus5875 6 жыл бұрын

The number of skills you get depends on your class. How many you get is listed on top of page 34 in the Hero's Handbook. See the section on page 34 called "(D) Skills at 1st Level" and it is explained in detail right there.

@Lardo137 11 жыл бұрын

Er, sorry about this, but how EXACTLY does it work? Sometimes, some say that a fighter has 44 hp, while others say he has d10 HD. How are HD translated into hp? I never played any Tabletop RPG. Is it like rolling a new d10 every time you level up, and adding the value to your hit point total?

@RTard48JRod 11 жыл бұрын

the carboard..that needs to stay loose. that seemed to help..anyway, just wante to see if it was eeryone or bad luck

@charleshagen1985 4 жыл бұрын

Honestly I play d&d but this still looks like a lot

@Thats1000 12 жыл бұрын

just get a shadowrun box and go out and cast invisibility.

@MrOragada 12 жыл бұрын

The more freedom you want the more complicated it gets. Sure you can play a Tiefling in Pathfinder, it is in the Bestiary. Summoner and Illusionist are specializations of the Wizard. Tiefling is a core class in D&D 4th and I am not sure about Summoner or Illusionist in 4th. In the end it will come back to bite you if you go overly complicated on your first try on pen'n'paper RPGs. Do yourself a favor and go for the basic stuff for your first adventure, they can be plenty exciting on their own

@alexsgamingshow2474 3 жыл бұрын

Hey do you invite viewers to play with you if so can you run me through the starter set??? Would love to try it out!

@GamerGoggles 3 жыл бұрын

I have never invited viewers to play online, but I have done it at conventions. Let me ask around and see if I can get a few players.

@MrGeocache1 11 жыл бұрын

Hey Ryan, I just wanted to know, if I make a character with this beginner box character sheet, can I also use that same character sheet in a game of actual D&D? Or do I need the actual D&D permitted character sheet? Thanks.

@NoESanity 6 жыл бұрын

using the same sheet... no problem, all of the boxes will correspond properly except the skills. hell, if all you're doing is keeping track of your stats, there is nothing to say you can't use a piece of notebook paper, it won't change the way the game plays just because you don't have the same sheet as everyone else.

@Sarkhamy 11 жыл бұрын

"It's first grade, so its longbow class, instead of learning to color." Color the world with the blood that you let with your arrows!

@SoulerVids 11 жыл бұрын

Can someone please help me? I'm using the Core Rulebook (can't find Beginner's Box where I live) and I am making a wizard, my int modifier is 4, I put 1 skill point on Linguistics, with that +3 for class skill I now have 8 points in Linguistics. Does that mean I can still get only 1 language because I put only 1 point, or 8, or what?

@quantus5875 6 жыл бұрын

Not quite. This is how it works per the Pathfinder Core Rulebook: First you get languages based on your race, the simplest case is a Human gets one language, which is "Common". Second you get bonus languages according to your Intelligence modifier. So if your Intelligence is 18, you have a +4 INT modifier, so you get 4 extra bonus languages on top of what you got for your race. You then get one extra language for every point you put in Linguistics. To make things slightly more complex some character classes get bonus languages, these are detailed (if any) in the rules for each class. For example a Druid gets the free extra language: "Druidic". So in your example assuming you are a Human Wizard with an 18 Intelligence and you put one skill rank in Linguistics you would have a total of 6 Languages, i.e. 1 (human) + 4 (INT modifier) +1 (for the skill rank you put in Linguistics). btw: The Pathfinder Beginner's Box does not have any Language rules -- just the simplification that everyone speaks "Common", so all the player characters can talk to each other. :-) What you will see is that on Page 6 of the Beginner's Box Transition Guide there is a paragraph that talks about Languages. It basically says it is an advanced rule, and refers you to the Pathfinder Core Rulebook for language rules.

@Ragnarok3283 11 жыл бұрын

Just one of the different methods used to generate a character's Ability Scores. In this method you roll 4 die, remove the lowest roll and add the other 3 together to form the score. If this isn't the method of choice or you wanna try another method, you can look it up on d20pfsrd.com.

@qwertymuzza 11 жыл бұрын

good question though

@TotemOfBryce 11 жыл бұрын

my dm lets us make our lowest state in to a free 18 (to make us more heroic) and I love him for it

@quantus5875 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, not a bad House rule. Just a little thing to make the character more survivable at low levels.

@RTard48JRod 11 жыл бұрын

Dungeons and Dragons 4E is more hack and slash and pathfinder is a buit more stratigical. In DnD Wizards can cast spells pretty as much as they want( the need to prepare still) and in Pathfinder they can only cast 2 to 5 per day. (not including wands) If i am incorrect, please correct me haha, but i am sure this is how it works

@ZMawby 9 жыл бұрын

I Really want to make like a Blood mage Priest any idea of how I should do that. The group im playing with did some thing called super stats I dont really know im very very new at this. Wount see them for a week or so please help. This is what i have right now that i did with them.... Str 22 Dex 24 Con 25 Int 23 Wis 25 Cha 25 please please help me.

@quantus5875 6 жыл бұрын

Super stats is just something your gaming group made up. It's basically what is called a "House Rule", i.e. your group decided to change the rules on attribute stats. Changing the rules like this and using "House Rules" is ok, if everyone in the group that is playing with the rule is ok with it.

@ryanhale6339 11 жыл бұрын

Agreed. D&D and Pathfinder are different games, especially in terms of character creation.

@Markis2bi4 11 жыл бұрын

What is the closest to a Druid?

@quantus5875 6 жыл бұрын

In the Pathhfinder Beginner's Box they only have four classes to make the game easier to learn. The class that is closest to a Druid in the Beginner's Box is the "Cleric". You could use a "Cleric" and just make some of the spells he takes a little more thematic with nature. The other option is how I usually teach people to play Pathfinder. I use the Pathfinder Beginner's Box and slowly add classes from the Pathfinder Core Rules. The Pathfinder Core Rulebook includes the rules for the Druid.

@Ragnarok3283 11 жыл бұрын

You are supposed to drop the lowest roll. Glad to know your listening skills are on par with your spelling skills. =]

@kenxdeath 10 жыл бұрын

how do you know how much gold you start out with?

@ctgslayer 7 жыл бұрын

mark thounskane I just roll a 6 sided die 5 times, add all of the numbers and multiply by 10.

@debbyclowner 6 жыл бұрын

In the core Rulebook, in chapter 6, there is a table which will tell you what to roll :). I don't know why they couldn't have put it in chapter 3 when discussing classes... But the Pathfinder rulebook doesn't always make sense.

@quantus5875 6 жыл бұрын

As far as the Pathfinder Beginners Box is concerned the amount of Gold Pieces (GP) that each class gets in at the top of page 44 in the Hero's Handbook. The value is fixed a Cleric gets 140 GP, Rogue 140 GP, Fighter 175 GP, and Wizard 70 GP.

@arch3ddraftsman 11 жыл бұрын

hehehe.... now do a Savage Worlds and you will notice something very nice to happens

@Constantinos77Wise 8 жыл бұрын

PATHFINDER THE BEST RPG BY FAR!

@IridiumJunction 11 жыл бұрын

So many people misrepresent Lawful. Your tree-hugging character who vengefully goes after anyone who hurts trees is actually more of a Chaotic example. ..actually, most people tend to misrepresent ethos in general. Lawful is simply a representation of ordered and disciplined thought processes, where Chaotic is a representation of emotional thought processes. Simple question: Are you a passionate person who allows their emotions to rule them or not? Neutral lies between them obviously.

@charliejohle5949 9 жыл бұрын

My character Tamriel's stats are 28, 28, 27, 26, 24, 23. He's an Elf Rogue. Are these stats good?

@GamerGoggles 9 жыл бұрын

Charlie Johle Um, I think you did something wrong. Those stats are God-like!

@einandre1992 8 жыл бұрын

+David Bramwell id you roll out ur stats u only take the highest 3 so if u get a 6 6 6 and 4 u take the 3x6es that makes ur first score 18 :D and u drop the 4 !

@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148 5 жыл бұрын

lmfao.how tf did u get over 18?when u take max on 4xd6=24 only and u cant even take all 4 dices.so only 3 dices with max on them(6) gives u a max of 18 lol.so how u got those stats is beyond me ppff... u problably didnt use d6 :)))))))

@rasmachris94 5 жыл бұрын

He probably used 4 D6 and forgot to remove the lowest D6, so had a max of 28 @@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148

@mihaicolceriu-nicola7148 5 жыл бұрын

@@rasmachris94 :)))))))))

@Mick88 11 жыл бұрын

Just looking at the char sheet, Pathfinder seems way more "noob" friendly and "fun" then say the Red Box for 4th edition (which i have, just nobody to play with!)

@ichewoncouches 11 жыл бұрын

Loooovve! looooovvee! Haha

@JacquesQuestiaux 12 жыл бұрын

@7poppasmurf7 yeah it seems that way, i found a nice site that helped me quite a lot just google for 'trovetokens pathfinder' and its the first site that comes up. basically used it as a guide to show me if things were wrong, its nice for quickly setting up a character

@cymaddux31 12 жыл бұрын

Your pencil grip is wrong and your thumbs are weird, but you have sweet dice!

@highdark4 12 жыл бұрын

*Deity

@johnsparten5254 8 жыл бұрын

can you do this not random?

@GamerGoggles 8 жыл бұрын

+John Sparten you can use the optional point system. The best thing to do is talk to your gm because they may want to give more or less points to use. I think the suggested number is like 96. Not 100% on that, I will try to remember to check when I get home from work.

@johnsparten5254 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@GamerGoggles 8 жыл бұрын

+John Sparten your welcome. There are some more ideas for generating your scores on page 17 of the core rule book. One of those ideas is point purchase which I was referring to. You can also find the info here www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores

@johnsparten5254 8 жыл бұрын

Cool. thanks again.

@WhosOverpowered 8 жыл бұрын

+Gamer Goggles Canton Ohio In the core rulebook it says each attribute starts at 10 and the player can spent 15 points, and the cost of increasing an attribute is based on the current value of that attribute. You can take or add attribute points, up to a max of 18 and a min of 7, however the GM can adjust these numbers at their discretion

@Masih89 11 жыл бұрын

(4*3)+1 = 13 writes 12 You r Guud At mathss

@GamerGoggles 11 жыл бұрын

I suggest you talk to you GM, because there are some significant differences between D&D and Pathfinder. Personally I would say no. The Skills vary too much in Pathfinder to try and remember the conversions back into D&D. Your GM may disagree.

@GamerGoggles 12 жыл бұрын

Well, I would say Pathfinder because the fate of Dungeons and Dragons is up in the air right now. Besides 4th ed will be obsolete soon.

@Masih89 11 жыл бұрын

wait what? why? D:

@MethosChannel 7 жыл бұрын

When i see "Lawful good" i see "Judge Dredd" and not "He-Man" or "The ultimate good guy".

@boyanpenev9822 6 жыл бұрын

Really? For me Judge Dredd is an iconic LN character.

@SkyNinja759 5 жыл бұрын

+Boyan Penev Lawful Neutral, aka, "The law above all else" if taken to the extremes. Judge Dredd embodies Lawful Neutral, unless you count the act of kindness at the beginning of the most recent movie (with the hobo given the chance to leave).