How are my skills?

[chrichton]

Here is my build - and yes - my alignment keeps me from splash of monk. I did not realize this when I rolled him. I'd love to get that splash, but I really don't want to re-roll.

So - any comments on the skill spread?

TIA

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Level 16 Neutral Good Elf Male
(2 Fighter \ 3 Rogue \ 11 Ranger) 
Hit Points: 162
Spell Points: 160 
BAB: 15\15\20\25\25
Fortitude: 12
Reflex: 18
Will: 5

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Stats          Modified Stats
Abilities        (Level 1)             (Level 16)
Strength             14                    15
Dexterity            17                    26
Constitution         12                    12
Intelligence         12                    13
Wisdom               12                    12
Charisma              8                     8

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Intelligence used at level 8

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 16)
Balance               3                    11
Bluff                -1                    -1
Concentration         1                     1
Diplomacy            -1                    -1
Disable Device        5                    15
Haggle                3                     3
Heal                  1                     8
Hide                  7                    17
Intimidate           -1                    -1
Jump                  4                    12
Listen                2                     6
Move Silently         5                    17
Open Lock             7                    15
Perform              n/a                   n/a
Repair                1                     1
Search                5                    17
Spot                  4                    15
Swim                  2                     2
Tumble                7                    12
Use Magic Device      3                    24

Notable Equipment
Armor: +4 Studded Leather of  

Level 1 (Rogue)
Feat: (Selected) Dodge
Enhancement: Rogue Skill Boost I
Enhancement: Elven Enchantment Resistance I
Enhancement: Rogue Faster Sneaking I
Enhancement: Rogue Sneak Attack Training I


Level 2 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Human
Enhancement: Ranger Energy Resistence Boost I
Enhancement: Elf Melee Damage I


Level 3 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Finesse
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity I
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity I


Level 4 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Rogue Haste Boost I
Enhancement: Ranger Sprint Boost I
Enhancement: Elf Ranged Attack I


Level 5 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Elven Enchantment Resistance II
Enhancement: Elf Melee Attack I


Level 6 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Mobility
Feat: (Selected) Spring Attack
Enhancement: Fighter Armor Class Boost I
Enhancement: Ranger Energy Resistence Boost II
Enhancement: Ranger Energy of the Wild I


Level 7 (Ranger)
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Giant
Enhancement: Ranger Item Defense I


Level 8 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Tempest I


Level 9 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Combat Expertise
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Critical: Piercing Weapons
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity II


Level 10 (Rogue)
Enhancement: Elven Dexterity II
Enhancement: Elf Ranged Attack II


Level 11 (Rogue)
Enhancement: Elven Enchantment Resistance III
Enhancement: Rogue Balance I


Level 12 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Two Weapon Defense
Enhancement: Elf Melee Attack II


Level 13 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Energy of the Wild II


Level 14 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Fighter Strength I


Level 15 (Ranger)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Feat: (Favored Enemy) Favored Enemy: Aberration
Enhancement: Ranger Item Defense II
Enhancement: Ranger Dexterity III


Level 16 (Ranger)
Enhancement: Ranger Energy Resistence Boost III
Enhancement: Ranger Search I

[chrichton]

Bump.

I am still new here and would appreciate any feedback regarding the skill spread.

TIA

[Turial]

Its not a bad set of skills to have.

Not having played a rogue much I can't tell you what your rogue skills will let you do but if you keep topped off and good gear you won't have to many issues unless you are trying to get the cabal elite trap.

34ish hide and move silently will pretty much let you sneak past, around, up to and between the legs of anything that one can actually sneak past (spiders and thrak hounds being those that are currently either impossible or very hard to sneak past respectively).

[frugal_gourmet]

Your bo skills are good, but your mustache-growing skills need work.

[cappuccino]

Only one I see possably lacking is search if your planing on using your rogue skills in higher level quests. The DC's get quite high on end game elite.

[Zenako]

On my Ranger/Rogue the only two skills I made sure to keep MAXed were Search and Disable, since Search is an all or nothing roll, you hit it or you don't and Disable due to the consequences of blowing a Trap that you really want/need to disable for the party.

Allmost all the other skills on the list give you some leeway (UMDing items being an exception).

Not sure how you get your UMD so high thou given your stats and listed Feats/Enhancements.

19 Ranks...and an 8 Base CHA, even if you drop a +2 Tome and +6 item that still only gets you to a net of 22. Unless you are also somehow listing other items into the net skill ranks (Cartouche, Luck Stone, etc)

[chrichton]

I have done nothing but the basics, to get UMD up. I pulled points from other things and stuffed them into UMD. I used to have 20s for hide and move (and other things higher), but put those ranger points into the cross-class UMD. I used my fighter lvls skill points for UMD as well (well, 2 of the 3 points for each lvl).

It sounds like I may want to bump search up and maybe disable, at the expense of UMD - -??

I actually had balance lower initially, but bumped it up some. I brought listen way down from what it was originally. I got jump a bit higher than originally too. I might have more wiggle room. (-tries DESperately to squeeze that last drop of water from that rock-)

[Nyvn]

Here are a couple of guides. One will help you get your skills up and one will help you with the benchmarks.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=151231

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=143462

[QuantumFX]

If you've maxed Disable/Search and at least put some effort into Spot/OL/UMD then you're fine. Keep an eye out in the rusty nail for +skill gear, know how your buffs affect your skills and don't skimp on the skill boost.