Thanks for all the responses! I knew I wasnt making the most efficient guy, and I'm glad to see that I've gotten constructive feedback instead of people just saying he sucks. I'm at work right now so I can't fix him up yet, but I'll probably take the advice and drop the sword. Otherwise I am wondering if people on this forum usually expect fairly optimized pcs or if there are some more forgiving games out there.
I'll try to get backstory up soon.
Again, the best thing to do is sit down with the GM and get his input. What one table considers standard another considers insanely min/maxed, and vise-versa. And bringing a hyper-optimized character to a table where everyone else has casual/role play builds can be just as disruptive as the other way around. As for guidance, with hard numbers. If your GM is any good and is experienced at all with the system he should be ready for the question.
