My first Character

I feel the need to point out that all of the Archer tag skills either require Ranged Prof or have other prerequisites that require Ranged Prof.

That said, Charlie does have a point.  If there's a specific Trade skill that makes sense for your character to have, there is a definite benefit to starting with it.  Also, if your character should already be able to read and right, Literacy or Literacy: Sylvan would be skills to consider.

    While giving general advice is fine (like you might want to have a melee weapon), please becareful when you start talking about the rules.  This post was just on the borderline between helping and acting as a rules marshal.  The problem came when Walter pointed out that a character can only use the racial skills once, and when the example given by Chanin referred to skills not on the Archer list or the Commoner list, which might have confused the new player who was looking to make an Archer.   If you feel you need to quote the rules, please put them in quotes, and don't interpret them.  Even if what you say is true, stating it in your own words rather than a straight quote might put you in a position where players will look to you as a rule marshal. 

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Sorry, I'll try to do so next time

No problem... like I said, I like getting the chance to remind everyone, and this post was borderline at worst.

Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard, be evil.
Mark Twain

Go ahead... take up Literacy.  Join Team Evil (aka joining either Team Edward or Team Jacob... both lead to damnation).  

In all seriousness, my post is to tell you... while you're free to post your character builds, it's totally up to you how the points are spent.  If you just want the ranged weapon prof and no literacy or melee skills, go ahead.  FOIGing "character builds" can be fun, and can lead to nice IC discussions on why some people use 1h vs 2h weapons or certain fighting styles (and not for the OOG mechanic of DPS or build efficiency).