Hi all,

next week I am going to start playing D&D 3.5 again, I haven't played it for quite a few years so I am not up to date with all the new fun and cool classes that I can choose from.

Anyway, we are going to play "Savage Tide", placed in Forgotten realms.

28 points buy

Any race (pending DM approval)
Any class (from a official source)

I am very partial towards Rangers and Scouts, so are there any new fun variant of Ranger or Scout that I should try out? I have heard that there are a wildshape variant of Ranger in a book somewhere.

Since Savage Tide is a campaign I would also appreciate a full level 1-20 suggestion and maybe with good items I should afford within every level that is a must/should buy/steal/borrow.