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Quick Guide - Use it for rules questions and character creation. It contains all of the basic 3.5 rules.

Oh, don't sweat that too hard. I can fill in most of the statistical blanks for you. Once you get your Ability scores, Skills, Feats, and equipment, you're essentially done.

But for reference, most of those are abbreviations of ability scores. HP = hit points, AC = Armor Class, BAB = Base Attack Bonus.

Racial modifiers. Half orcs, after stats are allocated, receive +2 Strength, -2 Intelligence, and - 2 Charisma. As a human, your stats will stay the same.

and how do we determin how many class skills we can have? or is that a race-related thing?

Not exactly, you start at 8s across the board, and buy them point for point until 17. 17 and 18 are two points a piece.

As for skills, what you get, as Mak says, is determined by class, intelligence, and possibly race. Because you're a bard, you'll get 6 a level, and humans get one extra point per level (no other race has a change to skills). Therefore, you're going to get 7 a level, plus whatever intelligence modifier you have. However, your first level has 4 times the amount of points as any other class, so you're really gonna get at least 28 (Unless you leave your intelligence at 8 or 9, at which point you'll have a -1 int modifier, which means you'll have 24 points). A 10 or 11 intelligence means you'll have 28. 12-13 gives you 32, 14-15 is 36, 16-17 is 40, and 18 is 44.

As for what's class skill and non class skill, you can purchase a class skill (listed in your classes description) on a 1 for 1 basis up to your level + 3 (so a first level character can have their skills up to 4). Cross class skills you purchase half a rank per skill point, and your max is half your level + 1 and a half (so your max at first level is 2). Does that all make sense?

I'm afraid I don't actually understand what you're asking then. sweatdrop

Like we were saying, you get as many skill points as determined by your class, race, and Intelligence. That entire spiel was the answer to the question. xd Depending on where you set your intelligence will determine it. You can raise a single skill to higher ranks by spending multiple points on it, or purchase an entirely new skill with those same points.

Feats are... Well, they're special abilities your character can pick up. Everyone starts with one, but in some special cases you get bonus feats to start with. humans get an extra feat, so you'll have two when you start. Metamagic can be really useful later on, but it won't do you any good at first level. I don't know how much use a bard will get out of them, either.

also...did you plan on bringing the prestiege classes into the scheme of things? XD