![]() ![]() Offers nothing specifically useful to the Investigator. Several excellent alternate racial bonuses exist, but there’s not shame in taking extra skill ranks to help fill out your massive skill list.ĭwarf: Though certainly durable, the Dwarf 25 Point Buy 20 Point Buy 15 Point Buy Elite Arrrayīonuses to Dexterity and Intelligence are nice, and other racial abilities can contribute to specific builds. On DCs of any kind, you don’t strictly need more than 16 Intelligence.įace, and your skill ranks and Inspiration can offset a poor Charisma However, since Investigators are only 2/3 spellcasters and are not dependent Int: Important for that awesome skill listĪnd many of the Investigator’s abilities, including Alchemy and Inspiration. Investigator’s poor hit points and bad Fortitude saves. 13 opens up Power Attack, which may beĭex: With light armor, you want to depend on Without the Rogue’s big pile of Sneak Attack, you wantĮvery bit of damage you can get. Str: Only gives you damage, but don’t dump The Investigator’s abilities look a lot like those of a melee Rogue. Your ability and skill checks forever, and you can spend inspiration for Poison and attack in the same turn, but it will conflict with Studied Combat, Poisoning an item as a move action is nice so that you can apply Items faster is nice, but crafting typically happens off-screen in mostĬampaigns. You plan to change targets, or you think that you can kill the target, or if Re-studying a target consumes Inspiration, so only use this if Studied Strike (Ex): Not quite as powerfulĪs Sneak Attack, and it ends your Studied Combat, so use this sparingly,Įspecially at low levels when the dame will barely exceed the bonus from To drop the action from a Move to a Swift so that you can make a full attack Is good enough that you might consider sacrificing attack bonus for things Will spend a lot of inspiration re-studying your enemies in combat. Maintain your Intelligence to keep this up for as long as possible, or you This will only last a few rounds, so be sure to Studied Combat (Ex): The insight bonus toĪttacks will easily make up the difference between 2/3 and full BAB, and theīonus to damage is nice. Good in the rare situations where it applies. Trap Sense (Ex): Situational, and not very Knowledge skill for the +3 class skill bonus, and pretend no one ever wrote Knowledge skills as class skills and 6+ skill ranks. Investigator Talents open up a lot of really great options, including someĪlchemist Discoveries and Rogue Talents. The scaling resistance is plenty at low levels, but ![]() Need to neutralize poison, there are several spells which do it, or you canĬommon at high levels. To completely replace the Rogue as the party’s Scout. Trapfinding: This allows the Investigator You can use two Inspiration points toīoost an attack or saving throw, but be careful not to burn through your Adding 1d6 to skill/ability checks is pretty dull,īut can help when the stakes are high. Inspiration (Ex): Inspiration opens up a lot You get just as many extracts per day as anĪlchemist, which provides you a lot of really great options. Investigators get all of the skills available to Rogues, plus all knowledgeĪbility of the same name. Real appeal is the incredible breadth of the Investigator’s skill list. ![]() Skills: 6+ skill points is great, but the Weapons, plus a short list of martial weapons similar to a Rogue. Studied Combat in combat, so you would never be able to use iterative attacksĪnyway, and the Studied Combat attack bonus will exceed the gap between 2/3Īnd full BAB at every level at which it s available. Fortunately, Investigators depend heavily on Investigator Class Featuresīoth Alchemists and Rogues. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.Also note that many colored items are also links to the Paizo SRD. RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks. If you would like help with Pathfinder options not covered here, please email me and I may be able to provide additional assistance. We support a limited subset of Pathfinder’s rules content. ![]()
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