Inquisitor / Intimidate Help

[Ryu Bonkosi]

I have a few questions about how to optimize my Inquisitor that uses the intimidate skill through feats and other tricks. This is what I have so far:

Human Inquisitor 19/Fighter 1

Str: 9, Dex: 18, Con: 13, Int: 10, Wis: 23, Cha: 22

Heart of the fields trait
Domain: Chaos; Sub-Domain: Demon

Feats:
1: Power attack, Dreadful Wrath*
2: (Fighter) Weapon Specialization: Flameberge
3: Dazzling Display
5: Imperious Command*
7: Poison Specialization*
9: Vital Strike
11: Quicken Spell
13: Shatter Defence
15: Improved Vital Strike
17: ?
19: ?

Any feat with an * by it means that the DM might not allow it because it isn't Pathfinder core/Advanced players guide and might need to be changed.

If the 3 feats that are marked are removed what feats should I replace them with?

(The Flameberge is a 2-handed weapon with 2d8 for damage if you were wondering.)

Any and all help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advanced.

[Gallard Stormeye]

Uh, this is the PFS forum. You probably want this posted in the advice forum.

That said, Intimidate is often hated on by DMs. Unless you know your DM or work things out ahead of time be prepared for some frustration when playing any character that focuses heavily on intimidating people.

[Galnörag]

You can't take a one level dip for weapon spec. The pre requisite is level 4 fighter.

[Alexander Kilcoyne]

Make it a half-orc not a human.

[ithuriel]

Intimidate is a sticky issue because there was an errata to Intimidate (demoralize) which for some reason is not in the current errata. If you search the prd for stacking demoralize you will see the missing text of the errata:

prd wrote:

This shaken condition does not stack with other shaken conditions to make an affected creature frightened.

Now for some reason it only shows up if you specifically search for it on the prd. If you go directly to the entry for Intimidate the errata'd text is missing again, however both Josh Frost and Jason Bulhman have stepped in on the boards to say it is meant to work that way.

That means an Intimidate build can make everything shaken all day long, but it cannot stack fear effects to make them frightened or panicked. If that is what you are focusing the build on you should know that going in.

Cornugon Smash is another feat you might be interested in. Lets you make the intimdate check as a free action when you deal damage. In the Cheliax book.

Your mileage may vary with your DM. If he allows it to work as stacking every encounter where your opponent has a mind will end with your foes running away on round 2, or on round 1 if you use Cornugun smash and have iterative attacks.