PFS Kitsune Archer with a buddy; Looking for feedback


Advice


So, I've got this really cool mini that I want to use, I think it's from Reaper's "Beastmen on the Wyld" set...Anyway, it's an anthropomorphic fox with a bow. Sounds like a great chance to roll up a Kitsune archer. Since it's from a "Beastmen" set, I'd like to incorporate some nature flavor with an animal companion. So far the build and progression that I'm thinking is:

Kitsune Fighter(Weapon Master)/Hunter(Divine Hunter)
NG Worshiper of Erastil
Traits: Deadeye Bowman and Reactionary
Stats:
Str 12 (-2 racial)
Dex 17 (+2 racial)
Con 12
Int 12
Wis 12
Cha 14 (+2 racial)
point buy: 5,7,2,2,2,2

Lv1 Fighter, Feats: Point Blank and Precise Shot
Lv2 Hunter, no feat but gain Animal Companion
Lv3 Fighter, Feats: Boon Companion and either Rapid Shot or Deadly Aim
Lv4 Fighter, no feat but gain Weapon Training (Longbow)
Lv5 Hunter, Feats: Precise Shot (from class) and the other feat from Lv3
Lv6 Fighter, Feats: Weapon Focus (retrain Precise Shot), Weapon Specialization
Lv7 Hunter, Feat: Manyshot, also gain Plant(Growth) Domain

Progress Hunter for the rest of career.

Animal Companion: Start as Stegosaurus (nice and tanky), switch to Snake, Constrictor at Lv4 (Sic 'Em, grapple buddy!), finish out with Roc at Lv7 (Huge size flying mount via Enlarge Person and Share Spells)

Does this seem viable? I know that my Wis score is a bit low, so I'll definitely be buying a Headband (Lv8 at latest) and my Will save is not that great, so Maybe Iron Will at Lv9? Retrain a feat at Lv10 (Ultimate Campaign rules) to get Divine Protection? Do I even qualify, as I have the "Domain" class feature, not "Domains"?

Any other advice would be much appreciated!


Divine Protection is not PFS legal.

Liberty's Edge

Divine Protection isn't allowed in PFS, so it doesn't matter if you qualify or not. I'd say Str and Wis are both a little low, and without divine protection there's very little reason to have a high Cha.

Growth domain doesn't do much for an archer because you basically trade a +1 to damage for a -1 to attack, and you don't get the increased size bonus to damage with arrows. And because of the wording of the domain, it doesn't seem like you can use the growth feature with share spells to buff your AC. Though regular casting of Enlarge Person works just fine.

I do like the Divine Hunter for the Celestial template on the AC. Even if it does give it SR, which might make healing difficult, the darkvision, DR, energy resistance and smite evil is so worth it.


Ah, didn't know that it's not PFS legal.

I know that the Growth domain wouldn't do much for my archer, I was thinking that I'd just cast Enlarge Person on my Animal Companion. I guess that I could just tank my Cha score and bump Wis...I just feel like I'm not making any use of my racial bonus, though.

Yeah, other than tanking Cha, I just don't see how I can boost my Str score. I mean, I could bump it to 14, and get 13 Wis if I take ALL the points out of Cha, but it just doesn't seem like that big a gain, you know?

Liberty's Edge

Yeah, that's the problem with playing any race with a Cha bonus as anything but a Cha based caster, it's usually just wasted stats. You could just use the fast shifter alternate racial ability, and tank cha since it wouldn't do anything but help with handle animal at that point.

As an archer, you shouldn't have to worry about being super optimized, you should still be doing a decent amount of damage with the strength of 12 if you pick up Deadly Aim eventually. Also the animal focus ability should help a little.

Though if you are looking to do the most damage you can, that Cha is not helping you at all.


I'm also considering swapping out Reactionary for Fate's Favored, changing alignment to LN, then picking up a level of Inquisitor (Sacred Huntmaster) for the Law Domain and Divine Favor. I'm not sure where I'd put this level...
Then again, maybe I should just take the Archon subdomain instead of Growth...
On the one hand, I really like the idea of having a Huge sized Roc companion, but on the other, I like to be effective by myself...

Thoughts?

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