Most perception bonus possible is 100?


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So after I realized that the druid in my campaign that had +18 bonus to perception could see everything, I had to know the limit to perception.
Assuming that the whole build is PFS legal, the character is level 20 with pretty much infinite money and that all the bonuses to perception are not conditional (for example: a rouge's trap sense) the maximum I've reached is exactly 100.

The build:
Samsaran, occultist-19, grand marshal-1 (prestige)
20 points buy:
STR: 7, DEX: 7, CON: 7, INT: 18, WIS: 18, CHA: 8
Race: (+2 int,+2 wis,-2 con)
STR: 7, DEX: 7, CON: 5, INT: 20, WIS: 20, CHA: 8
Level 20 advancement:
STR: 7, DEX: 7, CON: 5, INT: 25, WIS: 20, CHA: 8
10 consecutive wishes:
STR: 7, DEX: 7, CON: 5, INT: 30, WIS: 25, CHA: 8
Headband of Mental prowess +6 (int, wis)

20 ranks in perception + wis mod + class skill
Perception=20+10+3=33

Feats:
1. Skill focus perception +6
Perception=33+6=39
2. Alertness +4
Perception=39+4=43
3. Uncanny Alertness +1
Perception=43+1=44
4. Tribal Scars +2
Perception=44+2=46
5. Forgotten Past +4
Perception=46+4=50
6. Extra mental focus
7. Gunsmithing
8. Quick Draw
9. Amateur gunslinger

Items:
1. Demon Senses +8 racial bonus. Slot- none
Perception=50+8=58
2. Robe of Eyes +10 competence bonus. Slot- body
Perception=58+10=68
3. Stone of Good Luck +1 luck bonus. Slot- none
Perception=68+1=69

Occultist mental focus = 19+13+2=34
Occultist third eye +17 bonus insight
Perception=69+17=86
Grand marshal – add int mod to perception
Perception=86+13=99
Seeker trait +1
Perception=99+1=100


If you can possibly pass that then you probably have less life than I do.

Liberty's Edge

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There's an untyped +4 bonus to perception available as a rogue talent, if you want to go down a few classes to get that :)

Canny Observer


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You may already be gaining a similar bonus via the Occultist entries (I'm not familiar with Occult Adventures), but it might be worth noting that there is an extract that grants a +30 enhancement bonus to perception checks - Acute Senses.


Nothing conditional so canny observer is a no,
and spells are also conditional about how long they last so also a no.


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Yes, but apparently you still would not be able to see the sun.


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I only see one trait there (correct me if I'm wrong) so add fates favored and the luck bonus goes up by 1, so 101.

Liberty's Edge

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This build still doesn't have proficiency in two firearms, which you need for Marshal.
At first I was thinking feather domain, but occultist is better.

Liberty's Edge

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If you take 1 level of hunter, you can have Aspect of the Falcon for a +4 competence bonus. If you use the feral archetype, the aspect has unlimited duration. I don't know whether any of the bonuses in your build are competence bonuses, though.


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100 perception?

Thats mean you can hear sound of leaves fall from trees.

And hearing ant footsteps.

Even hear somebody got killed in another planets?


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Veilgn wrote:

100 perception?

Thats mean you can hear sound of leaves fall from trees.

And hearing ant footsteps.

Even hear somebody got killed in another planets?

Sound doesn't travel in space, but that doesn't stop Superman from hearing things.


Sound dont travel.

Feel do.

Sovereign Court

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Veilgn wrote:

Sound dont travel.

Feel do.

Actually sounds does travel, which is why you can hear people speak and the sirens of emergency vehicles.


Sound dont travel IN SPACE. :)


They do, they are just very, very faint and don't spread far because the matter required to carry them is sparse.

Get hit by a shockwave and you can definitely 'hear' it. But, yeah, distant explosions will never make it to you audibly.

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