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Auke Teeninga wrote:

Torch is like The Blacklist's "Red" Reddington. A highly articulate, erudite and intelligent businessman and mastermind.

Torch doesn't care much for the decimvirate, but he does care about pathfinders.

Characters that want to kill Torch actually don't have a clue what's going on.

No, we definitely have a clue about what's going on. Putting up a veneer of helping pathfinders is great, but his true goals leave me cheering for the Red Mantis.

You have the right idea, I like that. Lead the way and my mistress will reward your service.

He also led the Shadow Lodge, which tried to break the Society for a time.
Proudly do you wear his insignia, so I'll assume you to be a lackey. Tell me, where is your dear leader right now? I have "Business" with him.

This Character was made before the ACG, and works pretty well:
Crusader of Achaekek 1 / Two-Weapon Fighter 6 / Ninja 2
Jaklyn was raised to be the successor of Blood-Mistress Jakalyn, leader of the Red Mantis. She was sent to the Pathfinder Society to learn new areas of the world and gather intel on targets around the world. Her overarching mission is to find the many safehouses of Grand Master Torch, so that elite agents can track him down.

I have a set of red chain, with spiky daggers as shown in pictures of the RMAs and the Mantis Helm, as well as multiple sabres.

Anaconda Coils, 18,500GP belt and Final Embrace Feat because the belt gives you the prerequisite.

Yeah, at level 9 I should be doing Standard: Punch(Bleed, Grab & Constrict)(1d10+STR+1d4 bleed), Move: Maintain(Constrict & SA)(1d10+STR+3d6), Swift: Damage(Bleed, Constrict & SA) (1d10+STR+3d6+1d4 bleed). The following rounds would be 3 grapple checks to damage, all with Bleed, Constrict, and Sneak Attack. I know that only the last bleed will be applied per turn. As long as I don't fail a grapple check, I'll be doing 3d10+3xStr+9d6+1d4 bleed per turn.

Jaklyn the Red wrote:

I agree, but note that the strange sneak attack won't allow you to qualify for things that require a specific number of sneak attack dice. And since you can only deal damage while grappling in the second round, if you maintain the grapple you wont be able to sneak attack in the first round (unless you somehow gain another attack or can grapple swifter than with a standard action, or somehow gain the grab monster ability).

At later levels, with the build I have in mind, I'll have Greater and Rapid Grapple with Grab and Constrict ability.

Strangler Archetype states:

Strangle (Ex): At 1st level, a strangler deals +1d6 sneak attack damage whenever she succeeds at a grapple check to damage or pin an opponent. The strangler is always considered flanking her target for the purpose of using this ability. This damage increases by +1d6 at 2nd, 8th and 15th levels. This ability replaces unarmed strike and brawler’s flurry.

So when I'm grappling to damage or pin an opponent, I'm considered flanking. Since I'm flanking, and the Snakebite Archetype states:

Sneak Attack (Ex): At 1st level, the snakebite striker can make a sneak attack. This is as the rogue ability of the same name. At 1st level, her sneak attack damage is +1d6. This increases by 1d6 at 6th, 10th, 12th, and 20th levels. If she gets a sneak attack bonus from another source, the bonuses on damage stack. This ability replaces martial flexibility.

Bolded text for emphasis. This means that once I've grappled, when I check to maintain to pin/damage, I'd deal 3d6 Sneak Attack at two levels of this. Am I reading this properly?

Do the Snakebite Striker and Strangler archetypes stack for the purposes of PFS play? The Strangler adds Stealth as a class skill, while the Snakebite Striker adds Stealth and Bluff in place of Intimidate. I know that archetypes that replace the same class features cannot stack, but this is the first time I've run into this particular overlap.

As a member of the Red-Mantis, I've had several run-ins with Paladins. None of them have actually tried to Detect Evil around me that I'm aware of. If they had, they probably wouldn't be all that suprised to note that I've quite the aura. My God, He Who Walks in Blood, has granted me his boon. I revel in it, but many others may not.When I was still working my way into the guild, I was once the party's healer. While I did not get to join in on the bloodshed, my allies at the time did need some assistance negating incoming blows. Two sides of a coin, I suppose.

As a Crusader of Achaekek and Member of the Red Mantis Guild, what I do outside my missions is my own perogative. Will I kill for the Decemvirate? Yes, they pay well. Will I kill for He who Walks in Blood? Yes, for the same reason and more. Does it make me evil to take payment for murder from one source, but not another? Tis a sacred bond that Mistress Jakalyn has entrusted upon me. Who are you to judge, when you kill for reasons not known to you?

Profession: Assassin, not Torturer

Aelryinth wrote:

Ah, so the paladin acting on his Detect Evil to guide his actions is okay, but the barbarian trusting the paladin and his own instincts to back them up is not.

Mmm, yes. Double logic standards, here.

==Aelryinth

Would it surprise you that the Pathfinder Society has lots of agents that detect as evil, with the same intensity (or even greater) as the mayor? There are probably over a hundred clerics of evil deities working alongside the barbarians and paladins of the Society. Should they receive a greatsword to the face if they tell a lie? I'm just saying; if the barbarian is serious about cleansing the world of evil, he should start at the Grand Lodge :)

I use the Pathfinders to get close to my current targets. You think Faction Leaders and Venture Captains are the only ones who know where you are going before you do? Ha! Blood Mistress Jakalyn and her spies allow me to get missions close to our marked targets. Being a Crusader of He Who Walks in Blood, I detect as the Mantis does. Will you kill me as I walk into the office of your beloved Venture Captains? I doubt it.