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I played a 1st level investigator in Pathfinder Society Scenario #43: The Pallid Plague last night. He rocked the skill checks needed but was pretty lackluster in combat. Part of that was party makeup though. I went with a heavy str/int build so the build could be effective at Studied Combat at later levels. The plan for early levels was to focus on melee and aid other combatants when I could not melee effectively. We had an entangle focused druid and wound up doing a lot of ranged to attack entangled foes and I really could not hit at all. The times melee broke out the Warpriest was wiping out the bad guys easily and really did not need my aids to hit. I landed a lucky crit with a sling but otherwise made no contribution to combat. I also got hit a lot, I would have went down without my Tribal Scars feat.
The knowledge boosts were helpful. I stole the show when it came time to cure the plague. I also burnt two points of inspiration to make a critical fort save so that worked out great. The concept for the toon was he was an investigator from the realm of the mammoth lords who was from his perspective a “Shaman”. It was fun to RP, good when I had the spotlight but struggled to contribute when I was sharing the spotlight with the other players. A more balanced build probably would have done a lot better last night but I was aiming at a build that would be good at studied combat later and failed to come up with effective 1st level toon.