Is there some author notes on this class?
In particular, I was wondering if there are any thoughts on how a player can optimizing/min-maxing it to make it a very effective adventurer?
I have been taking a look at it and have come up with one way of doing it, but I was curious if there are others in detail?
The way that I looked at it was to treat it as a mainly a "buffer"/support adventurer that relies more on indirect and cunning methods. A closer look at the urban companion and urban shape does seem to allow for some interesting possibilities though they require a bit of time and effort to pull off correctly, as is the rest of the class abilities.