Hello,
I and some friends are starting a new campaign with low magic, slow progression, and low gold available too. Besides the environment, we're running 25 point buy. All Paizo stuff (Ultimates, Advanced, Core, Bestiaries) plus any D&D 3.5 feat we want.
We have a fighter with some maneuver expertise like disarm and trip, a magus with... magus stuff, and a trap smith sniper ranger.
I decided to be a Inquisitor, and Aasimar. I'll be Neutral Good, hunting bad people around, and being hunted (including by religion comrades) for hunting bad people through my own convictions.
Why Aasimar? Because it is nice, and somewhat fits "the boy who couldn't fit because he sees people all around doing bad things to each other". My intention was for the character race to be unknown to herself as to the world (in a world nearly no one knows Aasimars exists, I thought I could believe I'm just a human with some secret perks).
Ok. Numbers, numbers:
First off, I thought I could run a decent melee combatant, I still do, but I don't want to be really hardcore about stats as it would sacrifice cool utility and some role playing descriptive characteristics.
Scratch:
STR 16 Supposed to be melee;
DEX 14 Not sure what I mean by putting dex, combat reflexes maybe, or I just like dex;
CON 14 I don't want to be smoked in one blow;
INT 12 Ok, I just like to spend points at secondary stuff;
WIS 14 (16) Somewhat core, and cool;
CHA 8 (10) Can't fit in, still is naturally gifted to be sociable.
Some stats advice is welcome, specially when counting toward future feat requirements, or even for overall strategy.
Feats:
I couldn't decide what to take for level one. Improved Initiative, Combat Reflexes, even Lightning reflexes, even Angelic Blood.
Then I did wrong, sorry uncle, I thought I could, maybe, do a little step into the Bow-and-Arrow business and come back immaculate. I've never been so wrong. That would not just solve my problem of spending a level 1 talent on PB shot, but would utterly consume feats up to level 7 as precise shot, rapid shot, and deadly aim are mandatory for a good ranged toon.
After some brainstorming on that, I don't even know my name, neither I know if I should ever pick a bow up, of if I should just focus on being ranged and pick up only Power Attack to push a sword through some heretics.
If melee, what to do with my level one feat? If melee, is it really OK to play 50%+ of the time as melee with power attack only? What weapon should I use if melee?
My GM would probably allow me to be a devout of any single god or cause I could ever imagine, and take the weapon of my choice as long as I'm not running around with a Gnomish Hammer (nothing wrong with the gnomes, I swear), and claiming "Death by Twilight Gnomish Mistress!". Same goes for domain and crusades.
My last pain is: There are too many crusades and domains, and I'm supposed to chose one among both lists that fits in any scale with my character concept (quite wide range of choice). What should, could, must I take? For what purposes is each of the viable acceptable choices a good choice?
These are my troubling questions for the moment, I hope guys can, as always, share the bread and enlighten my doubts. Early thanks and sorry for my shabby english, both vocabulary and grammar.
