Making a shape shifting monster / demon hunter, what would you choose?


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Hi fellow pathfinders,

For a new game i want to create a PC that has a shape changing ability and is a professional monster/demon hunter. I was thinking the go for the following build:

An half elf, multiclass druid/trapper ranger.

Half elf for the 2 favored classes, low light vision and elven imunities.

Druid up to a minimum of L9 so you get level 5 spells and wild shape (with all Beast shape options open).

The Ranger trapper because I think that placing traps fits the flavour and the trapfinding is a nice bonus which i really like. The druid spells compensate for the loss of ranger spells.

Also the ranger fits nice with the druid with the new feats Shapeshifting hunter and Shaping focus.

What do you think of this build and what would you alter? All options are open, as long as it is paizo material. Also other classes and races are no problem, I'm wondering how you would create this PC :-)


vivisectionist beastmorph alchemist
take those monsters apart to see what makes them tick.
However you might end up being the real monster/demon.

the alchemist got plenty of spells/extracts to transform him in an even bigger brute.


Well there's the Demon Hunter feat if you're looking at backstory feats. The Shapeshifter Ranger Archetype which I'm fairly sure stacks with Druid Wild Shape. And it scales off Wisdom. You could try mixing in Inquisitor?


Beastmorph Alchemist 10/ Master Chymist 10. For the beast power mutagens and then the full out mutation power. Just for the whole pathos of becoming that which you hunt.


Sorry for my late response, been on holiday :-)

Thanks for the suggestions, seems the alchemist also fits a "Witcher" like demon hunter quite nicely.

I'll look into the inquisitor. I think they also get the circle against evil, which is nice to trap things. But i'm not totally sure about that one...

Shadow Lodge

I tried to build a similar character recently. I went with a Ranger/Alchemist. But that's cause I wanted him to become what he hunted. If you are looking for something that isn't monstrous, the Ranger/Druid build is stronger overall IMHO. They stack so well. I agree with Aioran about the Shifter. A great archetype for this build. Lots of fun.

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