Playing with the concept of a "Journalist" for PFS

[harmor]

...but I'm a little hazy on the mechanics. Inquisitor? Bard?

[Daelen]

Pathfinder Chronicler would be the perfect Prestige Class for you to shoot for, with a Bard as the base I would think.

[Secane]

Daelen wrote:

Pathfinder Chronicler would be the perfect Prestige Class for you to shoot for, with a Bard as the base I would think.

+1

Remember to have decent social skills, you want to be able to get information out of people.

If you are going with an Elf, Dwarf or a Gnome, you can pick the Breath of experience for total Knowledge/Profession overkill.

[PridefulOne]

If you wanted to go with a more underground route, you could go with an Rogue (Investigator/Scout). You gain the ability to get double rolls for ALL Diplomacy checks and receive the information assigned to both rolls. Great Rogue Talents would be Coax Information (Use Diplomacy/Bluff in place of Intimidate to force someone to be friendly, saves Skill points) and Convincing Lie (You lie so well, it becomes fact to the public).

Throw in Skill Focus for Diplomacy or Bluff along with some the Power of Suggestion Trait and you'll have a lot of fun if you're creative. You'll also be the skill monkey and your group will love you for your versatility both in and out of combat (use a bow or gun and move 10 feet for sneak attacks later on) ^^.

Really you could turn ANY class into what you're going for, however anything with 6+ skill points would be desirable. No class is limited to what they actually do as a profession :).

[blackbloodtroll]

Inquisitor with the Conversion Inquisition.

[Choon]

+1 for pathfinder chronicler. Take a look at the guide to see how you can make it awesome. :)

[Ross Byers]

I removed a post. Yes, that is probably too political.