Give him linguistics and skill focus (linguistics), this is quite useful for detecting forgeries.
Well, I still love the idea of leadership as it opens up SOO many options! Just need some imagination and there's tons of purposes for followers and cohorts: Body Guards, collection agents/enforcers, monstrous cohorts could provide transportation with intimidation (swoop in on a debtor aboard a hungry pissed off dragon!See how quick he comes up with that 30% he owes!)
Skill Focus: Sense Motive or perception, so no one can fool him?
Skill Focus: Intimidation?
Improved Iron will, definitely.
What about Stoic?
Cosmopolitan gives you two more languages and let's you take a few more skills as class skills.
You might also want to look at Additional Traits, as there are likely a couple more traits appropriate for this character than the two you got at 1st level.
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Bewildering Koan could be fun if you waive the prerequisite of being a gnome. "You can pose unanswerable questions that leave creatures momentarily dumbfounded as they dwell on their significance."
That sounds like a super-bureaucrat power to me :)
I would like to point out that, to certain players, there is no encounter that is not a combat encounter.
scribe scroll?
Enforcer (if he's the taskmaster type)
Focused Discipline (makes him harder to intimidate)
Prodigy (if he's a realyl good accountant)
Toughness
Scribe Scroll
I would probably say any skill focus feat you can think of, and any charisma based feat that goes with diplomacy, intimidating and bluffing.
Perfect Memory, one or even all the variations that people have made for the d20 system. Are you restricted to official books? Since he is a non-combative npc, I doubt your players will care what his feats are, or what they are from so long as they are within reasonable restrictions.
Perfect Memory
You have an excellent recall of obscure details.
Prerequisite: Intelligence 15
Benefit: You may make an Intelligence check with a +4 aptitude bonus to recall stray information about....
Then there was another that I forgot where I got it from.
Perfect Memory
You have photographic memory.
Prerequisite: Intelligence 13
Benefit: You can memorize your intelligence modifier x4 worth of pages perfectly as if you had them in front of you. Events you where there in person for you recall as if it had just happened.
I actually had a player abuse that with his wizard. He was able to recall his a few spells without his spell book. A fun time was had by all. No such thing as a useless feat. Suppose to be used to memorize maps without needing a map. Drove one DM I had crazy. Since he constantly tried to pull that "you weren't paying attention" card on us, but I kept pulling out this feat. So he had to repeat anything we might have missed.
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Throw Anything would be great stylistically. He could toss coins at you like a shuriken.
Additional Traits
Alertness
Boon Companion + Improved Familiar (Tripurasura, Imp, Shikigami, or Arbiter Inevitable)
Eschew Materials (because spell component pouches drive OCD casters nuts :)
Friendly Switch
Master of the Ledger (thematically appropriate)
Persuasive + Rhetorical Flourish
-TimD
Skill focus: Appraise
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In my current campaign (18th lvl) there is a secretary for the high priest of the city we're in. The priest himself is epic lvl, but his assistant is the true wonder. The best description is the situation our DM used to describe her: You have 30 meetings today. Each should take about an hour. You also have golf with the king and your afternoon nap to fit in because you get cranky without it. *scribbles on clipboard for half a second*
Done.
Her artifact-clipboard allows her to cast simulacrum at will and time stop at will on any room or area she has to in order to accomadate meetings that run long. She may have other powers that we have yet to witness.
Your npc reminds me of her. All this to say: I think how you describe this npc is going to play a larger role in how he is seen than his feat list or build. How he behaves, what he carries with him, and how he presents himself are as important as the crunch mechanics suggested here.
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Careful Speak
Combat Casting
Cosmopolitan - I know you said no more languages...
Deceitful
Dilettante
Eclectic - although I don't no for sure if this works with NPC classes (haven't looked)
Experienced Vagabond
Friendly Switch - for hiding behind BBEG minions
Magical Aptitude
Prodigy
Run
Scholar
Spell Focus
Masterspy. - Ignore the sneak/death attack.
Alot of interesting abilities that could come in handy when doing accounting..
It sounds like you're building a total noncombatant-- the kind of person who never expects to see or be part of violence, and would either immediately flee or surrender if threatened.
I'd probably just give him a bunch of Skill Focus feats to bump his professional skills...
Skill Focus (linguistics) -- to detect forgeries
Skill Focus (sense motive) -- aids in bureaucracy
Skill Focus (diplomacy) -- same
Skill Focus (Bluff) -- "if you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em!"
Or swap one of those with:
Skill Focus (Appraise) -- to assist with general finances.
(I'm suggesting this based on my RL job as a bureaucrat!)
He's a human, right? Remember you can get a free bonus Skill Focus feat if you take the Focused Study alternate racial trait.
If you still need more suggestions:
Antagonize - "I'm sorry, but I just checked your character sheet and your mental debt-to-asset ratio suggests that you're an intellectual liability to your group."
Equipment Trick (Inkpen) - The accountant twirls his pen around from finger to finger, moving them with the expert ease that could have only come from years of dedicated penmanship. In a swift move, he points one end at you and a jet of ink comes spraying from the pen! (Reflex saving throw to avoid becoming blinded.)
Endurance - It's the end of the accounting period again and the accountant can be seen slavering away at the accounts night after night. . . .
Enforcer - "You will finish these accounts and send them to me by tomorrow morning or so help me I will stab your genitals with this pen and use your blood to fill out your income statement. I will also dock your pay."
The Mathematical Prodigy trait, if you haven't taken it, is also in keeping with the theme.
And another soul lost... I didn't think you could hang out on this board and NOT know Antagonize.
@Doug M.: Be aware that a LOT of people hate Antagonize and think it's the most broken thing since Leadership. Many GMs ban it straight out.
Master Craftsman for an appropriate Craft or Profession? So when he cooks the books, he really cooks the books (CL 13th, could make a number of paper book related wondrous items like tomes, manuals, etc).
If he's prepared detect thoughts, perhaps http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/arcane-school-spirit-general
Since he's a paper pusher, maybe Cypher Magic and/or Cypher Script.
Eldritch Heritage, Improved Eldritch Heritage (Dreamspun, maestro or rakshasa bloodlines) might all be good for some fun rp-oriented abilities.
Additional Traits
Alertness
Boon Companion + Improved Familiar (Tripurasura, Imp, Shikigami, or Arbiter Inevitable)
Eschew Materials (because spell component pouches drive OCD casters nuts :)
Friendly Switch
Master of the Ledger (thematically appropriate)
Persuasive + Rhetorical Flourish-TimD
+1 for the Imp, Rhetorical Flourish and Master of the Ledger.
Why Friendly Switch though?
Careful Speaker?
Companion Figureine?
Eschew Materials?
Insightful Gaze?
Also if using skill focus use the alternate human racial that gives you skill focus every few levels in exchange for the bonus feat.
You should make him a Master Chymist.
Imagine your players' surprise when mild-mannered accountant Timothy Tweedle transforms into his alter ego RIPGNASHTEAR (yes you have to use the all caps).
In all seriousness though, I like the idea of a complete non-combatant.
With the discussion of items, I got the image:
+5 pen of speed. For efficiency in filling forms or "resolving issues"
Voice of the Sibyl out of UM. Requires high charisma which he may not have, but its good for a social/rp encounter.
On d20pfsrd there's a feat called Master of the Ledger. It might not be in a book you allow. Still, it's called Master of the Ledger and deals with money.
Have a look at some of the human specific feats. They're pretty good and generally generic.
He's already maxed out on Linguistics (+20). Another +6 would be nice, I guess.
I don't think he needs Leadership. That's a benefit of working for the BBEG: the office staff are always punctual and motivated.
Doug M.
Hi Doug. As an Accountant, may I suggest that you reconsider your position on the Leadership feat. There's nothing like Third Party Collection agencies to scare the daylights out of a recalcitrant debtor, and no one will pay a mealy mouthed wimp.
"So either provide remittance of the invoices that are past due, or I may have some people stop by and "talk" to you..." (I will not admit to having said that in the past.)