There is the Pathfinder Chronicler prestige class from the Core Rulebook. I'm not a huge fan of the Pathfinders though.
There are also the Pathfinder Delver and Pathfinder Savant from Seekers of Secrets.
There is the Pathfinder Chronicler prestige class from the Core Rulebook. I'm not a huge fan of the Pathfinders though.
Thats pretty much a Bard prestige class. I don't like it...
My intent is to provide a prestige class/dip that covers what the Pathfinders are specifically mentioned being trained in.
A 1-level PrC is unheard of. Write it up as a 3-level PrC and you're onto something.
You could just pick a fitting Bard Archetype and rename / reskin it as the Pathfinder base class.
You could just pick a fitting Bard Archetype and rename / reskin it as the Pathfinder base class.
Archaeologist? :)
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I think Jtibbs is doing something interesting. He is trying to represent the broad training one receives from the years of training one receives at Grand Lodge before graduating and becoming a pathfinder.
Of course this is something unheard of. Why not have a prestige class designed to be taking at first level to represent the culmination of your training?
Perhaps one way to do this, in a home campaign, is to give every character a “free” level in this classs which will represent their training prior to being named Pathfinders
“Hit Die: d8 BAB: +1 Fort save: +1 Ref save: +1 Will save: +1”
I like the D8 hit die BaB+1, I would prefer a +1 +1 +0 for beginning saves, and line the saves up according to what class they want to go into. So for example if the player is planning to go into cleric he would have Ft+1 RF +0 WL +1
Start with 2 lvl 0 spell slots, prepared as a wizard. light armor training, simple weapons, longsword, bows, crossbows, and spear proficiency.
I would suggest perhaps 2 0) level spells can spontaneously cast. Usable 3+ ability modifier (Ie int for wiz Cha for sorc etc) Save DC 10+ ½ level + ability modifer
Perhaps: light armor training ( still has arcane spell failure) simple weapons, Longsword, spears.
Class skills everything from cartography and survival to history and spellcraft.
Skills Pick six skills 3 knowledge skills, 3 other skills (Ie perception Diplomacy stealth)
You would only be able to take a single level in the prestige class, but you can take it at any time, assuming you can get in good with the Pathfinder society, or you are starting at lvl 1.
Why not restrict it to 1st level characters or “pre” first level, because it represents prior training in the grand lodge.
just some of my thoughts.
I Hope this helps,
Instead of a level, how about a package of traits?
This is to keep ahead of the "tougher than they should be" aspect without dumping on the "breath of education" provided by the Society as a supplement to the character's first class level. Doing this package abrogates the normal rule about not taking more than one trait from a category, which is perfectly fine as all the PCs are getting basically the same package.
For example:
1 class-specific Pathfinder Society trait (example: Berserker of the Society).
2 traits that grant the ability to cast a 0-level spell as a spell-like ability.
6 traits that grant a bonus to one or more skills. Additionally, such traits that contain language such as "is always a class skill" or "becomes a class skill" is considered to be a skill in which your character is trained, granting the +3 bonus for having a rank in that skill even if the character does not have a rank in that skill.
2 traits that grant a trait bonus on saving throws.
1 Combat trait of choice.
A +3 trait bonus to the character's total number of hit points.
The idea here is to reflect the OPs idea of what that training means while leaving much of it in the players' hands without adding actual hit dice and BAB into the equation.
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I think Turin's idea of a package of traits is an excellent idea.
It seems much more manageable.
As Turin pointed out, traits that grant" X skill as a class skill" would be great because it could easily represent broad training.
You could take a trait that grants disable device to a character and then you could say have a fighter with disable device. Why does he have the skill? well he picked it up in his pathfinder training.
I think Turin's idea is a good one.
I'm reminded of The Delver from Legends and Lairs "Path of Shadow" book as well as the Archivist from WotC's "Heroes of Horror".
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I do like the traits idea, although I'm uncertain if you meant each of those as a different option or that every pathfinder gets all of them (in which case I think it'd be a bit overboard)
There was a class for 3.x in Dungeonscape called Factotum, which was a bit of everything. Their class skill list just said "all," had a 3/4 BAB, simple and martial weapons, light armor and shields, and got a host of abilities connected to an "inspiration point" pool that let them temporarily take on any basic role a certain number of times per day--i.e. they could cast some wizard spells, heal, sneak attack, boost their AC/attack/damage, etc.
It's not exactly what you're looking for, but it does have the same kind of flavor so it might be worth a look.
