What starting class for Pathfinder Field Agent

[calagnar]

The title says it all. I'm trying to decide what class to go with before going to Pathfinder Field Agent. This is for PFS play so must be legal. The over all idea is to have a character that can cover all skill's. Using the Pathfinder training to cover skill ability's I don't have with my starting class. For example if I don't have trap finding before taking my first level of PFA. I will take it with my first level of PFA. Then take Eidetic Memory to cover all the knowledge skills.

My ideas so far.
Cavalier with 4 levels of PFA. The only down side is I really wanted as many levels of PFA as I can.
Ranger 6 then PFA. I have been thinking of going with the Freebooter or Urban Ranger archetype.
Fighter (Lore Worden) 5 then PFA.

[Zahir ibn Mahmoud ibn Jothan]

calagnar wrote:

The title says it all. I'm trying to decide what class to go with before going to Pathfinder Field Agent. This is for PFS play so must be legal. The over all idea is to have a character that can cover all skill's. Using the Pathfinder training to cover skill ability's I don't have with my starting class. For example if I don't have trap finding before taking my first level of PFA. I will take it with my first level of PFA. Then take Eidetic Memory to cover all the knowledge skills.

My ideas so far.
Cavalier with 4 levels of PFA. The only down side is I really wanted as many levels of PFA as I can.
Ranger 6 then PFA. I have been thinking of going with the Freebooter or Urban Ranger archetype.
Fighter (Lore Worden) 5 then PFA.

It is odd that in a campaign that essentially can only go for 12 levels, it is impossible to get into such a canonical Prestige Class before 6th level, and thus only be able to enjoy 6 of the 10 levels of the Prestige Class.

With that said, PFA is incredibly forgiving in what classes you can be, or should be, and once you get to PFA, it is incredibly versatile as to what benefits you receive.

You can be a PFA as anything, and get virtually anything out of it.