Agent Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D. ?

[Name Violation]

How should it be done?

Bard of some sort?

Bard/Cavalier Battle herald?

Gunslinger/ ??

a little stumped on this one, but wanna make a PFS build based on him.

[MiniGM]

Gunslinger. W some cha at least to start

[mplindustries]

Caulson is Gandalf.

[Kimera757]

Coulson is so awkward, I think he doesn't have Charisma but has Charisma-based skills. (It's a contrast with Captain America, and to a lesser extent Black Widow, who both have Charisma and at least some skills.)

I think Coulson's key stat is Intelligence, but he spreads them a bit. (He's not as smart as Tony Stark or the other scientists.)

Coulson isn't a superhero, so I think I'd avoid casting classes. He's probably a rogue/gunslinger, with some Tactical feats (if those are available) since he's a team leader as well.

[Dread]

Id make him an Expert, say 5th-7th level, with a high wisdom. One of his main skills would be sense motive.

[SteelDraco]

Translating his skills into a fantasy game would probably result in something like a Monk (Martial Artist)/Gunslinger/Rogue (Mastery Spy). He excels in both hand-to-hand and firearms combat, and has some subtle skills as well. He's not a superpowered individual, though, so he should be non-magical. Unfortunately, Pathfinder is enough of its own genre assumptions that adapting a superhero PC to it rarely makes an effective character - just knowing martial arts comes with a whole set of mechanical assumptions that isn't the case for superhero PCs (where knowing MA is practically assumed for non-powered PCs). Likewise the guns; for Coulson's setting it's just a normal weapon proficiency.

If I were going to translate him over as a concept, I'd probably make a Wizard (Diviner) or Inquisitor who works for a national government. He beats you by knowing everything about you and being able to plan to deal with you. A LN or LG inquisitor who uses divination spells to plan for his opponent's weaknesses and take them down as quickly as possible would be a good representation of Coulson, I think.

I ran a Deadlands game that included a character based on Coulson - he was a huckster (the game's wizards) who focused on information-gathering magic and took rogue-ish skills with his normal skill points.

[Samasboy1]

Musketeer Cavalier/Golden Legionnaire (with pistol, despite archetype name)?

[Mulgar]

ninja with tricks of course

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

Lawful Good Gunslinger with a decent INT and traits to make Diplomacy a class skill.

I'll be honest, the next time I play a Paladin, I'm going to try and channel Agent Coulson.

[Steelfiredragon]

what about making him a ranger gunslinger?

[EntrerisShadow]

Paladin all the way. You have to simply translate how things work in modern day to how they would work in medieval times. Instead of being an agent for the US government, he'd be a knight in service to a lord.

[Wiggz]

Name Violation wrote:

How should it be done?

Bard of some sort?

Bard/Cavalier Battle herald?

Gunslinger/ ??

a little stumped on this one, but wanna make a PFS build based on him.

Straight Bard. Knowledges, skills, Inspire Courage/Competence and so forth. Maybe give him one level of Gunslinger or some other option that allows him occasional use of Grit.