Storyteller

[Archae]

okay so im not sure if this is where this thread would go but i am looking for advice on classes, specifically finding something that would be a storyteller/ chroniclers type class.
my issue is the bard doesnt have an archetype for that, anyone know how i can go about developing such a character

[Archae]

for specifics id like to avoid prestige classes, im fine with archer spellcaster or melee classes

[RainyDayNinja]

What exactly are you looking for that you're not finding in the bard or a prestige class like the Pathfinder Chronicler?

[LazarX]

Archae wrote:

okay so im not sure if this is where this thread would go but i am looking for advice on classes, specifically finding something that would be a storyteller/ chroniclers type class.

my issue is the bard doesnt have an archetype for that, anyone know how i can go about developing such a character

Why do you need an Archetype? Bards get Perform Oratory, which where storytelling would fall under as a class skill and they get all those bardic bonuses attached to it.

What is your end goal?

[Duiker]

This sounds like roleplay more than something that you'd really get out of a particular class. My characters are usually scholars of some kind, whether they are bards, barbarians, rangers, clerics, or what have you. Develop the backstory, and put a point every level into something like Profession: Writer or Perform: Storyteller. Be creative about trying to use those skills in roleplay challenges instead of just going with some default knowledge skill of some kind.

[Kolokotroni]

What kind of features are you looking for. As Rainy Day Ninja mentioned is there something you are looking for not in the pathfinder chronicler? Or is it just that its a prestige class. Obviously you want some kind of 'mechanical' tie in of 'storyteller' but how is that different then bardic music with perform oratory instead of singing or playing an instrument?

[Wiggz]

Archae wrote:

okay so im not sure if this is where this thread would go but i am looking for advice on classes, specifically finding something that would be a storyteller/ chroniclers type class.

my issue is the bard doesnt have an archetype for that, anyone know how i can go about developing such a character

Definitely seems like the Archivist Bard is the way to go to me...

[Imbicatus]

Evangelist Cleric and Sensei Monk get Perform Oratory performances too.

[Silkinsane]

I agree with the others on this, your base class Bard is the perfect storyteller class for the mechanics. Though Duiker is right, it is all about how you role play.

If bard is not your thing I suggest taking a look at Cloistered Cleric.

They have an ability called "Verbal instruction" that allows them to grant aid another to someone at range. It also has a bardic knowledge ability allowing all knowledge checks untrained and granting you half your class bonus to knowledge checks.

I had a cohort who was flavored to be the tutor of my character. He was pretty much a story teller who used examples of legendary and historic combats that my character knew of to aid him or the rest of the party in battle. He literally stood there telling stories during the fight.

[The Shaman]

I think most bards can fit the bill fairly well (especially if they have versatile performance or something close to it), and as Imbicatus said Evangelist Clerics and Sensei Monks can do it too (so does the Wanderer, it's another monk archetype). Mind you, this is if you want your storytelling to have a mechanical impact. The class does not define the character - a rogue, for example, can be as fond of telling tall tales as any bard - actually the charlatan and kitsune trickster archetypes can make it part of their skill set.

I'd definitely go with a bard first, though. Versatile performance lets you use your storytelling for two great other skills - diplomacy and sense motive. Persuading someone with a fairy tale is a pretty cool move (and a classic one, I remember a tale from 1001 Nights where someone told a tale to try to persuade the ruler to spare his life, and his tale had acharacter using yet tale to persuade someone).

[Alexander Augunas]

Silkinsane wrote:

I had a cohort who was flavored to be the tutor of my character. He was pretty much a story teller who used examples of legendary and historic combats that my character knew of to aid him or the rest of the party in battle. He literally stood there telling stories during the fight.

And during the war meetings.

And during the teenage romance scenes.
And when the eldritch abomination was trying to slaughter the party.

He was a great cohort.

[blackbloodtroll]

Preacher Inquisitor with the Reformation Inquisition?

[blahpers]

I can't think of a class that wouldn't be a good fit for this. Well, the true primitive archetype. But that's about it.