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A master summoner. The right build gives you a pouncing quadraped that c as n easy reach AC 24 and hp of 9, and 3 attacks. If your half elf take alternate racial for DR/evil 1. On top of him you can standard action summon monster 1. 7 times a day for 1 minute each. Yay summon flanker. Then you also have spells.
Out of combat you can have 6+ skills between you and your edolion.
Having 2 f rontliners and a caster wrapped up into 1 is super strong.
I once did a level 1 sorc build that could deal 1d3+7 with ray of frost while buffing the party (and himself) via flagbearer. Might not be as powerful as some others that have been suggested but I'd like to play him at some time. And he still has his level 1 spells to do other stuff.
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Most gimmicky? Gnome sorcerer or dual-cursed heavens oracle with min-maxed color spray. Take Dazing Spell and the Metamagic trait that lets you reduce its slot by 1. Dazing Color Spray at level 1. Extra Cheese: Go human for the extra feat slot and take extra revelation to get Misfortune. Make them re-roll their saves. Affect up to 10HD at level 1. Literally rape any mod you're in by default.
This is why I got banned from Society, folks.
Dazing Spell is a +3. It is impossible to get it at Level 1, even with the dual traits to reduce metamagic levels. Moreover, constructs, undead, mindless vermin, and the like are immune to the Color Spray shenanigans.
I once did a level 1 sorc build that could deal 1d3+7 with ray of frost while buffing the party (and himself) via flagbearer. Might not be as powerful as some others that have been suggested but I'd like to play him at some time. And he still has his level 1 spells to do other stuff.
How'd you get ray of frost up so high?
All I can think of are draconic and Orc bloodlines, maybe point blank shot.
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Players are educated beyond grade 5 they shouldn't need to be told if you attract attention you become the center of attention. To expect otherwise is being a delusional jerk that wants monsters to pick on other players illogically and unfairly.
Truth.
Master Summoner isn't society legal anymore. Come to think of it neither are synthesist summoner or broodmaster.
Didn't know. I typically don't play summoners.
I would still say a Level 1 summoner is a super strong choice. Having access to that much action economy and being able to get a AC 23+ Edolion with DR 1/evil is super effective. Along side being a battle field controller. you would still have access to roughly 7 skills. PFS skills can take you far. And if your Pet goes down you still have standard action summons 7/day to fall back on. Typically each scenario has roughly 4-7 encounters. So you have enough summons to be effective all day.
Sure a Fighter/Barb with a high AC and 20+ HP is strong. But does he have skills? Does he have the Ability to UMD? Does he have spells to control the battle field beyond melee reach?
I once did a level 1 sorc build that could deal 1d3+7 with ray of frost while buffing the party (and himself) via flagbearer. Might not be as powerful as some others that have been suggested but I'd like to play him at some time. And he still has his level 1 spells to do other stuff.How'd you get ray of frost up so high?
All I can think of are draconic and Orc bloodlines, maybe point blank shot.
Off the top of my head:
Havoc of the society trait, liquid ice as power component, point blank shot, flagbearer in addition to being a crossblooded sorc. Orc and a second one which I do not remember.And if your GM allows it take the mindlessly cruel (orc) trait. Either through adopted or through having the orc subtype through the bloodline.
Edit: Here is the thread about it.
I too don't like it when a gm let's the power get to their head, but I'm not going to be apart of intentionally trying to ruin others fun through being passive aggressive. People like that should stay home.
I played the naked tiefling claw/bite barbarian, and he is by far my favorite character to role play. I was informed that the race will be retired from pfs, so I can't make this character my legendary level 1 build :(. I might end up making him a legitimate character so I can keep using him, or if anyone has another super level 1 similar, then I would definitely do it.
Anyone suggest a level one negative channel machine?
If you tend to deal with lots of casters a Dwarf with the Magic Resistant trait (for SR= 5+lvl) that's a barbarian going for the Superstition line, or possibly a magic user himself, as your SR doesn't effect your own items or spells. Become the anti magic guy.
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This is why I got banned from Society, folks.
You can't actually be banned from Society as far as I know, although your FLGS might ask you not to come back for whatever reason. Dazing Color Spray does nothing and Dazing level 1 spells in general aren't great any way.
My favorite level 1 build is now Larry the Fighter. Although I'm sure you could push it a bit further, he does 2d8+11 at a +5 to hit at level 1 while sitting at AC 20. Not a bad mix of offense and defense. You can mix it up a bit easily to bump him up to 22 ac without much work, a +8 to hit without giving up a ton of damage, etc. etc. So it's pretty nice to have.
Assuming the Summoner is legal I agree with Thistlefoot that it is a strong choice for level 1 survival. The key is the fact that you're basically fighting by proxy. Even if your high AC eidolon gets wrecked you can resort to your SLA. If you're not planning to go beyond 1st level it might make sense to be human and use your extra feat to pick up Augment Summoning so that your eagles will really hurt people.
I guess that a Cleric devoted to keeping his own HP up might do pretty well too depending on what you're fighting. Being a half-orc or otherwise able to function at below 0 hp (Diehard?) could be helpful too.
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Here is the Mike Brock quote from a thread about VCs banning players.
This is the best answer. It isn't a huge overstep in authority. If someone is driving other players away, and causing store owners to not want to host PFS in their stores due to the actions of said players, it would be irresponsible not to take action. Taking no action would cause the playerbase and GM base to dwindle to nothing more than the problem player. That isn't conducive for growth. A lot of time, a VO has taken this very rare course of action because the store owner has requested it. VOs aren't out banning people willy nilly as it is being made to sound. They are banning people because of very real problems, and usually multiple incidents and warnings have happened before a banning takes place.
As far as I am aware, only one player has been banned during a first time incident and that was because of physical violence that occurred. Every other banning has occurred after no less than three warnings. If a player cant take corrective action after he or she has been given three or more warnings, then yes, they need to g form their own game day or event. VOs are taking responsible actions to ensure the continued growth of PFS in their area and I fully support that.
Maybe some of the physical assault players could form a club of their own where there's combat around the table as well as on it. On a more serious note, I wonder if they have PFS in prisons.
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I just logged my future Tiefling first exp this weekend and wanted to role play the character some but definitely wanted to try these ideas for fun. I made him a barbarian instead of a cleric, gave him a 20 ac and 20 HP, 3 attacks a round and competed (even outclassed) the level 3 barbarian in the group. I did inform the gm beforehand that I was trying out a cheesy level 1 character concept for fun and demonstrated how I was hitting so hard and so often (2x1d4+7 at +7 to hit and 1d4+7 at +2 to hit). To my surprise he said it was fine, he had an equally silly level 1 he played.
I asked what everyone at the table was and we were all level 1 except for the second barbarian. It also turned out that we had one maybe two new players. The irony was the scenario was almost entirely rp oriented and social (perfect for the cleric build he is actually supposed to be) and the main antagonist was a member of Urgathoa's faith (the goddess my Tiefling cleric worships...). It was truly a 'Doh!' Moment if ever there was one.
@Taldan, double checking the pfs guide to organized play it does not limit what can be changed. Apparently, even race is open for transformation.
As far as banned players go, I have heard of one in our area banned for cheating.
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I know that this is about a year old, but here is an update for the Highest Hit Points for PFS:
The main difference? Boon Companion feat + Tumor Familiar with the Protector Archetype. This results in your familiar to have half your hit points while splitting the damage between you two, while having Fast Healing 5 when attached. This is a +50% increase to your hit points while regenerating your buffer pool.
Barbarian 10/Alchemist 2
27 - Level 1 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20, Toughness, Tribal Scars) [27]
13 - Level 2 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20) [40]
13 - Level 3 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20) [53]
14 - Level 4 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20, Toughness) [67]
14 - Level 5 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20, Toughness) [81]
14 - Level 6 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20, Toughness) [95]
14 - Level 7 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20, Toughness) [109]
14 - Level 8 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20, Toughness) [123]
14 - Level 9 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20, Toughness) [137]
11 - Level 10 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20, Toughness) [148]
11 - Level 11 (Alchemist, CON 20, Toughness) [159]
14 - Level 12 (Barbarian, Favored Class, CON 20, Toughness) [173]
48 - Raging (Raging Vitality Feat) [221]
36 - Belt of Constitution [257]
12 - 4/8/12 [269]
24 - Alchemical [293]
146 - Familiar [439]
15 - Pesh (Temporary) [454]
454 Combined Hit Points at Level 12 is not that bad.
idk if this is allowed in pfs as im not that familiar with their rules but...
taking an undine with ether of the acid breath attack alt trait. then taking the the "Variant Multiclassing" as an oracle with the Wolfscarred Face curse. and as a 1st level feat you can pick noxious bite and max your con(is hard as race has con panilty) and str. now every bite you take will do +1 acid damage and force a save of target is nauseated and out of batle for a nice few rounds.
this can be done to almost any melee class out there. i prefere the whirling dervish swashbuckler archtype. as you get dex to hit now and dex for damage on level 4 for free so yo ucna actuly dump the str and the race has a dex bonus in it. and you add up your level as damgage from level 3 (which goes very well with the fact that the bite is damage enlarged as you level)
also later on you can pick ability focus (has a requirment of speacial attack, which the acid breath weapon is one) and use it on the acid breath. this will increase it's and the bite dc by 2.
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You could add a cruel blade and a sack of toads for an extra 5 temporary hit points (at a cost of one toad every 10 minutes without combat)
A +X Lifesurge Weapon with the Skin of Klendar the Troll King armor can give you regenerative Temporary Hit Points. But if you are doing that, might as well take a dip into Verminous Hunter. That way, you and your familiar will have both Fast Healing. Moreover, your idea is much cheaper, though a bit cruel. =)
Unfortunately, zza ni, a few of the items for your concept is not allowed for PFS. In the Nethys site, if the item, feat, or such has a Symbol of the Open Road (the little circle icon next to the name of the thing you are looking at), then it is PFS legal.
Variant Multiclass, Noxious Bite, and Ability Focus are not used in PFS. Nice concept for a homegame though. =)
What do you think is the best level one build that has no concern for the future, and is pfs legal?
Goblin Bloodrager
Bloodline (Any)Tree Runner Alt racial trait (+4 acrobatics)
Roll With It - goblin feat.
Have fun rolling our acrobatics to avoid melee damage and charging them next round when you are staggered (You can charge when limited to a standard action, as per the charge rules). Just don't hit anything while you are being ping-ponged around the battlefield.