So as it turns out my character died in an adventure and needs to be replaced. My current idea is to go with a Hobbit Chef named Mischief Picklewit.
I'm not really sure how to pull this off exactly however. I have two ideas currently.
1) Synthesist Summoner.
The general idea with this would be to refluff the eidolon as a "healthy glow" that Mischief gets from being well fed and increases his physical attributes.
The advantage of this is the ability to maintain a "front line" character which would be handy as 3 of the 5 party members are squishy mage types and the fourth is a bard.
The main disadvantage that I can see is the lack of fitting evolutions. Things like extra hands, magic, tentacles, size changes etc don't make any sense and when you eliminate all of the stuff you're not left with much to choose from
2) Alchemist.
This would be pretty much a fairly typical Alchemist with a refluff to the potions and extracts to be things like Essence of Beef Stew (Bull's strength) and Eclairs of Healing.
The advantage to this build would be the sheer amount of options that would work with a food flavor, it would be fairly easy to build the character to be useful and still fit the theme.
The downside is that he wouldn't really be able to pull off the front line thing as well as a summoner and that might leave the party a little vulnerable.
Any advice on how to pull this character off from a mechanical prespective would be most helpful. The starting level is 3 and the only really conditions I have that I must follow to make it would is that he be a Hobbit (technically a Halfling or Gnome would probably work for this) and that he be a chef (and I'd like this to be worked into how his class works than just be boring and give him ranks in Profession).
Thanks chaps!
Pathfinder has no Hobbits.
(technically a Halfling or Gnome would probably work for this)
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I have a character just like what you're describing, and he's a TON of fun to play. He's a 'Cad', a fighter archetype specializing in dirty tricks and improvised weapons. The improvised weapons he uses are mainly kitchen implements (meat cleavers, butcher knives, rolling pins, and of course, his trusty frying pan), but he uses random bits of scenery when it suits him.
As a Cad, you get 'catch off guard' at level 2, so he doesn't take any penalties with improvised weapons.
For traits, I took 'surprise weapon' for a +2 on all attack rolls with improvised wepaons, and 'dockside brawler' for a +1 to damage. It's actually a really powerful combo.
In later levels, I took cautious fighter, combat expertise, improved and greater dirty trick, bludgeoner, and taunt. I also took 'improved catch off-guard (check with your DM, it's third party).
He doesn't do a ton of damage, but he's hard to hit, and he lays down all kinds of crazy debuffs on his enemies with his dirty tricks.
But the most fun is playing him as a food-focused combat gourmet. He plunders every dungeon pantry we come across, and stops to cook a meal every time we come across a kitchen of any kind. He's also fond of cooking for any NPC's we meet.
Certainly sounds interesting, though does he not suffer from not using magic weapons?
Maybe you could refluff a drunken brute barbarian? Rather than the booze it is the calories alone that fuel his rage.
Pathfinder has no Hobbits.(technically a Halfling or Gnome would probably work for this)I felt it must be stated again.
When I hear the "Drizzt, the greatest Saiyan Quidditch player, in all of Moria" type of character request, I can't help but clarify.
Sorry about that.
Oh I see. The Hobbit thing is all roleplaying and I only mentioned it so that the theme I was going for was fairly obvious. Mechanically he'd be a Halfling or Gnome in all likelyhood either is fairly fitting.
