Hi all, and sorry for my bad English...
I really love the Inquisitors, they're so versatile, strong in battle and funny to play in Role Plaing. You never risking to be bored!
I've found the Evangelist PRC, that is good and versatile itself, and have some good sinergies with the Inquisitor (and it's thematical too), but when i've seen the Erastil's boons I realized that can be a GREAT boost for a Ranged/Animal Companion build... so.. SACRED HUNTSMASTER - EVANGELIST INQUISITOR!
The optimal build will be with an Aasimar/Garuda race, and with Immortal Spark as SLA so i can go into Evangelist a lv4, and play a middle-aged pg without the physical malus.
But i'm trying to make a Human version too, 'cause this build need tons of feats!
Let's begin...
25 pt build:
8
16
16
11
16
7
With racial bonus (+2DEX +2WIS) and middle age mental bonus (but no malus thanks to immortal spark) that become:
STR 8
DEX 18
CON 16
INT 12
WIS 17
CHA 8
Obviously all my next ability increas will be in WIS!
And now.. level by level (but no feats)
1) Domain, monster lore, orisons, stern gaze, Animal Companion
- I've choose Feather Domain (Fly as CS, +2 Init. Bonus to Perception), and a Tiger as my AC (maybe the charger archetype...)
2)Cunning initiative, detect alignment, track
3)Hunter tactics, teamwork feat. Deific Obedience (Erastil)
I've no idea to which teamwork feats is best for my build! Something it can help both me and my tiger!! Suggestions?
[Evangelist, early entry with SLA]
4)Obedience, skilled
Don't know which skills take.. maybe Acrobatic and Disable Devices...
5)Aligned class, protective grace, Animal Focus
And here my PG starts to shine! Aligned class lets him progressing both as Evangelist and as Inquisitor!
Also feather domain will give me a 2nd animal companion.. this is not legal, but it will give me a +2 ability to my tiger!
Is very good!
And with animal focus i can give +2 str to my tiger and +2dex to me! That's good, so i think that Deadly Aim will be my 5th level feat, so i begin to do some real damage.
6)Bane, discern lies, Divine Boon 1 (SLA : Pray)
More, more damage!!
7) Teamwork feat, Gift of Tongues
8) Multitude of Talents
VERY NICE!
9) Improved Empathic Link, Divine Boon 2
THAT'S AMAZING! Erastil 2nd boom will give me a perfect copy of my Animal Companion! At this level the tiger is of big size, with animal focus and a few of teamwork feats... to have 2 of those is really OP!!
10) Protective grace, Teamwork Feats
11) Gift of tongues
Poor level :(
12) Stalwart, Divine Boon 3
The 3rd boon is almost better than the 2nd! You will add your WIS to HIT and DAMAGE with bow! MORE MORE MORE DAMAGE! At this level i will have a pretty high WIS and i can buff wis and dex with spells and magic item... put them together to hit! So wis + deadly aim + bane for damage! BAAM!!!
13) Spiritual Form, Greater Bane, Teamwork Feat
And it become better! Spiritual form will give me Wings (i've fly as class skill thanks to my domain!) and +4 to one ability... i choose WIS so i can boost my atk (and all Inquisitor skills) further! And with greater bane...
...MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE DAMAGE!!!!!!!
[end of Evangelist PRC]
14) Exploit Weakness
More attack boost...
and so on... the last 6 levels are "normal" inquisitor levels.
As you see i write almost no feats... that's because i need an help for traits and feats!
This build have thousand of skills, great safes, and a nice AC, so i think to focus all my feats in archery boost.
I need feats that make me do more attacks and inflicts more damages... any suggestions?
Overall i love this PG, it almost have no weaknesses:
SKILLS : almost all skill class, many skill points, high bonus in perception, survival, sense motive and intimidate. AND +4 to all skills in which i have no ranks!
SAFES : Inquisitor has good FORT and WILL, Evangelist has good REF! But the best is that his better abilities are the three that boost his safes much more!
AC : Middle Armor, Shields, Hig Dex and +2 Dodge... then he can use spells, like Shield of Faith to boost it much more!
Pretty good for a ranged character...
Animal Companion : full level Animal Companion (like a druid), with animal focus, ton of feats and.. i can make it double!
DAMAGE : It start weak, so in the first levels i think that i will use mainly the Tiger... but as you can see "it escalated quickly" and at level 14 with Animal Focus, Great bane, Exploited Weakness, Spiritual Form and Erastil 3rd Boon.. it become AMAZING! And can use spells to boost too...
SPELLS : 6 level of spells, Wis based and spontaneous casting... with a very good and versatile, spells selection!
What do you say?
Any suggestion on my built? Especially for traits and feats...
Sorry again for my bad English, and for have writed so many words.. but as you see... i really love this concept!
Thanks
Lookout is a great teamwork feat.
I'd drop some Dex and/or Con to help with Str and Cha. Unless your group doesn't use encumbrance rules, and you're starting at a higher level.
I agree with Vorg, especially given that you're making a ranged Sacred Huntsmaster. I would say to drop your Con down to 14 and bump your strength up to a minimum of 10... You should really try to get it up higher if you can to say... 12+, because you're going to want to get a Composite bow to increase your damage. Given that you're ranged with an Animal Companion, it is highly unlikely that you will get into melee. If you do... just sic your tiger on the enemy and get the heck out of dodge! You can easily drop your Wisdom down a little as well to help out with Strength. You should be using mostly buffing spells as an inquisitor and ignore offensive spells (there's not many anyway). You can easily put a 16 in Wis and then leave it well enough alone... Unless there's something I'm missing.
As for traits, you will want Deadeye Bowman... it allows you to ignore the Soft Cover (+4 AC bonus) provided to your enemy if only one creature is providing said soft cover. This will allow you to single out one enemy, send Tiger in, then plink away with your bow and ignore all penalties. Fate's Favored is another great one to stack with Divine Favor.
As far as feats go... your first two should be Point-Blank Shot and Precise Shot without fail. Otherwise every time you're firing into a melee (which will be all the time), you will be taking a -4 penalty. That is a slap in the face with a tuna! Beyond that, the usual Deadly Aim, Cluster Shot, Rapid Shot.... etc.
Teamwork feats, I would suggest looking at Enfilading Fire and Coordinated Shot. According to Mark (one of the Designers), Deadeye Bowman should provide you the ability to always be able to use Coordinated Shot to it's fullest potential, as long as you maintain good positioning, which isn't hard at all!
Hopefully that helped!
Thank you Faelyn!
You enlightened me with the feats and traits... as for damages too.. i can try to drop wis or con a little, to makes my Inquisitor more stronger...
I'm working on a human build too.. it begins better with more feats.. but it becomes Evangelist 2 levels later...
Some Other Guy : if i have already an Animal Companion, this domain will give me 2 abilities points for my tiger at lv 4!
Ok maybe is not the best domains power... but i need to worship Erastil for the amazing boons, and he doesn't has many good domains...
Instead of Feather i can get Fur, with Predator Grace (+10 foots speed for a number of rounds at day 3 + WIS) that maybe for a ranged character is not so bad... what do you think?
Also.. what do you think to take just one level (the first? of Monk/Zen Archer to get more feats, flurry and WIS to AC???
Glad I was able to help out. Also, instead of taking a domain have you considered any of the inquisitions? I personally prefer them over Domains for inquisitors.
Is there any good inquisition for this pc?
It seems to me that.. they are weaker than domains...
Also.. what do you think to take just one level (the first? of Monk/Zen Archer to get more feats, flurry and WIS to AC???
Well, the one thing to remember about domains as an inquisitor is that you don't get spells. Also, I don't necessarily think the domains are more powerful, but more that inquisitions are just different and more geared directly to the job that inquisitors do within their church.
Zen Archer dip isn't bad, but to be honest I don't think you need it. Especially if you decide to go human as your race. You'll lose out on +1 BaB and another level for your AnC. And let's face it, this combo is really about boosting your Animal Companion with Evangelist. I would go straight inquisitor myself. The build is feat intensive, but not so much that one extra feat is going to do much. Plus the flurry will only give you one extra attack.