Investigator. Gets all the knowledge skills, gets inspiration, and as a 6+int skill class that's also Int based, you'll have tons of skill ranks. If you want to be a "sexy" librarian, you could use the Psychic investigator archetype in Occult adventures, and pick up some charm spells.
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I'm a sexy librarian in real life, and I'm pretty sure that my real life Pathfinder class is bard. (I use "Perform Oratory" for storytime, and bardic knowledge for reference questions, and I can inspire people to reach for their dreams and learn new skills.)
Just about any bard archetype that keeps bardic knowledge intact would make a good sexy librarian. I'm quite fond of the new Flamedancer Bard archetype for PFS -- combine that third level bardic performance with a wand of obscuring mist. Awesome! It also keeps inspire courage so that you can inspire the whole table instead of just yourself.
I would also agree with the Lore Oracle recommendation -- they have some wonderful revelations for skill junkies. You can do Lore Oracle with Psychic Searcher Archetype to get inspiration dice on top of Lore Oracle goodies. I'm running a psychic searcher archetype on my lunar oracle, Bobbi, and she's awesome at delivering skills. Having inspiration dice to both sense motive and diplomacy is lovely, and she gets it to most of the important knowledges too.
Hmm
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The bard archetype Archivist.
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I recommend the shaman of the heavens. While not as bookish or lore fancy you can add your wisdom to charisma skills at night letting you leverage the sexy brains when you let your hair down after hours.
Heavens also gives you a pet that can fly and looks like space. I'm not sure how that fits into the sexy librarian theme, but it's pretty much the silliest thing ever.
You can also grab lore as your wandering spirit and grab the wisdom to intelligence checks thingy, or swap to the wandering hex that lets you grab some wizard spells.
Also, see if your DM is cool with a halfling based Aasimar so you can be small wise and appealing.
Also there's this:"A shaman who selects the heavens spirit has eyes that sparkle like starlight, exuding an aura of otherworldliness to those she is around."
So you end up being a very wise and mysterious person who shushes people to sleep by day and gets super sexy at night. All the while riding around on your space-colored, flying, mauler-archetype fox.
and if you don't do it, I will.
I'm a sexy librarian in real life, and I'm pretty sure that my real life Pathfinder class is bard. (I use "Perform Oratory" for storytime, and bardic knowledge for reference questions, and I can inspire people to reach for their dreams and learn new skills.)
Just about any bard archetype that keeps bardic knowledge intact would make a good sexy librarian. I'm quite fond of the new Flamedancer Bard archetype for PFS -- combine that third level bardic performance with a wand of obscuring mist. Awesome! It also keeps inspire courage so that you can inspire the whole table instead of just yourself.
I would also agree with the Lore Oracle recommendation -- they have some wonderful revelations for skill junkies. You can do Lore Oracle with Psychic Searcher Archetype to get inspiration dice on top of Lore Oracle goodies. I'm running a psychic searcher archetype on my lunar oracle, Bobbi, and she's awesome at delivering skills. Having inspiration dice to both sense motive and diplomacy is lovely, and she gets it to most of the important knowledges too.
Hmm
^ Shes right you know
I would also agree with the Lore Oracle recommendation -- they have some wonderful revelations for skill junkies. You can do Lore Oracle with Psychic Searcher Archetype to get inspiration dice on top of Lore Oracle goodies. I'm running a psychic searcher archetype on my lunar oracle, Bobbi, and she's awesome at delivering skills. Having inspiration dice to both sense motive and diplomacy is lovely, and she gets it to most of the important knowledges too.
Hmm
Also be aware that the ACG errata changed the Inspiration pool from Wisdom to Charisma-based, so it's less MAD. However you still have only a moderate amount of skill points, so you'll wand a pretty decent Int.
What do you want to do in combat besides identify the monsters?
Not sure what races are legal for PFS, but Catfolk get a favored class bonus of +1/2 bardic knowledge. They also have alternative racial trait curiosity that gives bonus to some knowledge’s.
Also half orcs with improved monster lore end up with a +1 per level to Identify monsters if they use their half orc favored class bonus. This is in addition to getting both CHA and INT to the skill.
Psychic Searcher Lore Oracle with VMC Bard ?
Whatever build you go with, consider a worshiper of Irori. The Deific Obedience boon for Irori is +4 on all Knowledge Checks.
And the Breadth of Experience feat (for gnomes, elves, and dwarves over 100 years old) gives you +2 on all Knowledge, Craft, and Profession checks, and it lets you make them untrained.
By third level you could be adding +6 to whatever else your build gives you.
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Gwen, I forgot about that Irori deific obedience! I should totally take that on Bobbi. And Irori's focus on balance and self-improvement might appeal to Bobbi, who is totally seeking some form of balance to her chaotic life... Oh, I like it!
Over the course of 1 hour, spend an equal amount of time practicing with a weapon or your unarmed strikes, reading any text that you have never read before, and braiding a length of hair while contemplating the mysteries of the multiverse. Hang the length of hair around your neck when your obedience is complete and wear it for the rest of the day. Gain a +4 sacred or profane bonus on all Knowledge checks. The type of bonus depends on your alignment—if you’re neither good nor evil, you must choose either sacred or profane the first time you perform your obedience, and this choice can’t be changed.
Besides, getting an extra +4 for braiding my hair, practicing with my weapon and reading new books? Awesome.
Sexy librarians look great with french braids.
And back to the original poster: I sincerely hoping that your Sexy Librarian will be in Dark Archives. Para Countess Zarta will tell you that all the most scrumptious librarians are in her faction.
Hmm
Is variant multiclassing legal in PFS?
If so, a mindchemist with the amateur investigator feat and VMC bard... you get Int x2 to all knowledges (augmented by cognatogen when needed), plus 1/2 your level as a bonus on all of them, and you can add 1d6 inspiration to them Int times/day. there's also several extracts that boost knowledge checks.
Take the Student of Philosophy trait to make diplomacy and bluff Int based and not only are you a sexy librarian but you accomplish that not through force of personality but by being smart enough to know exactly what to say/do to manipulate others.
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variant multiclassing is not legal in PFS
drat.
in that case, just add amateur investigator to any of the other ideas.
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and if you don't do it, I will.
One of my favorite characters came from just such a recommendation in which I just ran with it. By all means build it.
Race wise, I'm thinking half elf/orc, who grew up in an academic environment, but who was sometimes seen as much as a curiosity as a person and as a result took refuge in the stacks.
drat.
in that case, just add amateur investigator to any of the other ideas.
But Amateur Investigator doesn't give free inspiration rolls on anything. So unless you have a high-Int class like a Wizard, it doesn't go far.
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I went Psychic Searcher Archetype back when it was wisdom-based, figuring that it would be only useful for the free inspiration dice. But the free inspiration to skills is very, very powerful. I made a diplomacy roll yesterday on a nat 2 roll, because I had a high diplomacy skill and inspiration dice. Being able to add inspiration dice freely to skills is far more powerful than amateur investigator feat with its limited uses.
When Psychic Searcher changed to being charisma-based with the ACG errata, I was THRILLED. Now I have some extra inspiration that I can use for saves. Awesome!
Hmm
But Amateur Investigator doesn't give free inspiration rolls on anything. So unless you have a high-Int class like a Wizard, it doesn't go far.
fair enough- add it to any of the Int based other ideas.
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And back to the original poster: I sincerely hoping that your Sexy Librarian will be in Dark Archives. Para Countess Zarta will tell you that all the most scrumptious librarians are in her faction.Hmm
And I am sure she has a recommended reading list.
I was planning on it. Since I've talked about it I'm going away from bard (I have a 2nd level bard in PFS whose a cheerleader) and will probably be an Investigator or Oracle.
And back to the original poster: I sincerely hoping that your Sexy Librarian will be in Dark Archives. Para Countess Zarta will tell you that all the most scrumptious librarians are in her faction.Hmm
And I am sure she has a recommended reading list.
I was planning on it. Since I've talked about it I'm going away from bard (I have a 2nd level bard in PFS whose a cheerleader) and will probably be an Investigator or Oracle.
Like with most librarians, just start with the banned reading list.
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Is this really a debate?
Wizards and Investigator have best Knowledge's.
I would say bard but they are a CHA class and typically don't get higher than a 12 Int. Pageant of the peacock is not legal in PFS so Bards will not beat out the Int classes on knowledge checks. Sure you can make them untrained as a bard but doing so you will have a hard time matching the Int caster with actual ranks in the skill.
Is this really a debate?
Wizards and Investigator have best Knowledge's.
I would say bard but they are a CHA class and typically don't get higher than a 12 Int. Pageant of the peacock is not legal in PFS so Bards will not beat out the Int classes on knowledge checks. Sure you can make them untrained as a bard but doing so you will have a hard time matching the Int caster with actual ranks in the skill.
Investigator, maybe.
Wizards get 2 + int mod, while Bards get 6 + Int mod. Generally start about the same value, with Wizards gradually gaining as they invest more in Int.
The bard's bonus from level will mostly make up for the difference in attribute by about 8th to 12th level, depending on how focused the Wizard is on Int.
In my experience, Wizards tend to have one or two knowledge skills maxed and a single point in others just so they can roll on them. Bards will generally have them more spread out, but don't need any points in order to roll on them.
Wizard wins on his one or two knowledges, while the Bard wins on the rest.
Investigator is going to have a lot more skill points, being Int based and having a base of 6. They are frequently going to put at least one rank in each knowledge just to be able to roll and use their inspiration die. I expect that in those skills they concentrate effort they will totally dominate the skill rolls. It now is a question of how many of the knowledge skills they will put lots of ranks in.
I haven't seen enough different people build investigators to have a good feel for how most do it. My guess is that they would be slightly ahead on monster indentification skill rolls and behind on the others.
A Catfolk Archeologist bard with a single level dip into oracle of lore is going to have the absolute highest knowledge skills in the game. You could even dump INT and still have a better roll than a wizard. Assuming both characters take both Scholar and Skill Focus and focus all their points on knowledge skills the Catfolk Archeologist Bard still beats out the Wizard.
With no magic items and only using class abilities and the spell heroism the 10th level archeologist bard maxes out at +44 in knowledge history, where the elven wizard is limited to +31. The bard lowest knowledge skill is at +23 assuming they put at least one point into it. The wizard can max out all skill so has a +21 in all knowledge skills that are not covered by the feats. The bards skills do drop down to +20 if he is not using Archeologist luck.
The bard can also take 10 on any knowledge skill and once a day take 20.
Part of the debate is how to get the sexy in with the knowledges. Although smarts are always sexy, most wizards tank the social skills.
Hmm
Wizards have no need of mere [waves hand dismissively] charisma.
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Tell me what you think.
Half Orc Arcanist
Str 7
Dex 12
Con 12
Int 18 or 19 (4th level to 20)
Wis 10
Cha 16 or 15 (8th level to 16)
or
Str 8
Dex 12
Con 14
Int 18
Wis 10
Cha 14
Alternate racial traits
Fey Magic?: Select 3 0 level and 1 first level druid spells as special abilities in chosen terrain.
Fey Thoughts (1 RP): Select two of the following skills: Diplomacy, Perception in my case.
Skilled: Half-orcs with this trait gain 1 additional skill rank per level. This racial trait replaces darkvision.
Burning Assurance: Half-orcs with this racial trait gain a +2 racial bonus on Diplomacy checks. This racial trait replaces the intimidating racial trait. Source BOG
Feat: Toughness
Kerney,
You had said this was for PFS.
Traits: all traits on pages 3-7 are legal for play, except fey thoughts.
As for attribute array, I would go with the second one.