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Hello all, I'm having some trouble coming up with decent builds for two NPC's in my home campaign. I would like to avoid 3rd party material, since I do not allow my players to use it either, and want to be fair. Both of them should be 9th level, standard heroic NPC stat array (15,14,13,12,10,8), and I use the background skills and Auto Bonus Progression rules from Pathfinder Unchained. They don't have to be super-optimized, just competent in their respective areas.
1) Oread Warpriest (Sacred Fist)/Evangelist: should be strong, tough, and wise. Not dumb, but average intelligence is okay. Worshipper of Korada, the Empyreal Lord of Forgiveness (Good, Healing, Magic, Protection). Having a hard time deciding what style feats he should go for. Should have some skill points in something to do with manuscripts: knowledge (history), profession (scribe or librarian) or the like, because PCs will meet him at his job in a scriptorium.
2) Elf Vigilante (Zealot): worshipper of Calistria, focus on seduction, intrigue, politics, and spying; wears sleek wasp armor and helmet to mete out vengeance upon those who deserve it (generally those who threaten her, her friends, or her home, or who insult elves or her goddess). Thought I had read somewhere that the zealot was a Cha caster, but see no sign of that in the rules, so I guess Wis will have to be high; otherwise Cha, Dex, and Int should be prioritized, and Str is the dump stat. Uses a whip, per religion; maneuver focus? Not sure. Social aspect is typical bored noble/patron of the arts and elven antiquities.
I'm pretty firmly attached to the choices outlined above; it would take a VERY persuasive argument other than just "it's more optimal" to get me to change them. Otherwise, within that framework, please give me your thoughts, ideas, or even full builds if you are so inspired!
Thank you in advance for your time.
P.S. If anyone can point me to some appropriate pictures I could use for these very specific concepts, that would also be very much appreciated!
I could try with one of them.
How do you use the automatic bonus progression on NPCs? If they gain bonuses as a PC, they become stronger than NPCs normally are intended to be (since ABP replaces magic items and NPCs have fewer/cheaper items than PCs).
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Thanks for the offer! I give them standard ABP; the PCs are still stronger, with 20 point buy, hero points, and traits. Oh, that reminds me, the NPCs don't have to stick strictly to the heroic NPC spread, just 15 build points if fine. I've tried some preliminary builds myself and have been somewhat underwhelmed, perhaps because of my lack of knowledge about either class, or of all the new style feats that have been coming out.
I tried the Oread Warpriest Evangelist build, but I'm extremely unexperiened with anything unarmed/monk-like. So I scrapped it. Sorry.
And I haven't read anything in Ultimate Intrigue, so I'm not qualified for the Zealot either.
Oh, and by the way, APB on NPCs. I find their appropriate wealth by level, halve it and then "by" bonuses for them (+1 Resistance is equivalent of a Cloak of Resistance, 1000 gp; +1 Weapon Attunement is equivalent of a +1 weapon enchantment, 2000 gp and so on). Takes a bit longer and I really don't know why I do it, but it's doable.