So my gaming group has a running joke about how much the PF Rogue just plane sucks. Even the UC Rogue is just a weak Swashbuckler in ALOT of ways. Now during one of these after game BS sessions my DM said he wants to rebuild the Rogue for his next campaign as a 6th level cast. The logic being that a master spy/thief/assassin would have a good understanding of the technology he runs up against and in PF that's magic. I'm just curious what people think of that idea and maybe what they would do for a "magic infiltrator" build?
In what way is an unchained rogue a "weak Swashbuckler"?
UC Rogue might not pull the damage numbers of a Swashbuckler but has a lot more utility and respectable damage.
Your best 6th-level-caster magic infiltrator is probably a Bard of some kind: Archaeologist for trap disarming, regular Bard (or possibly some other archetype) for using things like Fascinate and Suggestion for "people disarming". If you can spare the feats, Variant Multiclass Wizard gets you a familiar (invaluable for scouting) and some of the school powers from Divination or Illusion may appeal to you as well.
Real? Aren't all Pathfinder characters imaginary?
A "magic infiltrator" is not a rogue. If you wanted that role, investigator, inquisitor, bard, eldritch scoundrel, seeker oracle, seeker sorcerer, mesmerist, or alchemist would suit.
This. The investigator probably does this best.
Really no need to rebuild the rogue, if there is multiple stealthy 6lvl casters with dozens of archetypes are already available.
Real? Aren't all Pathfinder characters imaginary?I don't think they form a field at all.
They don't, but they do form a group. At least I think they do since everyone's always talking about so-called "gaming groups."