I'm feeling a little directionless on this character and was hoping some of you may have some fun ideas.
The restraints:
*Brown-fur transmuter arcanist for the class
*Stats were rolled as str15,dex14,con14,int15,wis13,cha13
*Paizo material only.
*Starting at level 3.
*May not have access to really rare races.
My main expectation is to hand out strong buffs to my party, but that seems to be covered by default. And I'm not sure what I want to do for characterization. This guy just doesn't feel like the usual smarty-pants wizard. And I tend to like a dash of whimsy in my characters.
While from a point buy it is really good (womething like 30 pt buy), it's a bizarre stat spread to work with for a traditional arcanist, for sure.
Given your high physical stats, maybe consider a more martial-oriented arcanist. Definitely buff your allies, but also consider buffing yourself, maybe focusing on some polymorph spells and using the Lepidstadt Shifter exploit to continue spellcasting while shifted (when necessary).
One idea to really develop the concept of an aracane character who likes to mix it up in combat might be to consider the Eldtrich Knight PRC in the future (perhaps leveraging the Variant Multiclass options from Unchained to grab Oracle + Battle Mystery to meet the weapon proficiency pre-requisite).
You may also want to look at a race with some decent weapon familiarity options, like a half-orc or elf (especially if not pursuing the VMC Oracle Battle Mystery option for proficiencies). If your plan is to polymorph yourself into other creatures, I can see a Half-Orc having the right flavour. In the intervening levels, it definitely plays against type for your arcanist to be swinging around a falchion with gusto!
Seems like it could be a fun character!
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Is Peri-blooded Aasimar too rare? +2 to INT and CHA. The Brown-fur needs a decent Cha score more than the basic Arcanist.
Transmuter will be your Trait of Course. +1 CL to ALL transmutation spells and 1/day Extended Animal buff of your choice on yourself.
Most people think Weapon I think advantage forms from Alter Self/polymorphs and natural attacks. Early a Simple weapon used in 2 hands can be good enough till you can start Shifting and slapping the taste out of mouths while also giving the same buffs to your allies.
Dash of whimsy?
Make them a make-up artist or actor. Someone who absolutely loves disguises -- especially non-humanoid creatures. Is eagerly researching the spell Alter Self so that they can actually take on a different form but gets by with Disguise Self for now.
A master of disguise that does it because they love taking on the different forms, not because they are looking to infiltrate someplace.
This gives a reason why Brown-Fur Transmuter and tells you something about what sort of spells they will almost always have prepared.
Thanks for the advice so far. Why would the brown-fur need charisma more than the regular arcanist?
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Thanks for the advice so far. Why would the brown-fur need charisma more than the regular arcanist?
Powerful change, Shift Caster, Potent Magic, and Share Transmutation
If you get Alter Shifting that is another Ability that uses arcane reservoir.
Typical Arcanist can get by with a 10 CHA usually. Only thing they tend to spend Arcane Reservoir for is Potent magic. While a Brown Fur burns through the Reservoir a little bit quicker. A 14-16 would defiantly be enough tho.