In no specific order I am planning on taking the following feats for my archaist.
Breadth of Experience (+2 all KS)
Deific Obedience (God abilities)
Dilatant (+2 KS for skills under 5)
Amateur Investigator (+1d6 skills)
Skill Focus (+3 one skill)
Magical Aptitude (+2 Spell & UMD)
Scholar (+2 to 2 KS)
Is it playable?
Helpful Halfling™ Research Assistant for +4 never hurts either.
I don't understand the refrence
Halfling Race Trait, Helpful.
Gives +4 bonus when Assisting you with your skill roll.
Hirelings are not just for cannon fodder.
I don't understand the refrence
"Knowledge Skill."
Someone who knows everything about anything. [Occ]Definitely not Kill Stealing![/ooc]
I know KS, I'm the OP after all :)...I meant the Halfling reference. Thanks Daw.
its dorable for an arcanist , you get so much out of your class that you don't NEED to put feats into it to be useful.
I know KS, I'm the OP after all :)...I meant the Halfling reference. Thanks Daw.
Lol I did not catch that XD
Anyways, heres some more.Archivist Bard. trades out singing based inspire courage for knowledge based inspire courage. And take 20 on K checks :p
Mindchemist Alchemist. Cognatogen boosts Int and you gain double Int to knowledge checks.
Helpful Trait Aid Another at +4 modifier. If you know all the skills you can always help someone else shine, no matter what you are doing. Works well with the Bodyguard feat.
Also, Cunning weapon enchant gives you +4 crit confirm with knowledge skills.
Improvisation human racial feat grants you +2 to all untrained skills. The Imp version grants you an additional +2.
Cosmopolitan grants you 2 K skills as class skills.
Is it doable? Well I built an archivist/mindchemist gestalt for one game and it was great. I was always busy with something or other, and it was a great class for my imagination and innovation to go wild, at least it was until someone stole my dynamite... >_> grumble grumble...
I know KS, I'm the OP after all :)...I meant the Halfling reference. Thanks Daw.Lol I did not catch that XD
Anyways, heres some more.
Archivist Bard. trades out singing based inspire courage for knowledge based inspire courage. And take 20 on K checks :p
Mindchemist Alchemist. Cognatogen boosts Int and you gain double Int to knowledge checks.
Helpful Trait Aid Another at +4 modifier. If you know all the skills you can always help someone else shine, no matter what you are doing. Works well with the Bodyguard feat.
Also, Cunning weapon enchant gives you +4 crit confirm with knowledge skills.
Improvisation human racial feat grants you +2 to all untrained skills. The Imp version grants you an additional +2.
Cosmopolitan grants you 2 K skills as class skills.Is it doable? Well I built an archivist/mindchemist gestalt for one game and it was great. I was always busy with something or other, and it was a great class for my imagination and innovation to go wild, at least it was until someone stole my dynamite... >_> grumble grumble...
Thank you for the suggestions:
Most will not be that useful, either due to race or class as I don't really want to go another class right now (I might take a level of Wizard, but that is another story)Cunning is interesting however
My loremaster/ wizard does real well as designated smartypants, and part time item enchanter.
I actually rather like Cloistered Cleric Loremasters.
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The untrained feats like Diletante Improvisation and the Archivist class feature are useless, don't worry about it. Don't bother with the 2 skill +2 ones either.
Instead, take the Knowledge skill unlock feats. This is the golden egg:
"10 Ranks: When you successfully identify a creature, you gain a +1 competence bonus on attack rolls, opposed ability checks, skill checks, and caster level checks against creatures of that kind (e.g., glabrezu demons, but not other demons or evil outsiders) for 1 minute. This bonus increases by 1 for every 5 ranks beyond 10 you possess in that Knowledge skill."
for pfs only rogues can get the skill unlocks
The untrained feats like Diletante Improvisation and the Archivist class feature are useless, don't worry about it. Don't bother with the 2 skill +2 ones either.
Instead, take the Knowledge skill unlock feats. This is the golden egg:
"10 Ranks: When you successfully identify a creature, you gain a +1 competence bonus on attack rolls, opposed ability checks, skill checks, and caster level checks against creatures of that kind (e.g., glabrezu demons, but not other demons or evil outsiders) for 1 minute. This bonus increases by 1 for every 5 ranks beyond 10 you possess in that Knowledge skill."
Unfortunately I can't take it (Table thing). With a goal of "The KS" guy what would you suggest instead?
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Unfortunately I can't take it (Table thing). With a goal of "The KS" guy what would you suggest instead?The untrained feats like Diletante Improvisation and the Archivist class feature are useless, don't worry about it. Don't bother with the 2 skill +2 ones either.
Instead, take the Knowledge skill unlock feats. This is the golden egg:
"10 Ranks: When you successfully identify a creature, you gain a +1 competence bonus on attack rolls, opposed ability checks, skill checks, and caster level checks against creatures of that kind (e.g., glabrezu demons, but not other demons or evil outsiders) for 1 minute. This bonus increases by 1 for every 5 ranks beyond 10 you possess in that Knowledge skill."
If you want to be all about knowledge skills, investigator is the go to class, perhaps the empyricist archetype.
Sounds really cool. My character is already in play. He is an arcansit Elf. Int 18.
So for 1 skill point I get the same +8, I also have Breadth of experience so +2 on top of that for 1 skill point gives me +10
that is a really COOL spell for the concept