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Hello Paizo Community!
I just whipped up another theorycraft so I thought you guys could take a look at it. It was mostly just for fun to try and adapt Predator to Pathfinder and it's been pretty fun.
Here is the character, Mincer. Kudos if you figure out where the name came from. He is a Ranger (Divine Tracker) (Skirmisher) 11/Monk (Zen Archer) 1
The main tactic is to stalk a party ahead of time and pick them off with the bow (replacement for plasmacaster). Once they're sufficiently weakened, use the ring of invisibility to come in and go cuisinart on them. I use TWF, the original Jungle Hunter doesn't use them but Wolf in AVPR does. Whoever survives is worthy of a boxing match with you. There's grapple there, because Predator seems good at grappling, but I might switch that out for Power Attack because the to-hit bonuses seem pretty high.
As a ranger, there are insane bonuses against fighting humans in jungles. I would justify a CR boost even because the stealth tactics work so well.
For voice mimicry I got a wand of Ghost Sound, but are there any other ideas you guys have? Obviously I can't get everything about predator right (like the ability to grapple Arnold Schwarzenegger with one hand) but I feel like there's a better way to do it. In the movies Predators can mimic humans voices and store them, and then use them to confuse prey.
Anything else you guys wanna pitch in? At the very least this looks like a lot fun to play, and I'm not really done reconnecting the character into Golarion.
Remember folks, if it bleeds we can kill it!
Sygian slayer instead of ranger would let get some of your stealth requirements from class features. Studied target and a little sneak attack seem to fit the idea as well.
Sygian slayer instead of ranger would let get some of your stealth requirements from class features. Studied target and a little sneak attack seem to fit the idea as well.
If I were to actually make a PC I would definitely do that, but the (albeit specific) high bonuses of the ranger I think makes it worth it. To be honest I view this more as a BBEG, so I like the at-will invisibility of the ring, and the huge bonuses against the right target in the right place.
Oh yeah, and the WIS synergy bit works quite well with some of the Ranger abilities.
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I've considered introducing a predator(yautja) in a game for some time. I have found that almost everything that they are capable of exist in the technology guides. So having a magic item for each ability is something I haven't tried to put together. Here are some tech pieces if you want to implement those to cover magic items you are having trouble finding....
Weapons:
Mono-whip
Plasmathrower
Lasersight
Medi-comp:
Medlance (for faster injection)
Cureall (for disease and poison)
Vive (for ability damage)
Hemochem (for fast healing)
Nanite Hypogun
Trauma Pack Plus
Other:
Filter Mask
Veemod (brown, gray, green and red)
For voice mimicry I would use Ventriloquism but have it emanate from you and only with things you have heard to "record".
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How about the weighted spear?
It is a double weapon in the simple category, and it is well suited for rangers (Jungle Hunter of I) or slayer (City Hunter of II), since it can go between TWF and two handed as needed.
Light weapon TWF and natural attacks do not seem it is usually their first choice when hunting, and they often go for spears and such first. A double weapon with a swingy end seems like it would go well with their flippy style, if I remember right.