I'm making a GMPC for an upcoming campaign to round out a party as the 4th pc. I'm planning on using him as an expository and utility character in the beginning. My thoughts crossed making a flavourful Shoanti Human Shaman. As I've served as the party's buff/debuff witch in a previous campaign, I'm wanting to change things up. Thus the Speaker for the past archetype caught my eye.
The idea is to make a human shoanti shaman that could partake in melee, run some buffs and heal adequately and offer some utility spells. Already it looks like I'm spreading the butter a bit thin on the bread, but from my impressions of the shaman, this seems like it could be viable. As stated earlier, I am one for flavour. He doesn't need to be optimized (I might even spend some feats for flavour), though I wouldn't mind some formidability. Thus I am making this thread to ensure it's not a build that would come completely apart later in the games.
NG Human (shoanti) Speaker of the past/Monk 1 (martial artist)
Ancestral revelations
Restoration Spirit (Variant of life spirit) (Or poooossibly battle spirit...)
Stats: (15 point buy)
Str: 12 Dex: 12 Con: 12 Int: 13 Wis: 16 (+2 =18) Cha: 7
It seemed reasonable to keep some defensive stats. Int would help with library function, as the Speaker of the past archetype gains a few interesting class skills as well as open up for combat expertise and feats that it allows. Wis ensures a heal check and a healthy access to aiding spells. I figured the melee potential could be buffed with divine spells such as bull's strength.
The reason for the monk level: Wis to AC to name one. Also this; The ancestral revelations grant you a summon of an ancestral Simple or Martial Weapon that will gradually advance in enhancements. I figured I could fluff in a monk weapon in this case such as a quarter staff or a temple sword. If I use the monk bonus feat to gain ascetic style, I'll be able to deliver unarmed strikes with said weapon, which will open up for Hex strike. As this weapon would be summoned, I could do so after casting the initial buffs and spells at the beginning of combat.
In short: Martial speaker of the past using ancestral revelation monk weapon with hex strike.
That's my current idea, though I have no idea how to build this. From the looks of it, this already looks fairly feat-intensive which might cause me to forsake the previously mentioned potential flavour feats. Another con is that it might take a few levels in order to become functional.
In a positive light, this is still a GMPC, mainly there for support and exposition initially, which might excuse why I would keep him in the background until he advances.