Honestly archery is probably the best way to go with the inquisitor. Sanctified slayer from ACG is pretty awesome. Problem with two weapon fighting is when you get bane it only applies to 1 weapon, there is a feat you can take to allow you to also apply to a second weapon but you go through bane a lot faster...where as if you go bow you just get all the arrows out with one weapon. A two handed reach weapon might work but you wont reliably get multiple attacks with bane (notice a trend :)
With mine I know a heal or two along with lesser restoration but he is more a emergency medic, not a healer. Use the wand as needed and make sure to collect your friend's. But save the healing for out of combat and use your spell only in a pinch. Oh and get resist energy/communal as soon as you can that spell can break encounters :)
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If you want to further add to the two handed build pick up the rage or destruction domain on the sanctified slayer.
3/4 bab + divine favor/power + study + rage + furious. Intimidating and sickening is a monster of a PC.
Then with the destruction domain 3 + wis times per day add half level to damage on your attacks.
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Conversion is a good option. There are at least 2 others
You can take intimidating prowess as an option and or grab the infiltrator archetype as it stacks with sanctified slayer. You become more face, less knowledge, but then your intimidate goes up when you rage and you have wisdom to intimidate if you take both.
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Stealth and ranged attacks are not a great options together because it prevents full attacks. It will be much better to full attack with study and bane every round.
Though ranged combat is powerful, there are people that don't like the play style because the most effective way to play it is to full attack every round.
Vital Strike and Furious Focus can be good on 3/4 bab class.
Vital strike is situationally good and isn't better for 3/4 over full bab people (often worse since most 3/4 don't have good base damage weapons).
I strongly recommend against furious focus. Your first attack is the attack that is VERY likely to hit. Most combat characters can reach a point where their first attack is going to hit on a 2 somewhere around lv7, thus furious focus will do nothing in this instance. And if your close and you need a 3 or 4 to hit, furious focus maybe will help, but likely you're accurate enough and would be better off with a feat that is useful in more instances.
Now sure, there are times when these feats can be good. But I feel that they aren't generically good.
Honestly Hazmatt696 preacher is a trap, losing teamwork feats will hurt you. If you are looking for damage and the ability to pick your target instead of just running up to the closest guy and elbow your allies aside to get a hit...archer is the way. My level 10 is hitting with 4 arrows at +20/+20/+15 (manyshot on first arrow) each arrow hitting at 1D8+15...until I add bane then boost everything by +2 to hit and +2d6+2 damage per arrow. I ended up going with feather domain for perception and a animal companion. Teamwork feat are coordinated shot (add +1/+2 to hit with bow) Friendly fire maneuver for simply avoiding allies providing soft cover to your arrows. and improved spell sharing (got a ring for the animal companion to use it.) Honestly half the time I dont even bother to have the animal companion to attack since they are dropping so quick
I would suggest none of those paths. All of them seem to just be taking feats to make you worse at fighting and staying alive.
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I play now level 4, and having the same issue on what path of feats to take...
I got power attack and toughness and
I considered 3 options for the next levels.:
1. Dodge-mobility-spring attack- reflexes
And 1 shadowdancer level.
This will mean my 1 attack will be lowish, but i will be almost unharmed as i attack and vanish2. Wp focus-dazzling display and dip 1 fighter and than performance comabt.
3. Trip and greater trip with tandem trips
1) is pretty weak it's an underwhelming feat tree and inquisitors lose in most multiclassing
2) dazzling display I have only seen used as a means of getting shatter defenses and those builds still use some other means to intimidate cornungon smash or enforcer.
3) Tripping is ok when you can do it.
What chess pwn is getting at is so many inquisitor class features are attack and damage related that by doing other things you're under utilizing your resources. Though I maybe misunderstanding.
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I play now level 4, and having the same issue on what path of feats to take...
I got power attack and toughness and
I considered 3 options for the next levels.:
1. Dodge-mobility-spring attack- reflexes
And 1 shadowdancer level.
This will mean my 1 attack will be lowish, but i will be almost unharmed as i attack and vanish2. Wp focus-dazzling display and dip 1 fighter and than performance comabt.
3. Trip and greater trip with tandem trips
1) is pretty weak it's an underwhelming feat tree and inquisitors lose in most multiclassing
2) dazzling display I have only seen used as a means of getting shatter defenses and those builds still use some other means to intimidate cornungon smash or enforcer.
3) Tripping is ok when you can do it.
What chess pwn is getting at is so many inquisitor class features are attack and damage related that by doing other things you're under utilizing your resources. Though I maybe misunderstanding.
No that's basically it, along with the role. A character going two handed is viewed as the damage guy and probably built as the damage guy. So doing damage is what you do and often you're also the frontline and thus if you run from the fight then who's their next target?
Spring attack I only see for certain builds, mostly rogues, and not a good general plan. Having normal to low speed means that you aren't really going to be able to kite them and thus it'll be useless soon in a fight. You spring and hit them and move away, they follow and now are to close for you to spring attack. You can accomplish this entire benefit of getting an attack and a full attack with only receiving one attack by readying an action to hit it.
dazzling display is good for people that don't have a better way to contribute to a fight OR if you have a way to make it do more for you. Having a damage guy spend a full turn (so no moving) to intimidate things will largely not be fight impactful.
tripping is okay when you can do it. BUT often making them dead is just as easy or easier. Tripping will work against "human" opponents with some investment, but monsters and outsiders will often have CMD that's are higher and require LOTS of investment or be okay with only sometimes succeeding. I don't suggest maneuver builds for classes that going get good maneuver bonuses.
getting dodge, armor focus, weapon focus, are useful because you're often attacking or being attacked.
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1) Spring attack is a full round action with one attack. If you hide the enemy just hits your ally. If you full attack it will die faster and not attack anything.
3) Trip has size a limitation and a multi leg problem, which can be huge issues or small ones depending on you game. Once you get greater trip you trip then attack so it become worth it to do especially if someone else is nearby. You're gaining attacks. Before that direct damage usually kills faster, but group dynamic can effect this.
Cornugon smash hateful is always a good option. Picking up additional teamwork feats can do a lot. If you want combat maneuvers Underhanded Trick at 8 is a decent option.
If you write a bit about your build I may be able to offer more.
inquisitors have judgement(or whatever you traded it out for) and bane at lv5. Plus they have spells that they can use to buff if you really want it.
If haste is planned by a party member then full attacking is best.
If haste isn't planned then you only have 1 attack till lv8, but All of your suggestions will take far longer than lv8 to come online now and thus it's not a good deal.
But like Grandlounge said, if you can give us your race and your stats and gear we can help more.
If you want to further add to the two handed build pick up the rage or destruction domain on the sanctified slayer.
3/4 bab + divine favor/power + study + rage + furious. Intimidating and sickening is a monster of a PC.
Then with the destruction domain 3 + wis times per day add half level to damage on your attacks.
Agreed.
I've thought about playing a Half-Orc Sanctified Slayer Inquisitor of Ragathiel with the Rage Subdomain. Large Impact Bastard sword with 3/4 bab + divine favor/power + study + rage + amplified rage + furious + Gtr Invis + (maybe Enlarge Person) is a nasty melee machine. Does take some time to buff, though.
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If you want to further add to the two handed build pick up the rage or destruction domain on the sanctified slayer.
3/4 bab + divine favor/power + study + rage + furious. Intimidating and sickening is a monster of a PC.
Then with the destruction domain 3 + wis times per day add half level to damage on your attacks.
Agreed.
I've thought about playing a Half-Orc Sanctified Slayer Inquisitor of Ragathiel with the Rage Subdomain. Large Impact Bastard sword with 3/4 bab + divine favor/power + study + rage + amplified rage + furious + Gtr Invis + (maybe Enlarge Person) is a nasty melee machine. Does take some time to buff, though.
Low level move to study, casts divine favor, fight. This turns into swift bane, move study, cast buff. Next is free rage, swift bane, move study, cast buff.
At level 7 free rage, swift study, move accelerated drinker enlarge person, divine favor. Turn 2 swift bane attack.
Each of these keeps your full round action on turn two. I never do more than a round of buffing.