Convert Neo from RWBY

[darth_borehd]

I have a new player who is a huge fan of Neo from RWBY and wants to pattern her Pathfinder character off of her. I need some suggestions on how she should build her.

To summarize:

• Fights using an umbrella with a sword inside
  
• Also uses some kind of martial arts involving kicks
  
• Able to use illusions to disguise herself
  
• heterochromatic
  
• Mute (or simply chooses never to speak)
  
• Lots of acrobatic flips
  
• Often taunts opponents into attacking first
  
• Able to dodge most attacks
  
• Pink/Black/White Hair and clothes
  

Monk? Brawler? Magus? Something else?

This is for a Mummy's Mask campaign at level 5 right now.

[darth_borehd]

Somebody suggested a changeling ninja with the alternate racial trait that grants disguise self once a day. Then take the Improved Unarmed Strike feat.

[Anarchy_Kanya]

Mute Musician Bard? Dunno how effective you could make it at combat. Dip 1 level in Scaled Fist Monk for Cha to AC and free IUS.

[ChaoticAngel97]

Swashbuckler is definitely the primary class, elegant and the umbrella is more or less a sword cane/rapier. Then take a few levels of Ninja, for the following Ninja Tricks: Shadow Clone, Sudden Disguise and Vanishing Trick. Those three abilities basically let you do anything Neo has ever done with her illusions. Plus Ninja has a bunch of acrobatic options.

Then pick up Imp. Unarmed Strike or, as the above suggested take a one level dip into Scaled Fist Monk for Imp. Unarmed Strike plus a sweet bonus of Charisma to AC. Now, the only thing to keep in mind is that Monk requires Lawful Alignment to enter, but you don't lose monk powers for changing alignments, just can't gain new levels. But since this would only need a one level dip it's not a problem. :P

This above example is probably one of the best ways to recreate Neo in her entirety. But doesn't really work until later levels, so it may not work for a campaign at such low levels the OP says. For example, at level 15-16 when an Adventure Path is over, the build would look something like Swashbuckler 9/Ninja 6/Monk (Scaled Fist) 1. Which would work reasonably well once you get to higher level and all your stuff is online, but at low levels it kinda sucks for a while.

Now I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of all the classes, feats and abilities in Pathfinder so someone else may be able to figure out an easier way to build her without having to wait so long for everything to come together.

EDIT: For something that doesn't requires as much multi-classing, straight Ninja and a one level dip of Scaled Fist Monk would also work really well. Just kinda lose a lot of class features that give the graceful fencing dancer thing Neo has going on.

[Temperans]

Hmm I say to use items to recreate her clothe change and self changing illusions. Silent Image type spells specially with the wizard illusion school power make for her other semblance abilities. So maybe school arcanist using duration boost exploit?

For combat, I think she would definetly benefit from crane style to deflect, dodge, and counter attacks.

Her umbrella (like most RWBY weapons) is weird as it is a sword/spear/polearm (or spear). The only way I can see it is by modding a sword cane into an umbrella and giving it versatile design (polearm group). Then taking the new shielded staff style to have the staff provide a shield bonus and shield effects.

However, she can be countered while shielding, so she either can't use 2 styles or is using 3.

If she is using 3 then she has 3 lvs in U. Rogue for dex to dmg, at least 2 lvs in MoMS for 2/3 style feats, X lvs of School Savant (Illusion) Arcanist (more levels = longer/better illusions), remaining levels can be any Dex based martial class really.

[Temperans]

I'm doing another post to separate this idea from my other suggestion.

Instead of the weird multiclass I suggested, Teisatsu Vigilante with a 1-2 lv dip in some other class for bab/feat/feature you might need.

With this you want the many guise or everyman social talents (lv 5 & 11 respectively), and the quick change talent (lv 7). Also one of the magic vigilante talents to gain silent image (you need to choose based on how important the vigilante talents are for you). Finally, lethal grace so you don't need dex to dmg + free w. finesse.