The Investigator multiclass archetype contains a feat called Investigator's Stratagem, which gives you the Devise a Stratagem action, but does not allow you to use Intelligence for it. This seems completely useless to me on its own because it basically makes you use two actions for an attack instead of one without any added benefit. The only purpose I can see is the feats that expand on Devise a Stratagem, like Known Weaknesses or Shared Stratagem, but that still seems weak without the benefit of using Intelligence or the additional damage from Strategic Strike (which is impossible to gain from the multiclass archetype as far as I can see). Am I missing something here or is this feat just bad?
I just saw that this question has been answered in another thread. I'm posting this link here in case people stumble over this thread, since I used the actual names of the feats and abilities in my question, while the other thread did not.
The advantages of preserving MAP and getting to know a roll before it has consequences is extremely valuable, regardless of adding INT.
If you want some examples of what it allows/does, here's an additional thread where some of those were discussed:
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs4342o?Devise-a-Stratagem-and-Strikes
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The advantages of preserving MAP and getting to know a roll before it has consequences is extremely valuable, regardless of adding INT.
If you want some examples of what it allows/does, here's an additional thread where some of those were discussed:
https://paizo.com/threads/rzs4342o?Devise-a-Stratagem-and-Strikes
For a non-Investigator with multiple targets, it's basically getting to roll twice on your first attack, since you get to roll once, see if it's good and then choose whether to attack that foe with that roll, or use a different roll on another foe.
That's actually really good all on its own even ignoring all the other stuff it can do.