Building a Rathcet & Clank equivalent

[Slyme]

Has anyone built a version of Ratchet & Clank using the Inventor class? I was thinking of doing an Inventor with the weapon innovation to represent the Omniwrench and taking the Prototype Companion feat to represent Clank.

I've been out of the 2e loop for a couple years and looking for advice to make this into a solid build.

[Tactical Drongo]

I played the first games of the series and I think Clank is much better represented by either a clockwork familiar, possibly using familiar master
since he rarely got a fighting role and usually was more a support for ratchet

another possibility, more for dual class alternate rules, would be to combine the summoner and inventor

[Justnobodyfqwl]

I've been replaying the first game for the first time since I was a kid. I absolutely think you're best off using the Starfinder 2e Mechanic class, currently in playtest. It has everything you need: Big, colorful guns with weird effects and high firepower; a customizable Robot Companion that can be made to talk, fly, and scout on its own; and a core class feature that lets you whack something with a comically oversized wrench until it does something different.

[Slyme]

I'm wanting to focus more on the base character than the Clank follower, not really looking to supercharge that aspect of the character. I'm also not looking to play Starfinder, so the Mechanic would be great if I was playing Starfinder, its not what I need.

I was leaning towards Inventor because the weapon innovation seems custom tailored for something like the Omniwrench...versatile, upgradeable, personalized.

Catfolk is probably the most obvious Lombax alternative if I end up going for a 1-1 port...but I'm kinda leaning towards just 'Inspired by'

[Justnobodyfqwl]

Oh, I only suggested Starfinder because SF2E is fully compatible with PF2E- you mentioned being out of the loop for a few years, so you might have missed that. I think the Mechanic does a better job of capturing the "feel" of Ratchet than an Inventor, but that might just be personal taste.

Yeah, I would say that you're probably better off doing something Lombax-inspired rather than trying to ape it directly. I think you could pick any ancestry that screams "i'm smaller and pluckier than the rest of the galaxy" and capture the feel well. I might suggest a Ysoki/"ratfolk"- they're small, fuzzy, and known for tinkering with stuff without trying to be a 1:1 Lombax.