I don't really like min-maxing a playtest (leaves some fun combos for the real game). But this is all silo'd in the class. I guess lets start counting:
Primary/Signature Tool:
1.) Bloodseeking Blade
2.) Chymist's Vials
3.) Consecrated Panoply
4.) Warded Mail
At L11 you can gain a second signature tool.
Secondary Tools:
1.01) L1 - Paired Bloodseeker: This appears to give another 1H weapon. I'm no 100% clear on 'transfer special adjustment' if that means it duplicates the 'paired' option or if it is truly unique from the bloodseeker.
1.02) L2 - Shifting Hunt: Combination/Modular/or two-hand trait bloodseeking blade tools can have different options for each configuration. So in theory modular can get you 3. A combination modular weapon could get you 6 total. There isn't a modular combination weapon, but you can make a combination weapon modular with the inventor multi-class/weapon innovation.
2.01) L1 - Drink Adaptation Serums: Get adaptation serums (environmental heat/cold potions) that you can reinforce for against trophy damage dealt by hazardous terrain or area effects that damage you when you start your turn there (e.g., wall of fire).
2.02) L4 - Cure-All: condition removal secondary tool.
2.03) L8 - Catalyzing Flask: Catalyzing flask secondary tool that gives you a free daily alchemical elixir and reinforces a +1 status bonus to one save based on the monster trophy highest save.
2.04) L14 - Arm Bloodburst Phial: Bloodburst Phial goes into a weapon and makes your next strike do a big burst of damage. You can do this once per 10 minutes and it isn't clear what happens to the trophy (I assume you can recover it to re-use?)
4.01) L1 - Spiked Surcoat: armour spike secondary tool.
5.01) L1 - Repelling Shield: Shield secondary tool when reinforced can let you shield block to trophy damage regardless of source.
5.02) L8 - Field-Forged Tools: Lets you craft a monster part tool and get the benefit of 2 trophy's reinforcement (takes 1 minute to switch trophies though). This applies to all hunting tools (primary and secondary) so assume this is +1 per tool (I don't think it will double on things like Shifting Hunt).
5.03) L12 - Spectral Lenses: Spectral lenses secondary tool that gives you see invisibility and reinforces to give a +1 status bonus to perception to seek/search for creatures with the trophies traits.
Max Number Path 1:
Start with Bloodseeker Blade Combination Weapon:
- (1) Initial Primary Selection (Bloodseeker)
- (1) L1 - Paired Bloodseeker -> 1 per weapon
- (6) L2 - Shifting Hunt -> 4 per weapon (2x modular guns with reinforced stocks -> doesn't solve rune sharing though)
- (1) L4 - Repelling Shield -> 1 Shield
- (2) L8 - Inventor -> add modular to a combination weapon (assume modular goes to both sides so one weapon is 6, one is 4)
- (0 or 3) L10 - Field-Forged Tools -> technically 1 more per item (1 for each of your two weapons and shield) -> but this isn't that realistic since how many monster part crafting objects can you realistically make by yourself without a lot of GM help. I'll just denote this with a # or #)
- (1 or 2) L11 - Second Primary Tool -> For number purposes you select the Chymist's Vials, due to the number of secondary tools. However, I don't think those are the strongest options.
- (1 or 2) L12 - Spectral Lenses.
- (1 or 2) L14 - Catalyzing Flask.
- (1 or 2) L16 - Bloodburst Phial.
- (1 or 2) L18 - Cure-All.
- (1 or 2) L20 - Drink Adaptation Serums.
Plus 5 in your case. Total is 22 to 31 depending on how successful you are with getting field-forged tools into your rotations.
NOTE: The above is obviously not a good approach. There are far better feats than the Chymist Vials and having two modular weapons with attachments requires a ABP game to avoid being woefully poor trying to pay for runes. IMO I'd go with armor as my secondary after weapon and focus only a single combination weapon or set of 1H finesse combination weapons. A lot of the Chymist Vials are sort of meh IMO, and having something like the shield conflicts with having two weapons maxed out.
