New PFS Character

[Ed Reppert]

I've got a feeling I could have done better with this start. What do y'all think?

Omari Tumen
Male human investigator 1
Medium, Human, Humanoid
Hair Black Eyes Brown Skin Dark
Height 70" Weight 145 lbs Frame Light
Heritage versatile human
Ethnicity Garundi
Background archival assistant
Perception +6
Languages Ancient Osiriani, Common, Dwarven, Elven, Halfling, Jistkan, Osiriani
Skills Acrobatics +3, Arcana +7, Athletics +2, Crafting +7, Diplomacy +4, Intimidation +4, Library Lore +7, Medicine +4, Occultism +7, Pathfinder Society Lore +7, Society +7, Stealth +3, Survival +4
Str +0, Dex +1, Con +2, Int +4, Wis +1, Cha +1
Items studded leather, crossbow (20 bolts), sap, shortsword, backpack, bedroll, chalk (9), chalk, crowbar, flint and steel, healer's toolkit, rations (1 week) (2), rope (50 feet), soap, torch (4), torch, waterskin, 8 sp
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AC 16; Fort +5; Ref +6; Will +6
HP 19
Clue In [R] (concentrate, investigator) Frequency once per 10 minutes; Trigger Another creature attempts a check that could help get you closer to answering the question at the heart of one of your active investigations.; Effect You share information with the triggering creature. They gain a circumstance bonus to their check equal to your investigation bonus from Pursue a Lead. The GM can add any relevant traits to this reaction depending on the situation, such as auditory and linguistic if you’re conveying information verbally.
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Speed 25 feet
Melee [1] sap +3 (nonlethal, agile), Damage 1d6 B
Melee [1] shortsword +4 (versatile S, agile, finesse), Damage 1d6 P
Ranged [1] crossbow +4 (range increment 120 feet, reload 1), Damage 1d8 P
Devise A Stratagem [1] (concentrate, investigator) Frequency once per round; Effect You assess a foe’s weaknesses in combat and use them to formulate a plan of attack. Choose a creature you can see. You can Devise a Stratagem as a free action if you’re aware that creature could help answer the question at the heart of one of your active investigations. Roll a d20, then decide on an attack stratagem or skill stratagem.
Attack Stratagem If you Strike the chosen creature before the start of your next turn, your Strike gains the fortune trait and you must use the result of the d20 roll for your Strike’s attack roll instead of rolling. You make this substitution only for the first Strike you make against the creature this round, not any subsequent ones. When you make this substitution, you can add your Intelligence modifier to your attack roll instead of your Strength or Dexterity modifier. If you Strike with a melee weapon, melee unarmed attack, or thrown weapon, it must have the agile or finesse trait to benefit from the substitution.
Skill Stratagem You can’t attempt to Strike the target until the start of your next turn. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your next Intelligence-, Wisdom-, or Charisma-based skill check or Perception check involving the target before the start of your next turn. If you would gain your Pursue a Lead investigation bonus to such a check, that bonus increases by 1 instead of you gaining the +1 bonus listed.
Ancestry Feats General Training
Class Feats That's Odd
General Feats Incredible Initiative, Toughness
Skill Feats Assured Identification, Battle Medicine, Forensic Acumen
Other Abilities methodology (forensic medicine), strategic strike 1d6
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I need to come up with a backstory for this guy.

[Tridus]

Why a crossbow vs a bow?

[Squark]

-If you're going that low with dexterity, you really need to have plans for bad strategem rolls. With a good dexterity, you can switch targets and make a regular strike, but with only +1 dex that's risky.

-Unless you plan to upgrade to a better crossbow, I'd look into a firearm or shortbow. Deadly/Fatal synergizes incredibly well with Devise a Strategem. As of... the Guns and Gears Remaster, I think, all pathfinders have access to firearms. If you do want a crossbow, the Sukgung is a crossbow that thinks its a firearm.

-I'd prefer Natural Ambition for Known Weakness over Incredible Initiative, personally. PFS players tend to be good about having a scout.

What are your long term plans? Medic dedication for additional healing?

[Easl]

I might bump up Dex to +3 instead of Con (or Wis or Cha) and get him a rapier instead of a shortsword.
Low AC and low regular attack says to me you're depending on staying out of combat range and plunking at people with Devise. That's a bit of a high risk strategy; it's only one attack per turn, and I don't think I've ever gone even 3 combats in a row where that "stay out of range so I'm never attacked" strategy has worked consistently. Something eventually gets to the back row, almost every session in fact. And it would be a surprising campaign if you never got in a fight in a small-medium sized room.

[Ed Reppert]

Tridus wrote:

Why a crossbow vs a bow?

Default in Herolab's "quick investigator kit" or whatever they call it.

[Ed Reppert]

Squark wrote:

What are your long term plans? Medic dedication for additional healing?

Likely, yeah.

Good thoughts, Squark and Easl, thanks.

[Ed Reppert]

Sold his crossbow and shortsword, replaced with short bow and rapier. Replaced studded leather with leather, otherwise I would not have been able to change out his weapons. And yes, I sold them for full price, not half. :-)

I'll post a new statblock tomorrow. Right now I need sleep.

[Squark]

My advice for gear would be
Shortbow - 3 GP
Rapier -2 GP
Studded Leather - 3 GP
Healer's Toolkit - 5 GP
Adventurer's Kit - 1.5 GP
20 Arrows - 2 SP
Remainder: 3 SP

The crowbar is 5 SP I don't think you can spare, and you're not good at using it anyway. The sap is 1 SP do you can afford it, but it's a marginal improvement over your base unarmed attack. But the extra point of AC is a 5% reduction in the number of critical hits you'll take, which is already alarmingly high with a low dexterity.

[Ed Reppert]

Good points, Squark. Still, I'll keep the sap. :-)

Try this one:

Omari Tumen
Male human investigator 1
Medium, Human, Humanoid
Hair Black Eyes Brown Skin Dark
Height 70" Weight 145 lbs Frame Light
Heritage versatile human Ethnicity Garundi Birth Nation Osirion Current Home Absalom
Background archival assistant
Perception +6
Languages Ancient Osiriani, Common, Dwarven, Elven, Halfling, Jistkan, Osiriani
Skills Acrobatics +6, Arcana +7, Athletics +4, Crafting +7, Diplomacy +3, Intimidation +3, Library Lore +7, Medicine +4, Occultism +7, Pathfinder Society Lore +7, Society +7, Stealth +6, Survival +4
Str +1, Dex +3, Con +0, Int +4, Wis +1, Cha +0
Items studded leather, rapier, sap, shortbow (20 arrows), backpack, basic crafter's book, bedroll, chalk (9), chalk, flint and steel, healer's toolkit, rations (1 week) (2), rope (50 feet), soap, torch (4), torch, waterskin, 1 sp
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AC 18; Fort +3; Ref +8; Will +6
HP 17
Clue In [R] (concentrate, investigator) Frequency once per 10 minutes; Trigger Another creature attempts a check that could help get you closer to answering the question at the heart of one of your active investigations.; Effect You share information with the triggering creature. They gain a circumstance bonus to their check equal to your investigation bonus from Pursue a Lead. The GM can add any relevant traits to this reaction depending on the situation, such as auditory and linguistic if you’re conveying information verbally.
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Speed 25 feet
Melee [1] rapier +6 (disarm, deadly d8, finesse), Damage 1d6+1 P
Melee [1] sap +4 (nonlethal, agile), Damage 1d6+1 B
Ranged [1] shortbow +6 (range increment 60 feet, reload 0, deadly d10), Damage 1d6 P
Devise A Stratagem [1] (concentrate, investigator) Frequency once per round; Effect You assess a foe’s weaknesses in combat and use them to formulate a plan of attack. Choose a creature you can see. You can Devise a Stratagem as a free action if you’re aware that creature could help answer the question at the heart of one of your active investigations. Roll a d20, then decide on an attack stratagem or skill stratagem.
Attack Stratagem If you Strike the chosen creature before the start of your next turn, your Strike gains the fortune trait and you must use the result of the d20 roll for your Strike’s attack roll instead of rolling. You make this substitution only for the first Strike you make against the creature this round, not any subsequent ones. When you make this substitution, you can add your Intelligence modifier to your attack roll instead of your Strength or Dexterity modifier. If you Strike with a melee weapon, melee unarmed attack, or thrown weapon, it must have the agile or finesse trait to benefit from the substitution.
Skill Stratagem You can’t attempt to Strike the target until the start of your next turn. You gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your next Intelligence-, Wisdom-, or Charisma-based skill check or Perception check involving the target before the start of your next turn. If you would gain your Pursue a Lead investigation bonus to such a check, that bonus increases by 1 instead of you gaining the +1 bonus listed.
Ancestry Feats Natural Ambition
Class Feats Known Weaknesses, That's Odd
General Feats Toughness
Skill Feats Assured Identification, Battle Medicine, Forensic Acumen
Other Abilities methodology (forensic medicine), strategic strike 1d6
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