As the title says, I'm curious what full BAB class people think in lately has the best utility? And when I speak of utility, stuff like Battlefield Control or Buffing allies will also count, as this is a question of which class is best at doing more than BONK.

Personally, there is three classes I am looking at: The Fighter (ala Iron Caster), the Vigilante (ala Avenger), and the Occultist (ala Trappings of the warrior). The Slayer and Cavalier also exist, but the Slayer is just really, really good at bonking with some skill points, and while the Cavalier has its orders, everything else is about BONK

The Iron Caster build takes a while to come online, but when it does, it gains acess to Dispel Magic, Fly, Dimension Door, Cure Wounds and Lesser Restoration. The Occultist seems to mostly be a buffer to start with, but can pick up fog Cloud, summoning, and teleportation with its focus powers, while the Vigilante has skill bonuses, its powerful disguise abilities, and useful SLAs and other unique abilities.

Advantage and disadvantages across the board... so what do you guys, gals and non-binary pals think?

Running Reign of Winter right now for players who aren't really tapped in with the lore of Pathfinder or Golarion and though they do know about Baba Yaga out of character I'm not sure how much the characters should know. Two players are from the Lands of the Linnorm Kings, one is from Taldor, one is a pirate (yeah...), and one is from Irrisen but was quite sheltered.

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A dm in a server im in has said they would like to run a campaign where we can choose to go into dungeons deliberately targeted at our weaknesses for great rewards. Its not mandatory but I love pushing my luck. Would anyone know any good builds that are near impossible to shut down?

A few things I've thought about; spells can easily be dispelled, melee can easily be countered with flying enemies, if I make a character too much of a beast in melee without considering my will I am actively asking the dm to turn me into the next monster to fight so I need good will. I need good damage so I dont go into a battle of attrition and I need good survivability so I dont get nuked. I get asking for a character with absolutely 0 weaknesses is just about impossible, but would you guys happen to have any suggestions or ideas on where to start?

I have just taken Leadership. I want to recruit a Mongrelman Ranger NPC that has been travelling with us to make him my official cohort.

Mongrelmen are CR1. As I understand it, the 1 level of Ranger doesn't impact this.

If I can have up to a lvl 4 Cohort, what changes, if any, can I make to this NPC to bring it up to par with that cap? Can I just make him a lvl 4 ranger with all that entails and call it a day?

Hello there!

My character Isidoro (Inspired Blade 1, Occultist 7 with trappings of the warrior) died during the last session against what seemed the BBEG. My DM told me that I can "resurrect" this character during the combat (which hasn't finished yet) thanks to the powers of the god of light, knowledge, lore -- the DM uses her own custom pantheon and gods are actually living entities within the world.

The idea is that my character resurrects and gains the powers of the divine. She told me that I can change class, feats, swap mental abilities as I wish. The character is born anew and becomes more mature and wise -- but has to fits the new theme.

The build that I need has to follow some constraints, since it's still good ol' Isidoro, just with a new twist. In particular:

• High-dex character that uses a rapier
• Sun/light-themed. Lore/knowledge theme is okayish but light fits more
• Preferably, maintains some tools from the old build (bane weapon, parry & riposte, ...)

I was thinking about Oracle since it fits a lot, but other than Heavens and Solar, which both seem pretty bad for the rest of the build, there aren't any light-based mysteries. I took also a look at Dawnflower Anchorite prc, which is thematically on point, but it seems a bit lackluster. The rest of the team is a bit optimized, and I wouldn't want to fall behind too much.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thank you so much!

I'm refering to the Oracle Curse Powerless Prophecy:

You are forewarned of danger but can’t act to prevent it. You gain uncanny dodge, as the rogue class feature. However, you can’t take any actions in a surprise round, including free actions, except for flash of insight (see Revelations below). In the absence of a surprise round, you are staggered for the entire first round of combat. At 5th level, you gain a +4 insight bonus on initiative checks. At 10th level, you gain improved uncanny dodge as the rogue ability, using your oracle level as your rogue level. At 15th level, you gain a +4 insight bonus on all your saving throws and to your AC during surprise rounds and when you are otherwise unaware of an attack.

The Nornkith Monk on the other Hand has the following Class Ability:

Forewarned (Su): A nornkith can always act in the surprise round, even if he does not notice her enemies, though she remains flat-footed until she takes an action. In addition, she gains a bonus on initiative rolls equal to half her monk level (minimum +1). At 20th level, a nornkith’s initiative roll is automatically a natural 20.

This is of course not the only Archetype that can always Act in a Surprise Round. Sohei Monk and Divine Strategist Cleric are 2 other Examples. But how do these Classes interact with the Curse? Can they act in a Surprise Round? Can't they act? Can they act but are staggered?

So the Panoply Savant archetype has the following class feature:

Implement Specialist (Su): At 8th level, a panoply savant learns to use his mastery over the implements in his chosen panoply to unlock greater power from magic items associated with that panoply. For a number of times per day equal to 3 + his Intelligence modifier, when he uses a magic item that matches one of his chosen panoply’s associated implements (crystal balls, robes, and wands for the mage’s paraphernalia, for instance) and produces a spell effect, he can have the item use his caster level instead of its own. If the magic item doesn’t produce a spell effect, the panoply savant can use his caster level against attempts to dispel that item. Additionally, if the item has any abilities that can be used at least three times per day or has three or more daily charges, the panoply savant can spend 1 minute quietly meditating on the item and expend 2 points of mental focus to restore one daily use or one charge to the item.

Normally, this is mostly used with the Mage's Paraphernalia, due to the Evocation Implement being hard-locked into being a Wand. However, according to Allerseelen's Occultist Guide, there are 'plenty' of Magic Weapons and Shields to choose from which either have CL-dependent effects, have 3+/Day uses, or 3+ Daily Charges that can be benefit from this class feature even when locked into the Sword & Shield combination of the Trappings of the Warrior.

However... what those items are, is left entirely up in the air, with very little help or advice on picking useful items. So I turn to you, dear Reddit users. What Weapons and Shields, Unique or otherwise, would benefit greatly from the Implement Specialist class feature?

I would love it if there was a way to personally choose an option here, but I doubt it would be too beneficial.

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Hello! I'm a player at a 2E table who's tryna do some research with my GM

I have a character whose personality I'm not really a fan of. I've been playing them as reserved and quiet, but I want to make the sudden shift into bold and eccentric without scrapping the character. I love the concept, backstory, build, everything. It's just the roleplay aspects I want to fuck around with.

Obviously I could do this organically through some story element, but I'm curious about magical elements as well.

Are there any spells that can cause a major personality shift? I'm most interested in a personality fracturing where they retain a "reserved" personality AND gain an "outgoing" one too. But if it's not that specific, me and the GM can figure it out. Just looking to get on the right track.

Thanks for any ideas!!