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Investigator Sample Builds

Chemist

Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 64
With carefully formulated chemical compounds, you find chemical clues at crime scenes and boost your investigative acumen with mutagens and other elixirs.

Ability Scores

Prioritize Intelligence for your alchemy and deductive reasoning. Dexterity helps you stay out of harm's way, while Constitution keeps you healthy.

Skills

Acrobatics, Arcana, Crafting, Deception, Diplomacy, Nature, Society, Stealth, Thievery

Methodology

Alchemical sciences

Starting Feat

Known Weaknesses

Higher-Level Feats

Alchemical Discoveries (4th), Predictive Purchase (Investigator) (6th), Implausible Purchase (Investigator) (16th)

Coroner

Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 62
When someone finds a body, you're first on the scene. You share the clues you learn through keen observation with your team to ensure you always apprehend the culprit.

Ability Scores

Intelligence comes first, followed by Wisdom to support your perceptiveness and healing abilities. Dexterity helps your defenses.

Skills

Arcana, Athletics, Diplomacy, Medicine, Occultism, Religion, Society, Survival

Methodology

Forensic medicine

Starting Feat

That's Odd

Higher-Level Feats

Scalpel's Point (4th), Thorough Research (6th), Strategic Bypass (14th), Reconstruct the Scene (16th)