Thief Catcher (Apath)

	Unofficial rules compendium
	Contents 1 Class Information 1.1 Class Skills; ; 2 Class Features 2.1 Weapon and Armor Proficiency; 2.2 Crafty Talents; 2.3 Advanced Talents; ; 3 Table: Crafty Investigator; 4 Summary of Changed Class Abilities;
	Contents 1 Class Information 1.1 Class Skills; ; 2 Class Features 2.1 Weapon and Armor Proficiency; 2.2 Crafty Talents; 2.3 Advanced Talents; ; 3 Table: Crafty Investigator; 4 Summary of Changed Class Abilities;

The crafty investigator is streetwise and talented, but lacks alchemical training.

Class Information

This is an investigator archetype that replaces alchemy with extra talents.

Starting Age: The crafty investigator is an intuitive archetype, and starts in the youngest age bracket for his race.

Hit Die: d8.

Class Skills

The crafty investigator's class skills are Acrobatics (Dex), Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Dex), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (all) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Perception (Wis), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spellcraft (Int), Stealth (Dex), Survival, Use Magic Device (Cha), and Swim (Str).

Skill Ranks per Level: 8 + Int modifier. Crafty talents and the additional class skills and skill points replace alchemy.

Class Features

The crafty investigator has all the standard investigator’s class features, except as noted below.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

Crafty investigators are proficient with simple weapons, plus the hand crossbow, sap, and short sword. They are proficient in light armors, but not shields.

Crafty Talents

The crafty investigator gains more talents than a normal investigator, learning a new talent at each investigator level, including level one. Add the following rogue talents to the talents available to the crafty investigator: cat's charge, disarming talent, disease use, escaping stunt, evasion, face in the crowd, false friend, flying stunt, getaway artist, magetrap, last ditch effort, obfuscate story, outsmart traps, philologist, positioning attack, quick scrounge, quick steal, riding stunt, rumormonger, sacrifice self, sapping, scavenger, shock tactics, sleight of hand stunt, slippery mind, snap shot, steal the story, strong impression, thoughtful reexamining, and uncanny dodge.

At second level, a crafty investigator can pick a feat he fulfills the prerequisites for instead of a talent, but no more than half the talents selected can be feats. Crafty talents and the additional class skills and skill points replace alchemy.

Advanced Talents

At 10th level, add the following talents to the list of rogue talents the crafty investigator can learn: another day, deadly cocktail, familiar, frugal trapsmith, feat, getaway master, hard mind, hide in plain sight, improved evasion, master of disguise, redirect attack, and skill mastery. This replaces swift alchemy.

Table: Crafty Investigator

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Fort Save	Ref Save	Will Save	Special
1st	+0	+0	+2	+2	Inspiration, investigator talent, trapfinding
2nd	+1	+0	+3	+3	Investigator talent, poison lore, poison resistance +2
3rd	+2	+1	+3	+3	Investigator talent, keen recollection, trap sense +1
4th	+3	+1	+4	+4	Investigator talent, studied combat, studied strike +1d6
5th	+3	+1	+4	+4	Investigator talent, poison resistance +4
6th	+4	+2	+5	+5	Investigator talent, studied strike +2d6, trap sense +2
7th	+5	+2	+5	+5	Investigator talent
8th	+6/+1	+2	+6	+6	Investigator talent, poison resistance +6, studied strike +3d6
9th	+6/+1	+3	+6	+6	Investigator talent, trap sense +3
10th	+7/+2	+3	+7	+7	Advanced talents, investigator talent, studied strike +4d6
11th	+8/+3	+3	+7	+7	Investigator talent, poison immunity
12th	+9/+4	+4	+8	+8	Investigator talent, studied strike +5d6, trap sense +4
13th	+9/+4	+4	+8	+8	Investigator talent
14th	+10/+5	+4	+9	+9	Investigator talent, studied strike +6d6
15th	+11/+6/+1	+5	+9	+9	Investigator talent, trap sense +5
16th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+10	+10	Investigator talent, studied strike +7d6
17th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+10	+10	Investigator talent
18th	+13/+8/+3	+6	+11	+11	Investigator talent, studied strike +8d6, trap sense +6
19th	+14/+9/+4	+6	+11	+11	Investigator talent
20th	+15/+10/+5	+6	+12	+12	Investigator talent, studied strike +9d6, true inspiration

Summary of Changed Class Abilities

These abilities of the original class are lost or modified in this archetype:

Skill Points
Class Skills
Weapon Proficiency
Alchemy
Swift Alchemy

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