Pathfinder Inquisitor Class Analysis

[@Inquisitor_Lelouch]

you basically started the intro with my three favorite inquisitors. subscribed.

[@RykerDavis123]

im fairly new to your channel and id like to say youre a major help with learning d&d/pathfinder. hope to see a ninja video one day

[@Runescaper5310]

This is perfect! Was about to make an inquisitor. Thanks for the vid, D6, keep up the great work!

[@nexishadow]

Great job! I finally understand this class. It's a Ranger Paladin hybrid with a splash of Rogue! Awesome.

[@nexishadow]

Bard not Rogue.

[@nexishadow]

Maybe both.

[@CalebRogers808]

I'd say it's the cleric/ranger combo, where the paladin is the kind of cleric/fighter (other than the warpriest of course, which is like a paladin that can be any level)

[@AbyssalDrake88]

I liked this video, very informative and easy to understand! Thank you!

[@d6damage93]

You'r welcome. I hope it helped.

[@simurghthepersian7220]

Thanks for this video. Paizo please please give us this class for PF 2e...

[@AngelWings-r4v]

Thank you D6 for making this video, I've been waiting forever for someone to make an informative video about Inquisitors, you've explained it very well and have given me a better idea to play my character more efficiently. My only suggestion to the vid, is I also believe Charisma is another important stat to invest in, since it will improve your smithing. Also to anyone playing this class, three important stats I think Inquisitors should invest in are Dex, Wisdom, and Charisma. Another great domain to have with this class is the Sun Domain, you can can your caster lvl in damage when you Smite. And at lvl8 or 9 you can cast Daylight at will. Meaning you will give any vampire or creature effected by daylight, one really bad day. Another question, I thought since Inquisitors are holy, they can use/learn all their spells.

[@d6damage93]

Inquisitors are like the Oracle, even though they're a divine casting class, they have to pick spells they know. Also, Inquisitors don't actually smite, the bane class feature is the replacement for a paladin smite and charisma doesn't really bear on that. But a charisma score can be valuable for an Inquisitor, as they use persuade skills, especially intimidate.

[@AngelWings-r4v]

D6Damage wow I'm surprised, that would mean my DM is playing them wrong then. She got me a high Charisma so I could smite. Still Bane can still by pass armor right, depending on the alignment right? Like smiting right?

[@TGlovescultistchan]

The Bane class ability gives the Bane weapon property attuned to a type of creature chosen when activated. The Bane weapon property gives +2d6 damage and increases the enhancement bonus of the weapon by +2 against creatures of that type. As a swift action the Inquisitor can change the type of creature it is attuned to. It does nothing against armor nor DR.

[@tresrat]

Love the video! I'm looking at playing a Warpriest fairly soon and would love your take on it.

[@onup1475]

FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!!!

[@ShadowfaxSTP]

Haha... "Are you looking to bring down holy wrath on monsters, infidels, heretics..." "FYI- you should always be trying to detect chaos." Sounds like we're getting ready to play an inquisitor in 40K: Dark Heresy! :D Sorry, just having flashbacks...

[@goldenbrigain7031]

Clerics are faithful people bestowed with the power of their gods. Paladins are warriors who fight to bring about the doctrine of their Gods in a very direct way. Inquisitors get it done. To them it's not a job or a calling...it's what has to happen at all costs.

[@HerzogZosa]

thx 4 the explenation! :) do you like some of the Archetypes of the Inqui? there is one with some class features from the Slayer. an interesting Thing in my opinion.

[@d6damage93]

I like the Exorcist, but you don't really get that much mechanically out of it, but, it's still really cool flavor wise.

[@avgurikova580]

Dear D6, what do you think of an Inquisitor with the Irori Deity? Because Irori kinda is "friendly" with other Deitys so I'd think I'd go down the all knowledge is sacred route. What do you think?

[@d6damage93]

That sound like a good rp for your inquisitor. Looking at the profile and the areas of concern for Irori may give you more ideas on how to flesh out your character at the table.

[@minigamer1967]

So basically... a great start for a person trying to make a Hunter from Bloodborne

[@RavenReforged]

Do you plan to ever make character sheets for some of these characters? That would be amazing.

[@d6damage93]

I do. I just need to compile everything and find a place for them.

[@RavenReforged]

Sweet cuz one on this would be amazing

[@finleydeeley9712]

Can you do a video on a melee inquisitor build?

[@Dragon4Soul]

Finley Deeley I've been working on a melee build for a back up character. Haven't used him yet of course but he's urban inflator with conversion inquisition. Heavy build into teamwork feats with solo tactics and then all your regular melee feats. I'm still up in the air on whether to go sword and board or two hand (falchion, preferably keen). So far it looks like an effective build but I'm in no hurry for my ranger to die so i can find out

[@Ironmann199]

u can choose domain or inquisition and one of the better inquisitions( in my opinion) is the conversion inquisition lets you use wis mod instead of cha for diplomacy bluff and intimidate

[@clockworkkirlia7475]

It's like being a Wisdom Empiricist!

[@TGlovescultistchan]

I like the Clandestine Inquisition, invisibility at 1st level

[@akinleyeakinrefon6447]

Why is there no more class explanations

[@FuzzLyricz]

Yaaaay! This is awesome!

[@DylanPatterson1]

would you consider possibly making a class analysis on the vigilante class in pathfinder?

[@d6damage93]

The vigilante class is pretty crazy. The guys would definitely want to get in on that video.

[@DylanPatterson1]

Awesome thanks for the reply I look forward to seeing the possible video :-) my wife I making one in our next pathfinder session I'd love to see your views on the class

[@homerwood502]

great video, thank you so much!

[@deviousangel1238]

can you maker light skills???

[@moderncrusader5128]

is the witch hunter archetype good? i was thinking about playing one

[@jebreilthehutp.s.youlostth5608]

gingerbread witch please

[@d6damage93]

That's from Horror Adventures, right? That book looks awesome.

[@justinc882]

Every player I've ever had play an inquisitor has been the same. They will roll 7 or below 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time things explode gloriously.

[@WallBrotherOpossum]

I'm incredibly lucky then, there were 3 times last game session where I rolled with disadvantage and still managed to crit on both rolls. Granted, I'm using a longsword where it's crit range is 19-20 XD

[@maloo2brvo26]

Love peoples thoughts on a custom class themed from Warhammer 40k's Khorne berzerker lore. docs.google.com/document/d/19L7951WUo7nWXzeHFH052H0ZlsaSST-C1sEuRzRdiFA/edit?usp=sharing Above is the link to the google doc that I created.

[@YourTrustyHonkey9716]

I see alot of Warpriest synergy

[@so0meone]

I'd have been extremely disappointed in you if you didn't include the Spanish Inquisition in that intro. It's still just as beautiful as it was the first time... :')

[@d6damage93]

LOL ;-)

[@tylerpietrolungo7943]

If I could bother you with a question, I'm fairly new to D&D and stumbled across an Inquisitor Archetype called an Immolator, but there's extremely few details that I can find on it such as proficiencies and spells (if any). Do I go off of the Inquisitor build with some aspects of the "immolator"? So far here is what I've found about the Immolator and where I found out about it in the first place, in said order: www.d20pfsrd.com/races/other-races/featured-races/arg-ifrit/immolator-inquisitor-ifrit dungeon-world.com/ I would very much like to try this type of build, but would greatly appreciate some help and/or insight into it.

[@d6damage93]

When you're using an archetype, some features of that archetype will modify the class. It says at the bottom of the entry, what feature of the class it changes. Your race choice is already made for you, so I would say you might want to lean more on your martial abilities as the negative 2 to wisdom will impact your spell casting somewhat. Other than that the archetype doesn't change that many features of the inquisitor. Finally, I would say focus on ranged combat to make good use of the dexterity bonus you get from your race.

[@tylerpietrolungo7943]

Thanks man! I appreciate the help

[@boiaboa]

I'm searching for inspirations, can someone tell me which movie is the first clip from? thanks in advance

[@d6damage93]

Van Helsing 2004

[@boiaboa]

@@d6damage93 many thanks!

[@alexandersmith1777]

What book can I find this “Inquisitor??” 🙂.

[@fpahrabael6932]

internet webpage of pathfinder 1st edition. everything inquisitor is there

[@fpahrabael6932]

so sad, so many People didnt get the joke reference of "always detect chaos" from warhammer 40k

[@madisonstengel599]

Is there someone who leads the inquisitors

[@madisonstengel599]

looking to play an inquisitor healer any tips

[@d6damage93]

I've had a look at the inquisitor Archetypes and unfortunately I didn't see one with a healing focus. I would say think about what you want. If you want your primary job to be healer/ support you may think about multi classing with cleric.

[@madisonstengel599]

I wouldn't be the primary healer but I'd to focus in it and at 7th level take leadership and get a cleric companion

[@johnlinville8671]

I got a question. I was reading that Inquisitor's are proficient in all armor and can start with a greatsword or warhammer plus crossbow.

[@d6damage93]

According to PFSRD the official Pathfinder 1e Inquisitor is proficient with light an medium armor, simple weapons, and hand cross bow, long bow, repeating crossbow and deities favorite weapon. The terminology you're using sounds like D&D 5e

[@Thurmanator]

What if you are a chaotic inquisitor

[@d6damage93]

The alignment of your inquisitor doesn't really affect things very much and it makes chaos easy to find.

[@megamanstarforce4315]

Why should a person always try to detect chaos?

[@d6damage93]

That was just a joke. In the game Warhammer40K Imperial Inquisitors are always trying to stamp out an evil force called Chaos.

[@megamanstarforce4315]

Thanks

[@hardgay7537]

This joke aged well over time given Strangers of Paradise. :)

[@villager3335]

You mentioned detect chaos as the best detect. why is that

[@d6damage93]

I was joking in the game warhammer 40k there is an evil force called chaos and inquisitors are trying to but down any one tainted by it.

[@ZonsoAvalune]

The audio and video are WAY out of sync.

[@keats27]

Dude...I like your videos and appreciate the effort, but....this is a 7 minute waste of time. Nobody needs you to read the rule book at them. If you're going to do a class analysis, please, do some analyzing instead of telling us the absolute basics of the class. WHAT FEATS help an inquisitor? Have you ever played one? What is their primary role? Go over some effective builds. We get that it's a hybrid defender/aggressor of the faith class. The NAME tells us that. How do you make it work? Because they are only mediocre with weapons and mediocre with spells, you need to know how to make them work together or you will be Gimpy McGimpmeister.

[@d6damage93]

That's a fair critique of the video. My concern with the Inquisitor class is that it's not terribly straight forward. A lot of the class features are very unique and a little bit hard to understand. Next I'll come out with a ranged dps Inquisitor build. Thanks for the feedback.

[@keats27]

D6Damage I'd really like to play one, but it just seems like a watered down warpriest. I think ranged is probably what makes the difference, but you're going to need pb shot, precise shot, rapid shot, many shot, and maybe deadly aim...lot of feats for a caster to invest in. Class seems loaded with potential, but lacks a focus...or maybe I just don't see it yet. That's why I was disappointed with the video--sorry if I came off harsh.

[@d6damage93]

No problem. The lack of focus is an issue with the Inquisitor class, but it does have really good ranged potential.

[@thanatos7430]

D6Damage Don't confuse flexibility with a lack of focus. The core Monk is unfocused, but the Inquisitor is flexible. The Judgments allow you to respond to a variety of situations. Your Inquisition/Domain lend strength to your chosen method of play/combat. The spell list is mostly buffs/utility to again support a variety of builds. Monster Lore works with Bane and decreases Multiple Attribute Dependency to allow you to up your damage easily. Several archetypes change play style without neutering the ability to function beyond one dimensional DPR. It is a solid Tier 3 class that has a variety of applications. It is capable of doing one thing well (Damage), and still able to contribute meaningfully when its main trick is not applicable.

[@keats27]

Thanatos It's a watered-down warpriest. The judgements and bane add up to roughly 10 points of damage without solid melee or ranged stats that will add attacks and damage--easily compensated by blessings. Blessings are also more flexible affecting all sorts of things allowing you to choose your niche. And the big difference is...warpriests can still channel, and with feats, you can do all sorts of things with channeling. Channeling can make you an effective party healer. Inqy? Best they can do is backup heal. Multiple attributes will still, of course, be essential as they would be for any hybrid class. You give up a domain. You give up channeling. If you give up a healing domain, you'll never be an effective healer. If you choose a healing domain, there goes your damage. Your damage is hybrid damage, and will never match even a warpriest or a cleric pure caster. I think at very least this less than solid class needs 2 domains, one offensive and one defensive so that it CAN BE a hybrid. At that point, you'd have clerics (more of a pure caster), warpriest A channeling hybrid healer, and inqies..a casting hybrid healer. And I would give Inqys higher lvl spells than their warpriest counterparts.They are a bit more flexible in what they can cast, but they give up cleric spontaneous casting which means, many of your spell choices will have to be heals. Seems like this should have been a warpriest archetype rather than a full class. Make any build with an Inqy and then turn around and see how much more you get by adding channeling and blessings in place of judgement and monster lore that you can get with skills. I admit that this changes at lvls 18-20...I mean when you can just kill something (True Judgement) well...how cool is that? But how many people play to that lvl? I can also see them being effective party leaders if they went with high charisma and leadership feats, but then you need even more abilities with high scores. The more I think about it, the more I would love to see it adjusted/fixed to have more of a flexible caster focus (2nd domain higher spells) and allow all leadership feats and leadership skills...like...oratory and diplomacy type skills be WISDOM based...then I think you could talk solid class.

[@ishmiel21]

You left out the fact that Inquisitors are profit with medium armor and the favored weapon of their deity. Solo Tactics isn't in the least bit complicated. This was a pretty poor class review.

[@homerwood502]

he did mention medium armor.

[@pealsonschultz4482]

If you play the Living Grimoire archetype, than you can be a bible thumper.

[@d6damage93]

Quite literally.

[@N0kiz4ru]

I am so disappointed this class might not come to pf2e because the sio chugging constantly offended crowd has subverted the hobby.

[@d6damage93]

Yeah, Paizo is kinda PC

[@UndeadFangtooth]

I played the inquisitor in a pathfinder game and when i was introduced to the group i saw a child practicing magic.... I knelt down to his level, acted friendly, then nailed his hand to the floor, i told him to put his other hand on the floor. He wouldnt so i pointed a crossbow at his sister and i asked again. He did and i nailed it to the ground. I then quoted my faith script to my diety then kicked him tearing his hands out from the nails. That basically set the tone for my character. Adults who used magic would die, but children would be maimed to prevent further herecy

[@TGlovescultistchan]

...Don't inquisitors practice magic as well as clerics?

[@khatack]

I think Inquisitor is a completely pointless class, it doesn't really add anything to the game that works. That was the problem with most classes and prestige classes in D&D as well, most of them are pointless and don't really add anything to the game besides some mechanical gimmick. A character could be inquisitor, you could make such a thing just by mixing the other elements of the game, have some rogue with your cleric, and that's it. There was absolutely no need to make it a base class. At least in D&D none of the core classes are pointless, they are all truly distinct in their fantasy and how they gain their power/abilities. Pathfinder has the problem even worse, Magus, Summoner, Inquisitor all are pointless classes, the really don't bring anything truly unique to the table.