[RPG] How to build Riddick

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Just came back from Riddick and I loved it. Less than Chronicles of Riddick, I am afraid, but enjoyable still.

I would like a 20-level build for Riddick based on these criteria:

Concept: Hardy survivalist who strikes from the shadows

  • Night-optimized, okay to be at the expense of daytime ability.
  • Specializes in blades (melee a must; also ranged if possible).
  • Good at Intimidation
  • Will save is not a viable dump area.
  • Affinity with animals a bonus, but not necessary.
  • If the "Riddick feel" is best gained by a sub-optimal feature choice, I'd rather have a slightly less Riddick-like but mechanically superior feature.

I want to emphasize intelligence, tactics and stealth killing. Riddick might be a savage, but he is a very clever savage. It's not that I want him to be a wanted man, but 1v1 he would hold his own against pretty much anything of similar CR.

The 3.5 Assassin prestige class is the kind of thing I'm thinking of, but the Pathfinder version seems subpar. I am not afraid of a spellcaster build, nor dipping into barbarian.

Materials: only paizo content from the website. no custom anything.

Best Answer

I was hoping to have seen the new movie before answering just in case some whacky new things were added. No matter which class you pick, you need to pretty much get great stat rolls to begin with and maybe even a custom race.

Ranger is definitely the class I'd go for at first due to the innate survival skills, but my mind takes a very specific turn: go Monk

Monks possess all the stealth skills, have the best saves, respectable BAB, and Flurry is like two weapon fighting rules for the unarmed. The only downside is the alignment requirement, but to a monk being Lawful means strictly adhering to your dojo's code.

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