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For questions about the inquisitor, a divine class in the 1st edition of the Pathfinder role-playing game.

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Does a weapon imbued with the Inquisitor Bane ability count as magical for bypassing DR and damaging incorporeals?

The Inquisitor's bane ability just says the targeted weapon gets the bane weapon quality. The bane weapon quality says: [..]Against a designated foe, the weapon's enhancement bonus is +2 better than ...
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Persistence Inquisition Relentless Footing duration

The Persistence Inquisition grants the Relentless Footing ability: Relentless Footing (Ex): As a swift action, you can add 10 feet to your land speed. This increase counts as an enhancement bonus, ...
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Inquisitors bane usage

The inquisitors bane ability confuses me as theres the way I feel it is meant to work (as thought by this answer) and the way it reads. Bane At 5th level, an inquisitor can imbue one of her weapons ...
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Inquisitors Kit, why does it have a spell component pouch?

As divine casters (with domains), inquisitors should require a divine focus suitable to their god or worship in order to cast their spells. So why does the inquisitors kit come with both a spell ...
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Inquisitor using a baldric, bane

I would like some clarification on exactly how the baldric, bane magic item works when used with an inquisitor. Baldric, Bane If the wearer is an inquisitor, she is treated as five levels higher when ...
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Do spells count as "Class Abilities" for the purposes of the "Sanctified Slayer" archetype?

The Sanctified Slayer Archetype says, "At 1st level, a sanctified slayer gains the slayer’s studied target class feature. She uses her inquisitor level as her effective slayer level to ...
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Black powder inquisitor. Looking for feat suggestions [closed]

I am making an inquisitor with firearms focus, i could use some suggestions for feats to make them more useful. I have found firearms for non-firearm focused classes to be underwhelming. Am i just ...
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Is there a way to increase an inquisitor's judgments per day?

I am playing a 6th level inquisitor in Pathfinder, and would like to take better advantage of their judgement and bane abilities. I know that you can increase the bane abilities rounds per day with ...
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Is the Monster Tactician archetype fit for groups?

I am going to be joining a Pathfinder game with four people and i have decided to go with the Inquisitor that has Monster Tactician archetype however the focus of the archetype appears to be for ...
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If I have Charm of Wisdom and Lore of Escape, do I add my Wisdom modifier twice to Bluff checks?

In the character generation process for the Inquisitor class, I was faced with a question, the answer to which I'm not entirely sure. I used Conversion Inquisition, which grants me: Charm of ...
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Archetype clarification on Umbral Stalker's Dark Descent & Domain

How does Dark Descent work on the Umbral Stalker archetype of the Inquisitor? Reading the Domain attribute from the base Inquisitor class states that the Inquisitor gets one domain, however Dark ...
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Sniping, Bluff and Escape, oh my! Pathfinder combat Stealth questions

I'm playing my first Pathfinder campaign and created a monstrosity of cowardly proportions; the result of an overwhelming buffet of available classes. He is a ranged rogue (shocker) and has some Rogue ...
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What teamwork feats work with the Inquisitor (Reaper of Secrets) archetype for a ranged Inquisitor?

I'm creating a crossbow-focused Inquisitor with the Reaper of Secrets archetype. The Reaper of Secrets grants a class feature called Mind-Game Tactics (replacing Solo Tactics) which essentially allows ...
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How does the Exarch's Fearsome Jurist ability work with Extended Bane?

The text of Fearsome Jurist indicates that the ability functions as and replaces bane. So I'm fairly certain that means an Exarch cannot extend bane with the feat, the text "function as" sort of ...
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How does the Half-Orc/Tiefling Favored Class Option for the Inquisitor interact with the Stern Gaze class feature?

First, the relevant rule excerpts. Favored Class Options Some of these alternate class rewards only add +1/2, +1/3, +1/4, or +1/6 on a roll (rather than +1) each time the reward is selected. When ...
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How does one go about allowing the Inquisitor to use his Bane Class ability?

What I mean by this is when in combat with a creature or creatures how do you allow the player to activate his Bane while keeping character over player knowledge in mind? For example, In PF I play a ...
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