It depends on Difficulty too it's hard to say. You just want a specialist. High Wisdom character with +item for Wisdom and maybe Skill Focus (or racial/class bonuses) would do.
Here is Sneak level 15 content on Hard enemies have:
Also isn't it nice when Evocation spell targets +9 Fortitude instead of +39 Reflex?
I don't think anyone can reliably answer that question, because we can't see (AFAIK) the Perception tests (edit: for hidden stuff), so we don't even know the rolls we win, let alone fail.
2 INQ and 12 in Fighter would mean +1 and +7.
So trapfinding counts character level not rogue level. Ok, good to know. Makes rogues a little better option for a dip relative to vivisectionist then. Still if taking only one of the two, mutagen is probably too good to pass.
That's for being guaranteed to discover certain enemies, on boosted DC:s no less. It's not the same as discovering hidden shit. You won't get a +35 modifier under reliable conditions, just forget about it. At some point, it also becomes prohibitatively "expensive" to invest in something. In no world would I waste two feats for Alertness and Skill Focus, for example.
It's a basic limitation. They're not seperate classes at all. It would be like taking, for example, Rogue 1 over and over again, just switching archetypes. It would be insanely broken to be Rogue 1/Rogue 1/Rogue 1/Rogue 1/etc., racking up the same basic 1st level stuff, just changing archetypes.
That one is actually DC 50 ( at least on hard) and happens to give a motherlode of XP (about 64000) at lvl12-13. The checks to lower are pretty easy though, like 25 diplomacy. I only managed to pass it because my paladin was a dazzling display build (so high charisma, +strength bonus to Intimidate checks, enlarged, item that gave a +5 to intimidate, greater heroism....).
One level of vivisectionist is 1, and potentially 2 (with the feat) d6 of sneak attack. And the mutagen for the hardest fight of the day is also quite good. And if you got 12 intelligence you should be even able to get 2 level 1 spell slots which includes somewhat useful stuff like enlarge person, shield, cure light wounds. With 1 caster level they wont last long but still better than nothing.
Think about full BAB classes then and the original argument stands.
Bad way to think about it. Lvl 20 is a capstone that doesn't even come into play, whereas a lvl 1 dip is active from the second you take it until the credits roll. PF:s obsession with capstones of various kinds - both in the TTPnP and in this here CRPG - is a cancer and a trap.
Not if you're running Fractional BAB, the only right way to play.
Assuming you are taking a weapon with a good crit range, only 30 of that 160 is from power attack? Legitimate question: wouldn't hitting more often be better?
That's not really accurate, because dipping one level of X gives you that advantage immediately, whereas the level 20 benefit will only be gotten for the last few hours of the game.
You can see a good analysis of 2H and TWF feats here:
Since many people seem eager to jump all over this, I was responding to this individual. Those of you sophisticated enough to know where this advice does not apply are not the target audience.
