I think you kind of missed talking about the way that Pursue A Lead now being based around answering a question rather than pursuing one specific creature makes it MASSIVELY easier to use Devise A Strategem as a free action. For example, I'm playing one in my current game and our group is fighting our way through a thieves' den right now. Old investigator would have been pursuing a lead related to the crime boss we're trying to stop, but now my investigation questions are "who is leading this thieves' guild?" and "why have they suddenly started attacking city watch patrols?" So now it's much easier to use the free action version of DaS in encounters throughout the den as we explore it because we're fighting thugs that I believe will get me closer to solving my investigations. It's a subtle but very significant improvement to the class.
I think you kind of missed talking about the way that Pursue A Lead now being based around answering a question rather than pursuing one specific creature makes it MASSIVELY easier to use Devise A Strategem as a free action. For example, I'm playing one in my current game and our group is fighting our way through a thieves' den right now. Old investigator would have been pursuing a lead related to the crime boss we're trying to stop, but now my investigation questions are "who is leading this thieves' guild?" and "why have they suddenly started attacking city watch patrols?" So now it's much easier to use the free action version of DaS in encounters throughout the den as we explore it because we're fighting thugs that I believe will get me closer to solving my investigations. It's a subtle but very significant improvement to the class.
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An INT based class also. Ight have some extra skill points available,. To help justify being proficient in the social skills.
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Quite an improvement.
Not gamebreaking.
But. Good. Playable. Functional.
Good.
I'm pretty excited with what they did to strategic assessment. I'm tempted to make a ranged investigator for my next character!
Lots of good feat upgrades for sure, Person of Interest makes using devise a strategem easier in combat for one