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the most important aspect is to KNOW YOUR PLAYERS. that having been said, I ran this campaign for my group and it remains as one their most memorable campaigns as i added many personal touches as someone versed in the history of piracy

1: hurricane blows our party fighter into an enemy to kill him/it
2: alchemist performs 'bombsei' forgets to ignore his own square and is promptly launched across city from the concussive blast
3: samurai rolls a 1 followed by a 20, gm deems he hits a post instead of enemy with his katana, but crits the post, lodging his katana in it.
4: character gets a cohort from a deck of many things, proceeds to load him down with all his equipment, then cohort dies from the very first swing in the next combat.

I submit for you the following: back in 3.5 I played an insane gnome artificer who had a penchant for coming up with crazy devices without thinking them through. to this end I kept a notebook of ideas, and when the party provided inspiration I wrote them down, now matter how absurd. These are the best.
-remote control terrorist dynamite vest
-boots of boot to the head
-nuclear brewery
-theme music broadcaster
-rotary nuclear artillery
-gnome of gnomish gnoming with double gnome gnoming gnoming
-button of something terrible
-button of something terribly useful
-ever-empty mug
-mechanical flying pants
-misgnomer buckler
-STEEV, the Strategic Target Evaluation and Execution Vehicle
-unskewererer of gnomes
-toast, the nth dimension of beer
-the get down from-er
-the beer deeper-er
-waste reclamation redistributor
-(de)(re)(un)(pro)(dis)(super)(quad)(triple)(pre)(post)gnomeulator
-racket launcher
-jellificater
-stab-o-matic
-exploding door
these are just a few, there were 298 all together

whew, missed a lot there. I am certainly in. Will notate character sheet with changes.

Hero yet to be named
Male Human Barbarian(Invulnerable Rager) 1
NG Medium Humanoid (Human)
Hero Points 1
Init +3; Senses Perception +5
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DEFENSE
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AC 12, touch 11, flat-footed 11. . (+1 armor, +1 Dex)
hp 12 (1d12)
Fort +2, Ref +2, Will +1
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OFFENSE
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Spd 40 ft.
Melee Taiaha +4 (1d8+4/20/x2) and
..Taiaha Raging +6 (1d8+7/20/x2)
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STATISTICS
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Str 16 (20 during rage), Dex 13, Con 10 (14 during rage), Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 10
Base Atk +1; CMB +1; CMD 12
Feats Power Attack, Furious Focus
Traits Reactionary, Deft Dodger
Skills Acrobatics +5, Climb +7(+9 during rage), Craft:armorer +5, Handle Animal +3, Intimidate +3, Knowledge Nature +4, Perception +5, Ride +4, Survival +5, Swim +6(+8 during rage)
Languages Common
SQ Rage(4/day), Fast Move
Combat Gear Taiha, Leather-Torso Piece,
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SPECIAL ABILITIES
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-Rage(ex) 4+con mod rnds/day +2 per lvl, +4 STR, +4 CON, +2 morale to WILL saves, +2 HP per HD, -2 AC, after rage, fatigued twice as many rounds
-Heart of the Fields +half CL to Craft skill, ignore 1 fatigued or exhausted effect/day
-Power Attack -1 attack, +3 damage (increase penalty and damage bonuses by -1, +3 at +4 BAB and each +4 after)
-Furious Focus ignore penalty on 1st power attack made each turn

could avoid rending combat path, but love the concept of a sound combatant that just looses it and rages, like going blood drunk, just forgets about weapons and goes at it with what he's got.

Thinking barbarian(invulnerable rager) focused on unarmed combat/beast totem/rending feat path