So here is the basic idea -- I want a melee type that does great buffing his allies with using magic directly. Here is what I have so far in making that happen:
Fighter 3/Cavalier(order of the dragon) 2/Bard 1/Steel Falcon 3/Battle Herald 10
Feats I'm looking at:
Combat Reflexes, Bodyguard, Combat expertise, gang up, power attack, outflank, Iron Will(mandatory), Swift Aid, Lingering Performance
Those are 'fairly' set in stone.
The following are things I am looking at in the "I think I want" catagory:
Leadership(looking at a hospitalar paladin), extra bardic performance, practiced tactician, shield of swings, improved trip, greater trip, improved dirty trick, greater dirty trick, Boon Companion
I'm looking at two different ways to do combat (beyond my buffing abilities): Either a pole arm of some sort, or using a madu and a scorpion whip. If I use the Madu then up through level 12 I won't take a penalty from using combat expertise.
I'm also not set on a race yet. I kind of would like to go with halfling to get a wolf or riding dog for my 'mount' and then simply using it as another flanker. If I did then I might consider the lucky halfling feat too. Another choice would be to go human take the racial heritage feat and get the lucky halfling feat all the same (much more feat intensive... but possibly a lot of fun).
So Where I would like help:
Race
Order of feats
What other feats to grab/not grab
Weapon usage advice (between the pole arm and madu/scorpion whip)
General thoughts on improving effectiveness.
Yeah that is a great racial trait... I'll be adding... 2+2+2+1... 7 when ever I aid other, and I can trade out AoO's to aid other's AC... That's going to be really nice.
Now I really want to take those jinx feats too... those are nice and would play in with the other half of the idea that I wanted...