Gunslinger seems an obvious choice but are there any other classes that fit well with the Android? I'd prefer to make a combat character, something that can fit the main fighter role and while I'm open to guns being included, I'd prefer them to be a secondary option to the class. The character was raised by the Kellids of Numeria, so Barbarian would be a good fit but I'm.unsure if they are a good match for an Android character. Any advice or ideas are very much appreciated.
I'm going from memory here, but I think 1) rage grants morale bonuses, and 2) androids cannot receive morale bonuses, so you migt want to steer well clear of barbarian.
Ghorrin Redblade
Redblade is correct. Barbarian's not a great choice for Android.
Okay so Barbarian is definitely out as a choice, maybe Fighter then? Anyone know if there are any Android specific archetypes that would work for a combative Android character?
How about a Dervish Magus? You have DEX+INT, helping both your combat abilities and your spellcasting.
To the extent of my knowledge, there are no Android-specific archetypes.
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If you have People of the River, there are some good options there. There is a Ranger Archetype that is based on defeating constructs that could work well. There is also a Nanite Sorcerer Bloodline that is great for martials with Eldritch Heritage, although its hard to qualify for the CHA requirements with an android.
Alchemist is thematic and can fit into melee quite well.
They also make great finesse characters. Lore warden fighter, Swashbuckler, Slayer, and so on.
I'm planning on getting People of the River and People of the Stars so any options from either of those are good with me, I just don't know of any of them.
The Alchemist option seems interesting, maybe couple it with Fighter? Theme the mutagens as nanite buffs?
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Brawler Fighter with Throwing/Returning Gauntlets*. ROCKET PUNCH.
*this is terribly suboptimal
Nanite Sorcerer Bloodline
Wat.
I just had a Generator Rex flashback. I must see this.
Playing an Android Gunslinger is fun. The DEX and INT bonuses make an Android Alchemist an attractive option.
I'd prefer the character to be a melee character. Is it feasible to make a TWF who uses sword and pistol? If not then I'm looking at possibly going Alchemist/Fighter or Magus for the character.
Not really. You need a free hand to reload, which messes up your full-attack options.
Eldritch Knight as a Magus/Nanite Sorceror maybe?
Would using both Magus and Sorc be crippling the two classes and I'd be better off as a.Fighter/Sorc or is it still a viable build? I'm thinking Dervish Magus, using the Shocking Grasp themed as an electrical surge as mentioned before. Armored but not too heavily so, most likely fighting with a scimitar.
I really think Magus is the better option, since you'd take a Charisma hit.
On an unrelated note, I'm really surprised Androids didn't get the '+2 to any one' treatment.
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I'm thinking Dervish Magus, a single(?) level of Gunslinger(I'm thinking Pistolero?), Nanite Sorcerer into Eldritch Knight looks like the best way to build him... Just need to settle on the actual build I want to go with.
You could take the Vestigial Arm discovery once or twice and model it after this tech priest.
If you can utilize any third party stuff, android seems a really solid choice for the psionic Aegis, which is a martial class that keys off Int. You create power armor from your mind, and can eventually customize it to do things like fly and shoot laser blasts. You can also combine it with Soulknife (possibly with the soulbolt archetype, given the Dex boost) into the Metaforge PrC and basically become a sci-fi character. The DSP stuff in general is really awesome and pretty well balanced, I've always allowed it in my games.
3rd party is unfortunately not allowed in our games, as tempting as some of the stuff may be. I still would prefer to keep.the character.from going too over the top on the science fiction aspects. His weapon will probably end up being a chainsword but that's about as far as I want to go I believe.
Oddly, unlike with barbarian, androids can actually work rather well as bards (well, if you overlook their CHA penalty).
Apparently, inspire courage is a competence bonus rather than a morale bonus. I haven't looked at the other key performances too closely...but since that is a bard's bread and butter.....