An alchemist with feral mutagen would work providing you can pick up and drink the mutagen in fox shape. The beastmorph archetype might help.
Various druid archetypes (___ Shaman) get the ability to grow claws or talons. Unfortunately natural spell only lets you cast in wild shape, not when otherwise transformed.
Eldritch scion magus or bloodrager can get a claw-growing bloodline. Again, no good way of casting in fox shape as far as I know though.
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Urban Barbarian is not a bad choice. A 3 level dip can be enough especially with the Extra Rage feat and Berserker of the Society trait to have enough rage rounds.
Dips into other classes can include:
Swashbuckler Mouser 1 is great
Master of Many Forms monk for some great Style feats
Warpriest for some nice Blessing and Fervor buffs
Ranger 2 Freebooter or Slayer 2 for favorite target bonus and ranger feat
Archaeologist Bard 1 for Archaeologist Luck plus Lingering Song and with Fates Favored a great bonus on abilities. Note also qualifies you for Arcane Strike so you can make your natural attacks magical.
Brawler 1 for Martial Versatility
Hunter 1 plus Dead animal companion for Animal Focus
Alchemist 1 for Mutagen and Extracts
Fighter 2 for bonus feats
Vexing Dodger Rogue 1
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So, a few notes. Urban barbarian is nice for getting you some extra attacks and pounce.
The downside of course is that with alignment restrictions there is no way to get that and take any levels of monk or paladin.
If you want to do multi classing, I would recommend taking a lot them in order to stack up a lot of bonus feats and saving throws.
Here is a version of a character I ran up to level 12, with a slight alteration since I also just discovered aspect of the beast won't work.
Classes:
Level 1: Swashbuckler (Mouser)
Level 2: Fighter (unarmed fighter)
Level 3: Paladin (Iroran)
Level 4: Monk (Master of Many Styles + Kata Master)
Level 5: Monk (Master of Many Styles + Kata Master)
Level 6: Paladin (Iroran)
Level 7: Druid (Eagle Shaman)
Level 8: Druid (Eagle Shaman)
Level 9: Paladin (Iroran)
Level 10: Paladin (Iroran)
Level 11: dip of your choice or continue w/ Iroran paladin
Eagle shaman should give you the extra natural attacks you want.
Looking at this myself I think i'm going to go mouser 1 urban barbarian x.
My only problem is it really, really doesn't work well till 3. Not that starting at three is that big a deal for me but....
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I am so sorry Breq but the eagle shaman transformation ability is a polymorph effect so won't stack with other polymorph effects. Assuming you were using that ability to grow claws?
Totem Transformation (Su)
At 2nd level, a bear shaman may adopt an aspect of the bear while retaining her normal form. She gains one of the following bonuses:
movement (+10 enhancement bonus to land speed, +4 racial bonus on Swim checks)
senses (low-light vision, scent)
toughness (+2 natural armor bonus to AC, Endurance feat)
natural weapons (bite [1d6] and 2 claws [1d4] for a Medium shaman, +2 to CMB on grapple checks)
While using totem transformation, the bear shaman may speak normally and can cast speak with animals (mammals only) at will. Using this ability is a standard action at 2nd level, a move action at 7th level, and a swift action at 12th level. The bear shaman can use this ability for a number of minutes per day equal to her druid level. These minutes do not need to be consecutive, but they must be used in 1-minute increments. This is a polymorph effect and cannot be used while the druid is using another polymorph effect, such as wild shape.
Wild armor: Wild armor specifically calls out wild shape: not wild shape and similar polymorph effects, so no by raw.
Natural spell) likewise caries the specific cause of wild shape.
I'm looking at step up/stepup and strike, since people 5 foot stepping away seems to be a problem when you don't have reach.
Oh and just an overall natural attack question. Is it possible to have a bite and a gore attack?
Gargoyles and dragons say yes.
But not say, A fox with bite and lesser fiend totem?
No, anyone can. Those where just two examples that have both.
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The thread about the songbird of doom would be useful, though I note that Breq already posted a variant of that here. I personally am doing something similar for my kitsune and it is just about to hit level 3 after one more scenario. Mouser to start off with is very useful. Getting some route to the Monkey style top tier feat (through MoMS) will mean that you are hard to hit the enemy whos square you are in as well as them having a harder time hitting anyone else as well.
I'll probably be finishing off with the Ioroan Paladin archetype for the healing, saves and CHA to AC plus magic weapon stuff later on. Just got to be careful to keep your BAB at +1 per level for the first 3 so you can get the fox shape feat as soon as possible. Grr that it can't be taken at 1st level.
How are you getting other natural attacks than bite?
Beast totem barbarian. It grows claws when you rage rather than just having claws, so it works with the polymorph effect.
As BigNorseWolf said, the best thing that you can do is add on additional natural weapons to your Fox Shape. This is specifically allowed by the polymorph sub school, which calls out sorcerer bloodline powers as an example. Barbarian rage powers are also an example, and in practice they're the best option to choose from.
Barbarians have plenty of ways to gain natural attacks in Pathfinder. They can gain a bite attack using animal fury, claw attacks using abyssal blood, draconic blood, and lesser beast totem, and a gore attack using lesser fiend totem. Since kitsune have a bite attack both in natural form and in Fox Shape, our best bet is to grab lesser fiend totem for a gore attack and either abyssal blood or draconic blood for claws.
Because you're a Tiny creature, your natural weapons are going to have an extremely low damage bonus because of your reduced size. Also, shrinking in size via Fox Shape is going to further penalize your damage. One of the most important things that we need to figure out is how to add on as many damage bonuses to our natural attacks as possible. The best option would be to pick the urban barbarian archetype, which will allow you to improve your Dexterity when you rage instead of its usual benefits. You'll likely want to use Dex to Hit instead of Strength, so Weapon Finesse is going to be a must-have for you. Mouser (swashbuckler) is an obvious choice, but it comes with a downside; claw attacks don't deal piercing damage, so you can't use swashbuckler's finesse to finesse them. Likewise, precise strike deed doesn't work with claw attacks, so you can't rely on the swashbuckler for bonus damage.
With this in mind, your best option is to grab Piranha Strike and a +1 agile amulet of mighty fists. This super-expensive magic item (16,000 gp, in fact) will allow you to use your Dexterity modifier on damage rolls with all of your natural weapons instead of your Strength. Personally, I would continue to advance as a barbarian and probably pick the Monkey Style feats, as Monkey Shine gives massive benefits while you're fighting within someone else's space. I don't think I would use mouser, personally.
But yeah, your big focus for this build should be numerical bonuses on damage rolls, especially those that can be applied to all of your natural weapons simultaneously. Use the fact that all of your natural attacks are primary attacks to your advantage.
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Keep in mind that you can buy an Agile Amulet of Mighty Fists for 4000k and upgrade it later.
Two levels of ranger get you a bonus feat, for example 2 levels of Two handed weapon style will get you power attack without the needed Str. Though piranha strike does work, its about a bonus feat and the ability of the freebooter to mark a target for +1 to hit/dmg as a move action, at will.
Damage is not a problem, though Halfling race provides a boost with Risky Striker. I have a build I posted in the Bird thread that does 3 attacks at lvl 4 for 1d3 + 17 damage. For a kitsune you could take 2 Urban Barb, 2 Fighter grab Weapon Finesse, Fox Shape, Piranha Strike and Extra Rage and with the Agile AoMF be doing 3x 1d3 + 13 at level 4.
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Keep in mind that you can buy an Agile Amulet of Mighty Fists for 4000k and upgrade it later.
Two levels of ranger get you a bonus feat, for example 2 levels of Two handed weapon style will get you power attack without the needed Str. Though piranha strike does work, its about a bonus feat and the ability of the freebooter to mark a target for +1 to hit/dmg as a move action, at will.
Damage is not a problem, though Halfling race provides a boost with Risky Striker. I have a build I posted in the Bird thread that does 3 attacks at lvl 4 for 1d3 + 17 damage. For a kitsune you could take 2 Urban Barb, 2 Fighter grab Weapon Finesse, Fox Shape, Piranha Strike and Extra Rage and with the Agile AoMF be doing 3x 1d3 + 13 at level 4.
The other key thing to note with the AoMF is that because you'll have a lot of attacks the most cost effective way to make sure you can get past DR is to first buy an Agile AoMF then upgrade it to add fury born, which increases the effective bonus on the weapon by 1 for each time you have hit the opponent.
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DR will be a problem. Furyborn will work eventually but that will be down the road.
Consumables may help you, Potions of Blessed Weapon enchant one attack with both magic and good. Potions of Magic Fang, Gr. Magic Fang will also work.
In some cases you just have to deal with it and still contribute. I can think of one fight vs. 4 - 5 lvl PCs where the monsters had DR 10. In that case you would still be doing 1d3 + 3 with the fighter/barb build.
What about feral combat training and monk levels?
Flurrying with one natural attack?
Is there any way to make enhancing on natural cheaper then enhancing all of them?
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Is there any way to make enhancing on natural cheaper then enhancing all of them?
If you have a gore attack, Tusk Blades. If you are catfolk, Claw Blades. If you are ratfolk, tailblades. That's it.
What about feral combat training and monk levels?
Won't work with urban barbarian, but doesn't help much. I think you can flurry with a bite but not flurry and use natural attacks. Also doesn't work with barbarian.
Flurrying with one natural attack?
Thats doable.
Is there any way to make enhancing on natural cheaper then enhancing all of them?
That robe thing in ultimate equipment... *dig dig digs*
Furryborn on multiple natural attacks will get you a higher bonus.
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What about feral combat training and monk levels?Won't work with urban barbarian, but doesn't help much. I think you can flurry with a bite but not flurry and use natural attacks. Also doesn't work with barbarian.
It does if you take that trait, or if you are a martial artist (yay rage cycling). It also works with Brawler.
How are you guys getting the claws to work with the mouser finesse? Claws are Bludgeoning and Slashing and not Piercing and therefore don't get the Weapon Finesse from Swashbuckler.
Also, you can't be a monk and a barbarian, monks must be lawful, barbarians must not be lawful.
You can take the enlightened warrior aasimar trait through adopted BigNorseWolf! Yay barbarian/monk!
Ah, I didn't see this. An interesting trait.
You could go Unarmed Fighter and gain Improved Unarmed Strike and Snake Style for free as bonus feats.
You wouldn't be able to take later feats in the chain until you grabbed Stunning Fist around 8th level, but its feasible.