Yes, TWF. I've been doing a lot of this lately, I'm not sure why. Most people (myself included) would have recommended the Two-Weapon Warrior,but I'm actually making this as a Lore Warden. Now obviously it isn't purely foolproof, but I figured with combat reflexes and tripping I could make sure enemies stay within Full attack range. Tripping also boosts my accuracy, and I get insane CMB with Lore Warden. The light armor doesn't really hurt too much because I do have a good Dexterity. Here's the build (up to L12):
Stats: STR: 18 (Racial Bonus) DEX: 16 CON: 12 INT: 13 WIS: 9 CHA: 7
Stat Increases: +1 Dex, +1 INT, +1 WIS
I'm a Half-Orc and I chose Shaman's Apprentice, Skilled, Toothy, and Chain Fighter as alternate traits. If Toothy isn't worth it, I'll pick up Sacred Tattoo.
Feats:
1- Combat Reflexes, Endurance,Two-Weapon Fighting
2- Combat Expertise, Improved Trip
3- Improved Disarm
4- Break Guard
5- Double Slice
6- Improved Two-Weapon Fighting
7- Greater Trip
8- Greater Disarm
9- Weapon Focus (Dire Flail)
10- Weapon Specialization (Dire Flail)
11- Two-Weapon Rend
12- ?
So the plan is to just pick up a Dire Flail (Double weapon with trip and disarm), and use a combo of Full Attacks, Disarms, Trips, and Combat Reflexes to just attack foes. If I can't disarm or trip, I can just deal damage, and my number of AoO's is complemented by the ability to two-hand double weapons for them.
I picked up Toothy to get a bite attack because I figured that while it would rarely hit, it would be a nice bonus to have. Although I could patch up my will save a bit with Sacred Tattoo.
Edit: As an Alias it's fully statted out for Level 1 here
It seems to really come online at 8 level.
As a full attack action I can disarm an opponent, attack as a swift action, trip as an AoO, attack as an AoO, make two more attacksc(vs. Prone AC) and then make a bite attack.
Average damage per round of 40 damage.
I actually don't like the Two-Weapon Warrior archetype, especially if you end up multiclassing. I had a two-weapon warrior with a few rogue levels for sneak attack, and I used the retraining rules to train her out of it.
In particular, I didn't like the fact that Two-Weapon Warrior trades out an always-on bonus (weapon training) for a situational bonus (twin blades).
TWW hits it sweet spot at 9th level. I tend to play up through level 12 only, so my character never hit the real benefits of the archetype.
I think improved trip is a better way to handle full attacj dependency, so I like Lore Warden. Plus, the high DEX is rewarded by light armor dependency.
If you want Combat Expertise at level 2, you need Int 13 from the start - or one of the tricks to bypass its Int requirement. I'd rather start with Str 15+2 which frees up 3 points, and raise Int to 13 and Wis to 10. That means you don't have to worry about these stats anymore and can focus on Str and Dex on further levels.
Since ability score increases have increasing costs at level 1 but constant costs later, it's usually wise to put the later increases into your highest score. It comes at a price: You will have to wait till level 4 for Str 18, but your final Dex and Wis scores will be higher.
If you're specializing in trip you might want to consider Felling Smash to make standard attacks much better; it makes only getting a standard attack fun, instead of aggravating.
An Elven Fighter doing rapier TWF with Elven Battle Focus could be a very interesting character. I guess I'm just burnt out on seeing "half-orc wields big weapon".
If you don't mind lower damage at low levels, you could bring STR down to 14 or so, put your Racial in DEX, and use dual Finesse weapons. Get Trained Grace to make up for the damage since Lore Warden retains Weapon Training. If you take Dirty Fighting (redundant with Combat Expertise though it is) you can lower INT to 10 and raise WIS. If you're in a home game, ask your DM about either replacing Combat Expertise with Dirty Fighting, or just waiving the Int 13 requirement on Improved Trip et al. I would take Sacred Tattoo / Fate's Favored combo instead of Toothy since your damage is just about the last thing you need to worry about as a Fighter.
Okay, so I think I'll leave my stats as they are and pick up Sacred Tattoo. I wrote it in a confusing way, but I do have INT 13, I wrote the numbers to the right of the stat. Unless you clicked the link, and I will update that, it just doesn't make a difference since it's the same bonuses.
I don't want to go DEX based because this works perfectly fine. Strength for offense, dexterity for defense. High dexterity definitely is not wasted. Plus, having an 18 strength means a +6 damage boost on AoO's since I can wield two-handed.
I don't want the ordinary two-handed Half-Orc, so I'm flavoring it as high speed and power, using impressive flexibility. That's why so many attacks can be made, and why I could pull off so many AoO's.
Good 12th level feat?
@BadBird, am I missing some way to use two rapiers without -4/-4 penalties? They are one handed weapons.
Well there's Effortless Lace, unless we're talking about PFS. Otherwise it would be a -2 to go rapiers, countered by whatever advantage you can get out of having INT on both weapons and more consolidated stats.
Really though, if we're talking about a generally optimized Fighter in PFS accuracy shouldn't be much of an issue; it's more about doing something different with a ton of skills to play with. I could see doing it with a level of Snakebite Brawler and Accomplished Sneak Attacker for a nice sneak bonus, and using acrobatics and/or intimidate/ Shatter Defenses and/or whatever else to cash in on it without needing to be a flank-monkey.
There's also Trained Grace now to make finesse builds much more damaging for a Fighter that still uses strength for damage.
Swap Double Slice with Weapon Specialisation - Double slice would only add a +2 to your offhand weapon damage, while Weapoon Specialisation would add +2 to both weapons damage.
Swap Double Slice with Weapon Specialisation - Double slice would only add a +2 to your offhand weapon damage, while Weapoon Specialisation would add +2 to both weapons damage.
Problem is the weapon focus prereq, and I'd rather pick up trip/disarm feats.
If you're still stuck for a good 12th level feat, push a combat feat to 12th and take Iron Will or something at 11th.
ah, didn't notice that, in that case Weapon Focus would prabably be more useful than Double Slice anyway - you still gain a +1 to Combat Maneuvers that use your weapon to perform them.
Is there a reason you want trip/Disarm?
I've only found those feats as being of limited use. As the CMD you need to target climbs faster then your skills (usually).
I figured with a gradually improving bonus from lore warden, greater disarm/trip, and and a disarm weapon I might be able to pull it off. I like the use that with AoO's and making enemies prone reduces their AC.
At the very least, I can one-shot minions if worst comes to worst.