Halfling Warslinger Warpriest

[Snuggles: Destroyer of Worlds]

I'm trying to build a halfing warslinger warpriest for a Chillaxian game. It's a 20 point build game. I want to choose a slingstaff as my divine weapon so that I can primarily use it for MELEE attacks, but also have a ranged option at hand too if needed. I also just like the roleplay aspect of it. I figure that with the weapon die progression of the warpriest, it won't matter if it starts out of a fairly weak weapon, as its base damage will get modified.

I'm trying to figure out how to build the character from stats to feats to class traits and spells. The only hard rules are halfing, warpriest, and slingstaff for MELEE focused fighting (with ranged backup). It would be nice to be Dex based if possible, but I think that's going to be a problem with damage output. Likewise, I'd like to avoid plate mail armor for medium or light armor if I can get good Dex. That might be hard to work with and not work, so it's not a hard rule, just a preference if possible.

Any constructive advice on how to build THAT character (not "try this race/class/weapon instead!") would be appreciated.

[Nefreet]

Probably a question for the Advice Forum. This is one of the Pathfinder Society Forums.

I went ahead and flagged your post to be moved over there.

Happy gaming!

[Neils Bohr]

Halfling is ideal for this, I'm guessing that you're already planning on taking the warslinger racial trait, from ... you know ... saying warslinger. take weapon focus with a sling and pick up Slipslinger style at first level.

After that build as you would for melee or ranged, whatever you prefer. I'd probably go power attack and use both hands to melee with the sling staff then build for ranged, but since you seem to prefer melee consider taking point blank shot and precise shot, and build for melee otherwise.