throwing blade archetype for swashbucklers and Come and get me rage power.
As part of the Snake Style chain of feats in Ultimate Combat you can attack someone if they miss an attack on you. Take a look at Snake Fang: Ultimate Combat Feats
I'm not sure there's a way to counterattack outside of readied actions or AoOs. Swashbuckler Parry and Riposte uses AoOs. The Come and Get Me rage power uses AoOs.
I guess you can ready a Cleave?
I think the OP said no AoOs because the GM plays characters in such a way as to never provoke AoOs. So, Come and Get Me should be fine.
Honestly, Come and Get Me barbarian is probably the scariest build in this regard because they typically deal a very large amount of damage and they get to resolve their attacks first.
I'm not sure there's a way to counterattack outside of readied actions or AoOs. Swashbuckler Parry and Riposte uses AoOs. The Come and Get Me rage power uses AoOs.
I guess you can ready a Cleave?
I think the OP said no AoOs because the GM plays characters in such a way as to never provoke AoOs. So, Come and Get Me should be fine.
Honestly, Come and Get Me barbarian is probably the scariest build in this regard because they typically deal a very large amount of damage and they get to resolve their attacks first.
The flying blade swashbuckler is another good option for this same reason, the draw for FBS is that it comes online at lv3 instead of lv12, and if you decide to go dex based you'll have a HUGE number of AoO's via combat reflexes.
Taking out all AoO is a horrible idea. I could see houseruling out certain circumstances, but eliminating them from Pathfinder disrupts the flow of combat and the way the entire game is designed.
OP you must send the GM to the forums where we can help explain the rules to him if need be.
Aside from that, I don't know how to help you. Your GM is off on their own where rules have no meaning.
Grab a reach weapon and Combat Reflexes. If they walk up to you directly, you get an AOO, becasue you threaten out at 10ft, and they leave the 10ft threatened square to ge tto the 5ft square to actually hit you. If you want you can trip as part of an AOO. If you want you can build for it and medium humanoids will literally throw themselfes at your feet ;-)
And if they dont go to you directly and stay at 1 square out so as not to provoke an AOO, they just wasted a turn. :-) And you can attack them with your reach wepon, and then 5ft-step backwards :-).
But you need something like Improved Unarmed Strike, natural non-claw-weapons or Armor Spikes to still treaten at 5ft distance simultaneously. If yuo get zerg-rushed by massive numbers comstantly, get Quickdraw to switch from your reach weapon to a normal one if you cant maneuver when completly surrounded.
For extra funsies combine this with a Come and Get Me Barbarian to slaughter half a russian-stlye human wave attack when it isnt even your turn.
Grab a reach weapon and Combat Reflexes. If they walk up to you directly, you get an AOO, becasue you threaten out at 10ft, and they leave the 10ft threatened square to ge tto the 5ft square to actually hit you. If you want you can trip as part of an AOO. If you want you can build for it and medium humanoids will literally throw themselfes at your feet ;-)
And if they dont go to you directly and stay at 1 square out so as not to provoke an AOO, they just wasted a turn. :-) And you can attack them with your reach wepon, and then 5ft-step backwards :-).
But you need something like Improved Unarmed Strike, natural non-claw-weapons or Armor Spikes to still treaten at 5ft distance simultaneously. If yuo get zerg-rushed by massive numbers comstantly, get Quickdraw to switch from your reach weapon to a normal one if you cant maneuver when completly surrounded.
For extra funsies combine this with a Come and Get Me Barbarian to slaughter half a russian-stlye human wave attack when it isnt even your turn.
The OP has said that their GM does not allow AoO's. So that means no one provokes AoOs for anything.
not as in AoOs. my DM does not allow for AoO at all. Everything from the chicken and up if he uses it knows how to combat like a master. I want to make something that counters attacks. That guy attacks you you can get a shot in before said attacks resolved. something like that. But I can't find anything on counter attacking. other than counter combat style which gives +2 AC nothing about allowing one free counter attacks. reposte allows you to chose a target to counter if it attacks you. And knowing my GM he would just not attack me with said target and mow me over with a new target.
I was thinking a human Racial Heritage (Orc) fighter (swordlord) that may work into dualist who uses both sword and grappling hook picking up the hook-fighter feat to use it. throw in mixed combat quick draw and quick sheath and Reverse-Feint. and all the prerequisites (toughness off the top me head is one) feats and combat reflexes. ohh and the counter combat styles.
what else could be used?
also thinking of combining the hook and pull fighter to this build. so escaping the counters will be impossible.
The threads you post make me sad and confused. Your GM sounds like a very bad GM.
Flowing Monk is the king of being mobbed and kicking butt. Combine with Snake Style.
That your GM doesn't allow AoO means a few good things. Ranged attackers can shoot bad guys in the face with utter impunity. Your casters should be able to laugh and laugh and laugh as they incinerate his monsters at in-your-face range. In short, look up all of the stuff that normally provokes AoOs - and do all of them. Alchemist's fire to the face. Holy water to the demon's junk. Stand up from prone. Perform all of the combat maneuvers without concern.
When you see bizarre house rules like that, abuse the Hell out of 'em. With your 'chained' Flowing Monk. Who gets more AC when mobbed by mooks and is able to send the buggers prone and flying every which way so your melee BSF and rogue can carve them up like turkey dinners.
You really need to closely examine the Flowing Monk. That class is King of the Ring in mob combat. Specc the character for defense and Dex so you can turn the mobs against themselves.
You get +1 AC/mob around you capped at your Wisdom bonus. Snake Style lets you use Sense Motive checks as an immediate action to replace your AC/CMD/Touch AC. Immediate actions are NOT an AoO, and if the GM says it is, best to pack your stuff and move on or fire that person from being your group's screen monkey 'cause they can't handle the game.
If you're more inclined to offense, Barbarian (not the lame unchained version) going full-on Come and Get Me - for which there are build guides online - with the biggest nastiest two-handed weapon you can get your grubby paws on without burning a feat for Exotic Weapon Proficiency, Power Attack, the Cleave feats and Furious Focus will slaughter mobs in droves. Except mobs of oozes, those you run away from like a scared schoolgirl. 'cause mobs of oozes are horrific.
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Several people getting tripped up (HA!) on the AoO thing. Read this part again:
Everything from the chicken and up if he uses it knows how to combat like a master.
The GM is not throwing out AoO's. They are playing foes in combat such that they never/rarely provoke.
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Swashbuckler is a class built around counter attacking. It's the easiest way I can think of to get the ability. And if the GM wants to avoid you doing it, the only thing he can really do is not attack you. Crane Style and Crane Riposte can get you there for a single counter attack a round, but it's less reliable. Snake Style can get you multiple counterattack a a round, and like with Swashbuckler, the only real way to avoid it is not to attack you. It doesn't come online until level 9, though. Improved Trip->Greater Trip is another way to generate AoOs yourself, combined with Vicious Stomp you can get 2 from the same successful trip.
A different option would be to take the Cleave, Greater Cleave, Goblin Cleave, Orc Cleave feat chain and use enlarge person. You can eventually cleave everything on the board, more or less. It's not counterattacking, but the more opponents, the more potential attacks.
Several people getting tripped up (HA!) on the AoO thing. Read this part again:
Everything from the chicken and up if he uses it knows how to combat like a master.The GM is not throwing out AoO's. They are playing foes in combat such that they never/rarely provoke.
Pretty sure this part is why we think the OP's GM got rid of AoOs:
my DM does not allow for AoO at all.
The punctuation established it, so the tl;dr effect kicks in and a separate sentence elaborates on the GM's apparent obsession with overwhelming zerg tactics.
My biggest griefs about unchained barbarian, unless there's been errata I missed, is (a) they do NOT get the normal bump up on their Fort saves that they used to; and (b) they nerfed the Superstitious rage power to not work against supernatural attacks. Ya know, like breath weapons, the kinds of things that generally have high DCs that the superstitious barbarian is reasonably good at dealing with when 'chained'. Thus, I won't play Unchained Barbarians. More power to those that like it. Not my cuppa.
Also, monk of the sacred mountain gets an AC bonus for staying in the same spot at the end of your turn. Combine that with decent ability modifiers and a vial of mage armor oil you're sitting pretty while your GM sends those ten guys at you. Kick their ass as they miss you're incredibly high AC with snake fang.
I bet you could make your GM take AoOs if you played an Abberant Bloodrager using a reach weapon who casts Enlarge Person and Longarm on himself, for a total of 30' of reach.
I mean, if they want to 5 foot step every round once they're in the danger zone, you're going to get a lot of full attacks in.
One (not very good) feat chain that does something like this is Misdirection Tactics, Misdirection Redirection, and Misdirection Attack. The first lets you (when fighting defensively) use an immediate action to Bluff and make the attack miss, the second makes the missed attack try to hit an adjacent ally of your attacker, and the third gives you an attack of opportunity against the original attacker.
So if you've got a lot of feats to burn on this, can afford to use your immediate action, have a really high Bluff modifier, and don't mind the to-hit penalties of fighting defensively, this can give you a free AoO and diverted attack every round when facing two or more enemies.
Step 1: Get the combat reflexes feat
Step 2: Get a reach weapon
Step 3: Drink a potion of enlarge person
I would honestly suggest trying out a swashbuckler build, as Opportune Parry and Reposte can be incredibly useful.
Human Swashbuckler 5/weapon master fighter 2
1) Weapon Finesse (bonus), Weapon Focus (human bonus), Combat Reflexes
3) Slashing/Fencing Grace
4) Weapon Spec. (Class Bonus)
5) Extra Panache, Improved Critical (class)
6) Dirty Fighter
7) Improved Trip (fighter), Improved Disarm
This is just a basic hodge-podge build based on using either a Rapier or a Scimitar for the greater crit range in order to help regain panache quickly. Using trip or disarm tactically can help to even the odds, and depending on your campaign you can adjust the build accordingly.
Step 1: Get the combat reflexes feat
Step 2: Get a reach weapon
Step 3: Drink a potion of enlarge person
Step 4: Add Fortuitous to your weapon.
You could try to talk to your GM in a conversation between two reasonable people. Say, "hey, I've noticed all of your monsters show a lot of tactical skill, even the ones that are supposed to be unintelligent like zombies--is that intentional?" And "I notice we always seem to start encounters with the monsters surrounding us--could you apply the Core Rulebooks encounter distance (based on terrain) and give us Perception checks so we have more time to prepare?" Keep it friendly, and see what happens.
The last thing you want to do is get into a game of one-upsmanship against the GM, because a GM never loses.
my DM does not allow for AoO
Your GM has odd house rules. I would renegotiate.