| Arpegius |
Races there are 2 good possibilities Dwarves, and Half-orc.
Dwarves because of their immunity to encumbrance due to carrying capacity but that can be easily compensated if u buy Muleback Cords for a Half-orc.
Why Half-Orc for a tank?
There are 3 feats that will make a good use to a tank deathless initiate, deathless master and deathless zealot which gives you this possibility:
Benefit: Whenever a creature rolls to confirm a critical hit against you, it must roll twice and take the lowest result.
Class obviously the fighter can be the best option, there are two good archetypes in my opinion for that role: Unbreakable and Armor Master.
You can take any of those archetypes and level them up full on those clases or you can wait till level 7 and from there take the prestige class Stalwart Defender that is the tank class for excellence.
I'll post my favorite build for a tank hope you like it.
Half-Orc Fighter(Unbreakable) 7, Stalwart Defender 6
Feats all way to level 13(my recommendation)
Taking Unbreakable archetype gives you 2 bonus feats at level 1.
level 1. Toughness Bonus Feats: Endurance, Diehard
level 2. Tenacious Survivor (you'll find it very useful if you get massive damage).
level 3. Dodge
level 4. Ironhide
level 5. Shield Focus Bonus Feat: Heroic Recovery
level 6. Deathless Initiate
level 7. Fortified Armor Training (you can do a great combination with an armor/shield made of living steel special material).
AFTER THIS LEVEL I WOULD TAKE STALWART DEFENDER LEVELS.
level 9.Deathless Master
level 11. Ferocious Resolve
level 13. Deathless Zealot
Stats (22 point build)
STR 14
DEX 16
CON 16 +2 Racial stats Half-Orc
INT 11
WIS 10
CHA 7
If you are willing to sacrifice skill points which those it think are already covered by all your party members you can do it this way.
STR 15
DEX 16
CON 17 +2 Racial stats Half-Orc at level 4 +1
INT 7
WIS 10
CHA 7
Equipment:
Well about this I certainly think you should consider on taking a heavy armor specially the mithral full plate that Threeshades mentioned.
If you dont want a heavy armor then i guess the breastplate is the best option.
My recommendation:
Mithral Full Plate Armor
Heavy "Living Steel" Shield
A long sword or a scimitar are a good combination with a shield.
I forgot to add that all skill points spent on survival would be wise since it will give you a +2 on fortitude checks against weather if you are moving and a +4 if you are stationary. this plus the bonus of endurance will make you good against the fortitude checks.
I another way to deal with fatigued and exhausted condition is to buy a wand of lesser restoration made by a paladin which will cost you 750 gp instead of the 4,500 gp if its made by cleric or any other class