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Hi! We're 5 players eager to play more Pathfinder Second Edition. We're all Europeans (2 Irish, 2 Italians, 1 Norwegian), looking for a GM to play in our timezone. The best times for us are Tuesday or Wednesday evenings (19:00-23:00 UTC+1), but we can be flexible, so hit us up if a different timeslot suits you. We'd like to play a weekly game. We're all on Discord, and we're up to use any VTT, but are most familiar with roll20.

As for what kind of campaign we're looking for: anything goes! Whether it be Golarion or a homebrew setting, we all just want to play more Pathfinder. If you don't like the hassle of creating a campaign from scratch, we'd be glad to play one of Paizo's Adventure Paths.

Feel free to reply or message me any questions you may have! Looking forward to hear from you.

Damn, you've really been digging! Thanks a lot for the great help! Those gauntlets look like just the right fit for my dwarf.

About Agile Maneuvers, I do indeed have higher Dex than Str, because the Tower Shield Specialist raises your Max Dex bonus to AC by 2 in addition to the normal Fighter Armor Training. I have built my character around two main themes: high AC and Bull Rushing. My combat tactic revolves around maneuvering around the battlefield, soaking up enemies' attacks of opportunities so my allies can pass, and then Bull Rushing enemies with the Greater Bull Rush feat to give my allies attacks of opportunity. Basically, I let my allies deal damage for me, so I don't need to focus that much on my own weapon. This works especially well since one of my allies uses a Reach weapon, so he threatens a larger area.

Anyway, thanks again for all the help! I'm really looking forward to continue playing my Dwarf now.

Ooh, now the Dwarven Boulder Helmet does seem tempting, especially with the extra +2 from Heirloom Weapon! And if I can still take a 5-foot step along with the Standard action while Staggered, it might not be that much of a problem. Is there any way through feats, traits or something similar to negate the Staggered effect?

Also, the roleplaying flavor of a Dwarf headbutting his opponents to knock them back is just awesome!

Wow, thanks for all the suggestions! Forgot to mention that I play a Dwarf Fighter with the Tower Shield Specialist Archetype. It's a home game, and we get to use whatever Paizo stuff we find online, but like to keep things legal.

Since I'm a Tower Shield Specialist, I'm afraid the Elephant Shield and Shield Bash are out of the question. So is the Barbarian rage power (unless I multiclass, which I'm not planning at the moment). The Dwarven Helmet seems to give too big a penalty (staggered), and the Orc Skull Ram doesn't do what I want. I already have the Relentless alternate racial trait for Dwarves, but thanks for the tip.

I guess there's no good way to further increase my Bull Rush CMB, then. So unless y'all can find some hidden feat or item somewhere, I'll just wait for higher BAB and DEX (I have Agile Maneuvers) and more gold to further enhance my Dwarven Waraxe of Impact. Anyway, thanks for all the help!

Thanks for all the great replies! Seems like the tower shield and Heirloom Weapon are not really meant to be used together. I suppose I'll rather look into getting an enhanced weapon with Impact for that extra Bull Rush bonus. Do any of you guys know of any other ways, other than through the Improved and Greater Bull Rush feats, to increase my Bull Rush CMB?

Anyways, thanks again for the help!

Hi!

As a fighter with tower shield proficiency, can you pick the Heirloom Weapon trait (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/traits/equipment-traits/heirloom-weapon) to give the tower shield a +2 bonus to Bull Rush combat maneuvers?

It seems to me that if you say that you use the tower shield to bull rush opponents, and as shields count as weapons, that you should be able to, but I'm unsure. What do you think?

Please link references and sources.

Alright, so I can't Bull Rush on an attack of opportunity. It did seem kind of strange if I could. Anyway, thanks to everyone for helping out!

Thanks a lot for all the helpful answers! I didn't even know that you could use a combat maneuver like Bull Rush when you get an attack of opportunity. This sure opens up for a lot of interesting gameplay.

I'm really looking forward to play my Bull Rush Fighter Dwarf now!

Thanks for the quick replies! So I guess that any movement that the opponent makes from being Bull Rushed with the Greater Bull Rush feat provokes attacks of opportunities from my allies, regardless of whether they only move 5 feet. So in my case a), my ally would get an attack on the opponent.

I've got one more case that I'd like to clear up, even though I'm not as unsure on this one:

P=Player (the one doing the Bull Rush with Greater Bull Rush feat)
A=Ally
O=Opponent
X=Empty square

c) Bull Rushing opponent 5 feet out of ally's threatened squares

XXX -> XXO
XXO -> XXX
XAP -> XAP
XXX -> XXX

Does the opponent provoke a melee attack of opportunity from my ally, even though he's now out of my ally's threatened squares?

When I take the feat Greater Bull Rush (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/combat-feats/greater-bull-rush-combat---fina l) and Bull Rush an opponent out of an ally's threatened square, do I have to push my opponent more than 5 feet (beat his CMD by 5) for the opponent to provoke an attack of opportunity for my ally? It seems unclear to me whether or not that would count as a 5-foot step for my opponent, thus avoiding the attack of opporunity. Let me illustrate:

P=Player (the one doing the Bull Rush with Greater Bull Rush feat)
A=Ally
O=Opponent
X=Empty square

a) Bull Rushing opponent 5 feet

XXX -> XXX
XAX -> XAO
XXO -> XXX
XXP -> XXP

Would this trigger an attack of opportunity from my ally? Or would I have to:

b) Bull Rushing opponent 10 feet (beating opponent's CMD by 5)

XXX -> XXO
XAX -> XAX
XXO -> XXX
XXP -> XXP

Does only this trigger the attack of opportunity from my ally?

I haven't found any sources on whether or not one can make a 5-foot step on someone else's turn, as the opponent would do in case a) for the attack of opportunity not to trigger. I think this also raises another question: is all 5-feet movement 5-foot steps, or is the 5-foot step a specific action that you can only do on your own turn?

Also, if case a) doesn't provoke AoOs, has the opponent spent 5 feet of his movement that round?

In addition, it would seem to me that if case a) doesn't provoke attacks of opportunity, that the Greater Bull Rush feat is quite weak, as you would have to beat the opponent's CMD by 5 every time to get the attacks of opportunity off (especially considering that the player doing the Bull Rush does not get an AoO himself).

What do you think? Please link sources.