I think this guy is ready for review. Ended up staying Brawler, but completely changed race and backstory. If anybody else wants to play a shoanti, there's a possibility for joined backstories.
Probably will stay with the shield-trained trait for story reasons (and to finesse the shield bash), but I am thinking of trading it for veteran of battle.
1a)Sgaithan, CG Shoanti Shield Champion Brawler
1b) Sgaithan and his brothers are giant slayers. Sgaithan is following up a lead in Sandpoint. (See backstory for more information)
1c) Livelihood: Sgaithan is an armorer.
1d) Rollplay vs Roleplay: In combat Sgaithan tries to protect the others. I chose to focus on dexterity rather than strength, so he's not going to be laying out a ton of damage in one hit, but he will focus on hitting consistently and being missed often.
Out of combat, Sgaithan faces more trouble. If the party has to travel to the Shoanti lands he would be invaluable as a translator and ambassador. With a decent perception and some important knowledge skills, he may also be able to help the party avoid danger.
1e) Progression: I really want to blend this character with the far strike monk, but realistically he'll never be close to lawful. I've thought about taking some levels of barbarian with either the urban or savage technologist archetype, but the flavor doesn't feel right at this point.
1f) Background-See Alias profile
2) I'm in EST. As a stay-at-home dad I have some leeway during the day during naps, lunch, and TV time, but my main posting time would probably be evening. Between 6 and 9 I can post sporadically, but my main time is after everyone is in bed (9-12 or 1).
3) Though I was introduced awhile ago, I've only been playing 3.5 and PF intensely for the last 3 years. I'm pretty new to PbP. My first game has been a Kingmaker campaign with some friends. Between book 1 and 2 though we've hit a snag with the change of pace and the postings have gone from once daily to twice a week.
I was just accepted to a campaign, but it is a high mortality campaign where death is permanent (there are more than 8 of us that are to be whittled down to 3 or 4) so I don't know how long I will be part of that game.