Hey guys,
since you helped me a lot with finding a class for my own I'd thought you could help a friend of mine as well who wants to start with Pathfinder and is looking for a class.
He likes to play neutral to evil characters whose main goal it is to get as rich as possible. He also doesn't care about stealing from his friends. Even though he isn't a good character he always has something funny to say. He wants to be a bit like Drizzt Do'Urden (+ being able to spellcast). The character also should be a Drow.
He would like to play a melee class and wants to be able to do some kind of spell casting as well. I originally thought about the Eldritch Knight but as far i was know the EK is more magic than melee oriented.
I then thought about the Inquisitor. But actually most of them are using either sword and shield or 2handed weapons. And my friends prefers fighting with fast weapons.
Maybe the Bard is his best bet. But I'm very sure he doesn't like the music stuff about the Bard (Bard doesn't sound "manly" enough). And he also wants to fight in the front line. That's why I thought about the Arcane Duelist or Dervish Dancer Archetype.
The Duelist or Assasin Prestige Classes also sounds pretty nice.
Would the Magus also be a decent choice? I don't know how melee oriented he is (he wants to play more melee than spell casting). And maybe he is too squishy?
Maybe the last choice I can think of would be the Ninja. He isn't able to do spell casting I think but fits the darker character pretty good.
So. To sum things up: I'm looking for a darker charakter playable as Drow who is a deadly und fast fighter, doesn't die to fast in the front line and ideally knows a few spells.
Thanks a lot for your help. :)
PS: Since he knows even less about Pathfinder than me, the class shouldn't be too hard to play.