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Hey all! Another theorycrafting question for you all. So, there's a good chance that my DM is going to let me roll up a PC Ogre (likely a modified version of http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/other-races/more-races/monstrous-races-21-30- rp/ogre-23-rp , so large size and with reach), and I'd like very much to keep in character by building him as an unarmed/improvised weapon user, with a particular knack for grappling and just manhandling things to death.

Ideally, some amount of Barbarian would be preferred, multiclassing is fine, but no caster classes. Maximum optimization is not necessary, and indeed, flavor is more important to me, as long as the character functions. I am not making an ogre to powergame, I'm making one because I like ogres, so not actively ruining everyone else's game by soloing it is a good thing.

Startoss Style is a ranged style because the startoss comet and shower only work with ranged attacks. The base feat is simply "you are better with weapons that can be thrown" which includes shuriken but also daggers and spears.

Ahhh, that makes sense. It's synchronous with the other style feats, too. I was thinking of it as a "Style of throwing," when in reality it's just a "Style of weapon use." Thanks for the clarification.

Alright, I've got a few options in the works, and more or less know where I want to go with this concept now, but something's bothering me here. Namely, Startoss Style.

By RAW, I suppose, it doesn't /say/ the attack needs to be thrown to gain the +2 to damage, but that feels cheesy as hell. I mean, just looking at the name, as well as the fact that it's consistently listed among the ranged styles, would /seem/ to imply to me that RAI would only apply the bonuses to throwing attacks.

Am I way off base here?

Oh man, these are all great! Thanks much, everyone! I've got a lot of material to look at now, and of course any further recommendations are more than appreciated.

Will update further when I've got some solid numbers put onto paper.

Hello all! Long time lurker, first time poster, yadda yadda, the usual junk, I'll spare you the speech and get right to it.

I've been rolling a character concept around in my head for a while: A big, burly, front-line type, wearing light armor ideally--though I could POSSIBLY be talked into medium--and wielding a single dagger. Essentially a strength based rogue, in a sense, but with less reliance on sneak attack.

Though it's not /quite/ exact, the character of Letho from the Witcher 2 provides a decent rough example of what I'm talking about. (Though he dual wields, sometimes, so not a perfect comparison.)

http://orig01.deviantart.net/79ae/f/2014/109/8/c/letho_turntable_render_by_ scratcherpen-d7enzc8.jpg

I'm pretty open to class options or concepts, but the core of the character must remain as follows: Lightly armored, quick on their feet with fast movement and fast weaponry, and (ideally) sturdy enough to not fall over dead when something sneezes at them.

At the moment, I'm eyeing the fighter archetypes Brawler and Weapon Master, but my main experience in Pathfinder is with casters. Martial characters are a bit of a mystery to me, hence why I'm coming here for some advice!

Thanks much!