Class Selection - Battle Poi

[JDDyslexia]

Hey everyone,

So, I wanted to have an open discussion for the possibilities of making a melee fighter that concentrates on battle poi. I like the idea of having a combat fire-spinner, so I'm debating actually making this character for a future campaign. After reviewing all the options available, I've narrowed it down to two classes (Note: I haven't reviewed the variant archetypes for these classes):

Fighter
Rogue

Fighter seems optimal because of the number of feats that the character gets access to. However, the additional damage from rogue sneak attacks (mostly from flanking; hard to sneak up on someone when you're weilding balls of fire) also makes it an attractive selection. In addition, between rogue talents and now granted access to ninja talents, some of the feats can be taken up using some of your rogue talents. What I also found as neat is using a rogue talent to take a minor spell and be able to cast Spark to ignite your poi.

Based on what I've found from other threads on battle poi, I would house rule that they are treated as light melee weapons instead of one-handed melee weapons (thus opening up Weapon Finesse). I would have one rules question: The description for battle poi says that you are treated as though you have the TWF feat when you use them. Would this be sufficient for a prerequisite to Improved TWF? I suppose you could argue that it could be, but your Improved TWF is only available when you use the Battle Poi, but that seems convoluted and I'm inclined to say that it wouldn't open up Improved TWF.

So, just throwing this thread out here to see what suggestions some people have on how to build a character like this. Hope you guys have some innovative ideas! :)

[Elven_Blades]

I know the battle poi appears in Adventurers Armory and the Legacy of Fire players guide, so which one you are using could matter for this discussion. I'm going by AA and also D20pfsrd.com

First off, D20pfsrd.com lists the Battle Poi as a light weapon. Probably updated in the LoH-PG, but i don't have access to it right now to check. As such, you can use Weapon Finesse on it.

I don't see a problem with using Imp. 2WF to get your second attack with off hand. As you said, it would only apply to the Poi, but not really a big deal. If you already spent the feat on proficiency, you probably won't mind later selections being so specific either. If you took regular 2WF, you would then get access to Imp, and Greater for all your weapons as well.