I've been playing a LN samurai in a campaign that has proved (to everyone, including the GM) surprisingly lethal. So I always keep another character concept in my back pocket just in case.
For my next character I'd like to play the exact opposite of my samurai - a selfish but talented warrior with entertaining and bizarre personality quirks.
What do you guys think would be the Golarion equivalent to Sterling Malory Archer (ISIS agent aka "Duchess"). What class(es) are the best fit? How should he be statted out and where should skill ranks be allocated? What about alignment? I've been thinking Cavalier Oot Cockatrice but can see this going a number of different directions (ninja?). Is there a Cha-based combat build that doesn't have a moral code?
If you don't mind the scimitar focus, dancing, and worship of a good-aligned deity, Dawnflower Dervish bard is pretty good in combat and hogs all the good bardic performances for himself.
But that probably wouldn't fit.
One problem of course is there's no magic in Archer, just like most non-D&D sources. So the question is would you be able to picture a spellcasting archer? He'd definitely be a gish at best and not a "true" or "full" caster, but casting is the most obvious use of his huge charisma.
It's a shame the only options are Paladin (just...no) and anti-Paladin (he's not nearly that psychotic or evil!) with nothing in between...
Maybe he could be an Oracle cursed with the Awesome mystery? Main drawbacks being people thinking you're a jerk despite being ridiculously handsome and awesome.