Samurai Ronin Sword Saint build


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Greetings people.

I have like many of you been playing around with some different builds trying to find a playable and usable PFS character.
My latest is my Samurai Ronin Sword Saint character who have complete his first adventure.

Idea is to keep him somewhat a samurai, but as I do not have a product like Hero lab (yet) then building the character is basically "just" on paper, which often ends up being a problem in the long run. Therefore I drop my thoughts here and hope people have an opinion.

Goal with the character is as mentioned a damage dealer for PFS. I dislike min/max in general but have accepted it somewhat none the less.

Anyway here goes

class:

level 1-6 Samurai Ronin Sword Saint
level 7-8 Ranger Trapper
level 9-11 Samurai Ronin Sword Saint
level 12 fighter (?archtype)

Stat:

Str 18
Dex 13
Con 14
Int 12
Wis 12
Cha 8

+1 dex at 4th (I don't have Deep Red Sphere (Ioun Stone) else +str)
+1 str at 8th/12th

Feat and Class stuff:

level 1
Power Attack
Weapon Focus (Katana)
Challenge 1/day
Resolve
Iaijutsu
Order (Ronin)

level 2
Self Reliant

level 3
Weapon Focus (Wakizashi)
Weapon Expertise

level 4
Brutal Slash

level 5
Weapon Spec (Katana)
Terrifying Iaijutsu

level 6
Furious Focus

level 7 (Ranger level 1)
Weapon Spec (Wakizashi)
Favorite Enemy (Human?)
Track
Wild Empathy
Trapfinding

level 8
TwoWeapon fighting

level 9
Double Slice

level 10
Without Master

level 11
Greater Resolve

level 12 (Fighter level 1)
Toughness
Iron Will

Item needed:

Boots of Speed (additional attack)
Deep Red Sphere (Ioun Stone) +2 Dex (for getting to Dex 15)
Headbane of Inspiring Wisdom +? (for additional save)
Belt of Giant Strength +4 (for damage)
+1 Keen Katana
+1 Keen Wakizashi

Idea is simply to challenge the "mighty" foe use iaijutsu as opening then quick draw wakizashi with activated boots

To hit will be a bit low and I will not benefit from 1.5damage from 2h wield (except in opening) however with the high crit thread (15-20 on both) I believe the damage output will be pretty good anyways.
AC will be low with Tatami-Do +2 or something, but as secondary fighter it wont matter much.
Saves which aren't the samurais best will be fort+13 ref+10 will+8 to this of course could come cloaks, rings or what else could aid

Anyway thoughts ?

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