I'm about to unleash yet another PFS character on the world and, despite the fact that I was going to totally cheese out and build an AasImar cleric; the party already has a Merciful Healer and has a greater need for a frontline fighter as opposed to another divine caster. So I'm looking for something a bit more interesting to play than your typical hack & slash fighter; something like an Aldori Swordlord or a Lore Warden.
Does anyone have any thoughts on these archtypes? Any common traps to avoid? Or should I consider something completely different?
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Maneuver Master Monk, Heirloom Weapon: Guisarme, Improved Trip at 1 and Improved Dirty Trick at 2. Flurry of Maneuvers can be done with any weapon, and adjacent enemies safe from your guisarme are threatened by your unarmed strikes/maneuvers (feet, legs, etc). Huge saves, decent AC, ranged trip AoOs with combat reflexes, can entangle/sicken or entangle/blind with a Flurry of Dirty Tricks.
Halfling Paladin 4 (Holy Tactician)/Cavalier 8 (Strategist, Order of the Stars), Boon Companion Feat; AC, Saves, Flexibility. A little light on hitting power.
Maneuver Master Monk, Heirloom Weapon: Guisarme, Improved Trip at 1 and Improved Dirty Trick at 2. Flurry of Maneuvers can be done with any weapon, and adjacent enemies safe from your guisarme are threatened by your unarmed strikes/maneuvers (feet, legs, etc). Huge saves, decent AC, ranged trip AoOs with combat reflexes, can entangle/sicken or entangle/blind with a Flurry of Dirty Tricks.
Replace Heirloom Weapon with a rank in Profession: Gardener and the Rough & Ready trait, and use a gardening tool as an improvised Guisarme, for +1 to hit and no great problem if your weapon is destroyed or lost.
I like Human Gendarme-Cavalier, Order of the seal. Power Attack, Cleave, Cleaving Finish, and the challenge ability for free trip attempts.