I need a army leader for a game, need help to decide which class this could be...

[Frolo the Second]

Hello all,

i am running a kingmaker game and now i get a new player that wants to be the general and raise armies and command them. So i want to know what you would need for that and which class could be used and which ones would be good at it.

I think you would need Diplomacy to hold morale, Knowledge(History) for old battles, knowledge(geography) for good strategic points, perhaps Profession(Soldier) or (General)?

What are your guesses. every input helps :)

Oh and he wants to be a archer, but i think he can do this with nearly every character concept...

Best Wishes

[MC Templar]

The "Tactician" Fighter Archetype from Ultimate Combat seem well designed for this.

Can spend fighter bonus feats for teamwork feats, gains the cavalier tactician class feature, extra skill slots and can eventually aid other and give bonus to multiple allies.

[Frolo the Second]

Yeah, thought about that as well, but it seems this one is still about 5 persons. I really need a general that can lead 5000 persons in big wars. It is kingmaker and my players want to bring war all around it seems, at least they ask all the time about big armies and stuff :)

[Blackfell]

bard+cavalier into the Battle Herald prestige?

[Aroach1188]

Blackfell wrote:

bard+cavalier into the Battle Herald prestige?

This. Battle herald seems well built for what you seem to want. Aasimar for the race maybe? Bard favored class bonus to keep inspire courage up. Go to atleast 7th level bard for move action bardic performance. My 2cp

[Frolo the Second]

Hmm, could be worth a shot, and which skills would you find useful for a leader, i mean there are no real leadership skills or feats, most are just for small combat scale.

[Razorstorm]

I recommend a cavalier with the inspiring commander archetype. https://sites.google.com/site/pathfinderogc/classes/base-classes/cavalier/a rchetypes/-3rd-party-publishers---cavalier-archetypes/rite-publishing/inspi ring-commander

[Aroach1188]

If you dont mind the leadership feat, the followers could be elite soldiers, the cohort a second in command.

Diplomacy, Intimidate would both help command the troops. Perception as always should be high