Champion of Corellon Larethian, Pathfinder Style

[Taleek]

Hello all!

I have a character in a campaign that has recently switched from 3.5 to Pathfinder and I would like a bit of advice. I found an old Dervish Handbook, and it had a pretty awesome build for a Fighter/Swashbuckler/Dervish/Champion of Corellon Larethian that I was shooting for, but in the conversion to Pathfinder I statted my character out as a Dervish Dancer bard.

For storyline reasons he's up for an alignment switch in the near future, and while I would prefer to go with Chaotic Good I think Bard synergizes a lot with Paladin due to Charisma so that's what I'm looking at as far as multiclassing. I also still get to take the CoCL prestige class, with a few tweaks and updates for Pathfinder. Although I got to change class and a few other things, feats and ability scores are currently set in stone. Stats below:

Name: Alieric Auraka'cam
Alignment: CN
Class: Bard 4 (Dervish Dancer archetype)

Str: 13
Dex: 19
Con: 11
Int: 16
Wis: 08
Cha: 14

Weapon: Masterwork Elven Curve Blade Sword

Feats: Combat Expertise, Dodge, Mobility, Weapon Focus (Elven Curve Blade Sword)

Any suggestions on multiclassing, or would it be a good idea to stick with Bard until BAB is high enough for CoCL? Feat suggestions are also very welcome, I've been looking at the Dirty Tricks feat line, as well as the standard Power Attack-Cleave-Furious Focus feats.

[Martiln]

Wow, 4 feats at level 4 as a bard? AND no EWP: Curved Blade? how was that accomplished?

[Taleek]

Martiln wrote:

Wow, 4 feats at level 4 as a bard? AND no EWP: Curved Blade? how was that accomplished?

1. He was originally a Fighter 2/Swashbuckler 3. I was allowed to keep the feats, but just won't take a feat at fifth level.

2. He's an elf and therefore already has proficiency.

[Sean Mahoney]

Taleek wrote:

2. He's an elf and therefore already has proficiency.

Racial Weapon Familiarity works a little different in Pathfinder. Instead of being proficient with any weapon with your race in the title, it is treated as a martial weapon. Great for classes like Fighter which get all martial weapons, but not as good for a bard, who does not gain the proficiency.

PFSRD wrote:

Weapon Familiarity: Elves are proficient with longbows (including composite longbows), longswords, rapiers, and shortbows (including composite shortbows), and treat any weapon with the word “elven” in its name as a martial weapon.

[Taleek]

Sean Mahoney wrote:

Taleek wrote:

2. He's an elf and therefore already has proficiency.

Racial Weapon Familiarity works a little different in Pathfinder. Instead of being proficient with any weapon with your race in the title, it is treated as a martial weapon. Great for classes like Fighter which get all martial weapons, but not as good for a bard, who does not gain the proficiency.

PFSRD wrote:

Weapon Familiarity: Elves are proficient with longbows (including composite longbows), longswords, rapiers, and shortbows (including composite shortbows), and treat any weapon with the word “elven” in its name as a martial weapon.

Hmph, well my GM may have glossed over that or we both missed it. Hopefully taking a level in Paladin, or Fighter, or something else should take care of that.