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Hello all and happy new year! This is my first time doing this, please be nice.
So I've been working on a half-orc melee rage prophet build for PFS. But, try as I might, I can't quite find myself satisfied with what I've been able to come up with. The mysteries I favor are Metal, Wood, Nature, Heavens, and Lore. Lore and nature are in there because of the revelations that allow me to use CHA for AC and effectively not have to worry about DEX. My plan is to be a reach secondary melee fighter, If I were strictly optimizing for the role, I'd probably just take one of those (nature or lore mystery), but gosh I'm lukewarm when it comes to their flavor.
Here's a quick stat block for those of you who want to know what I've come up with so far for the 12 levels. This is for the metal incarnation. Also the curse I'm taking is lame, regardless of what mystery I take. I do want to add that the three levels will be taken in this order 1 Barb/ 4 Oracle/ 2 Barb/ 4 RP / 3-4 Barb. Also the feats are taken in order as follows:
1: Exotic Weapon Proficiency(fauchard), Endurance(Shaman's Apprentice bonus feat)
3: Power Attack
5: Cleave
7: Warrior Priest
9: Step Up
11: Iron Will
Also the revelations I'm choosing for the Metal Oracle are Dance of the Blades and Armor Mastery.
"Male Barbarian 4/ Oracle 4/ Rage Prophet 4
Init +3; Senses Perception +13
==DEFENSE==
AC 29, touch 15, flat-footed 27 (+11 armor, +2 dex, +3 natural armor, +3 deflection)
hp 119 (4d8+4d10+4d12+36)
DR 2/- ; SR 0
Fort +12, Ref +9, Will +9
Armor Mithral Full Plate +2, Medium
==OFFENSE==
Spd 30 ft/x4
Melee Adamantine Keen Fauchard +3 +17/+12 (1d10+10) 15-20/x2 reach, trip, CM +3
Ranged Composite Longbow +1 +12/+7 (1d8+1) 20/x3 CM +1
==STATISTICS==
Str 21, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 10, Wis 7, Cha 16
BAB +9, CMB +14, CMD +29
Feats Armor Proficiency (LIGHT / MEDIUM) (PFCR 118), Endurance (PFCR 122), Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Fauchard) (PFCR 123), Iron Will (PFCR 129), Power Attack (PFCR 131), Shield Proficiency (PFCR 133), Step Up (PFCR 135), Warrior Priest (PFUM 159)
Skills Acrobatics +17 [Jump +21, Jump with running start +21], Diplomacy +18, Knowledge (religion) +8, Perception +13, Use Magic Device +11
SQ Rage [23] (PFCR 32), Rage Powers (PFCR 32-34)
Languages Common, Orc
Eq'd Magic Belt of Physical Might +2 (STR/CON), Amulet of Natural Armor +3, Ring of Protection +3 (L), Cloak of Resistance +3
One thing I'm having trouble with is selecting feats and traits, I really don't know where to start. If I had taken Stone Oracle I'd be a trip build from the free trip feats that come with stone stability, but meh. Also the items I have are based on the assumption that at lvl 12 I'll have around 108,000 in equipment, so I went wild.
So how about it Paizo boards, help me optimize a melee support Rage Prophet?
Note: I also want to mention that I've only been playing tabletop RPGs in general for the past 8 months and pathfinder in particular for the past 2 months, so any general advice is also welcome :)