Not sure what a "wrr" is, but two levels of Master of Many Styles monks is a nice dip for a duelist. You get a boost to all saves, and for your bonus feats choose Crane Style and Crane Wing. Take Crane Riposte when you can. That will enable your duelist to automatically block one attack per round on top of parrying, and Crane Riposte allows an automatic counterstrike.
Riposte from Duelist and Crane Riposte dont stack I though. O_o
Wrr? What's that?
You can't apply both ripostes to the same parried attack. You CAN use crane riposte and duelist riposte on different attacks in the same round, so there is some benefit to having both.
Riposte from Duelist and Crane Riposte dont stack I though. O_o
Why wouldn't they? You can full attack and fight defensibly, and they're both AoOs. So with combat reflexes, which you get at 4th level duelist anyway, you can make both. I'm sure about getting both for the same attack though. I don't think one action can provoke more than one AoO, even from different abilities, so you'd have to be attacked more than once.
Edit: Ninja'd! Also crane wing is a sure thing, while parry needs an attack roll. So there's that.
I would go Fighter 8/Monk 2/Duelist the rest of the way.
To Start.
I would go Fighter 1st Level
I would then take 2 levels of Monk.
With the Monk I would take the Master of Many Styles, this lets you get Crane Style at level 2 and Crane Wing at Level 3, which lets you block one incoming attack with your free hand.
Depending on how you see your character, you can also take a second monk archetype that mixes with Master of Many Styles. The Sohei archetype gives you the ability to act in surprise rounds and evasion. The Sacred Mountain gets you a +1 natural armor and Toughness as a bonus feat.
After that go Fighter until you qualify for duelist.
It is a matter of flavor for the Scimitar. You get into the spot that you really can't use it until you get Dervish Dance, but once you get to use it, good to go. If you make sure that you have a 13 Strength, you can snag power attack to up your damage a little bit, but becareful you don't stack on too many penalties between Power Attack and Fighting Defensively. (The Crane Style offsets the penalties and increases the power of fighting defensively, so you get more AC for less penalties.)
Crane style is a must. Whatever you need to do to get them, make it happen.
I'd go the Devish Dance route and simply refluff the scimitar as a Rapier (they even have the same stats).
Dervish Dance is probably the one feat who actually makes dueling viable.
I dunno how much you value skill points (I love them), but Rangers, Lore Warden Fighters and (oddly enough) Gunslinger can make damn good duelists.
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Sorry guys, I meant 10 fighter/10 duelist (I was sure it was called warrior os something like that XD).
Gotcha! I was wondering about taking the dervish dance and scimitar instead of a rapier: I thought it might be good way of improving damage.
Also thinking of applying vicious to the weapon at hand, but it seems that unfortunately it will not multiply in case of a critical hit (which should be quite frequent, according to my build): also other enhancements like flaming etc...do not multiply. Do you know any weapon enchantment that can benefit the most from frequent critical hits?
Burst weapons benefit from critical hits, though they deal elemental damage which is less useful as you level. Other than that, there aren't a huge number of weapons that have their effects multipled on a critical.
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I'd go the Devish Dance route and simply refluff the scimitar as a Rapier (they even have the same stats).
Dervish Dance is probably the one feat who actually makes dueling viable.
I dunno how much you value skill points (I love them), but Rangers, Lore Warden Fighters and (oddly enough) Gunslinger can make damn good duelists.
Gunslinger Duelist's can actually be a blast. Pistol's count as one-handed piercing weapons, and Gun Training will get you the DEX to damage without needing Dervish Dance or Agile weapons. Their Nimble ability is a great complement to Canny Defense and Improved Reaction coupled with Gunslinger Initiative and your high Dex and other bonuses helps you move first. A lot. They're actually one of the best classes to go into Duelist with you could ask for.
Riposte from Duelist and Crane Riposte dont stack I though. O_oWhy wouldn't they?
Because you don't get two AoOs on the same action. However you can get two AoO's on two separate actions from the same person, and two attacks are two actions.
Sorry guys, I meant 10 fighter/10 duelist (I was sure it was called warrior os something like that XD).
Gotcha! I was wondering about taking the dervish dance and scimitar instead of a rapier: I thought it might be good way of improving damage.
Scimitar and rapier do the same damage and have the same threat range.
Also thinking of applying vicious to the weapon at hand, but it seems that unfortunately it will not multiply in case of a critical hit (which should be quite frequent, according to my build): also other enhancements like flaming etc...do not multiply. Do you know any weapon enchantment that can benefit the most from frequent critical hits?
Flat enhancement bonuses. Skip the fancy stuff, save maybe holy and definitely take keen, but otherwise take flat enhancement bonuses until you max out. This works because an enhancement bonus boosts your chances to hit (+1 to hit is worth +2 to damage on it's own), and the bonus to damage multiplies on a critical hit.
Another (off-beat) duelist I have considered is a Snake Style monk. Your unarmed strikes are piercing, if you have the intelligence they stack with your Wis bonus to AC, you get a flat damage bonus which unarmed strike lacks, and a boost to base attack bonus and hit dice.