Please help me come up with a good tank build for desert campaign.

[Samsaran]

The only stipulations are:

No heavy armors
22 point build
Core Races
Any paizo class/archtype or Prestige Class.

[Kydeem de'Morcaine]

Don't remember the details, but one of the best I saw was for a paladin (don't remember which archtype)/holy vindicator. Used smite to up defenses and lay on hands to heal self while soaking up damage. Great paladin saves helps keep your tank from switching teams.

[Threeshades]

Would mithral full plate be considered heavy or medium armor in regards to these restrictions?

[Samsaran]

The party make up is comprised of 2 oracles 1 bard 2 rogues. They are currently doing outside stuff fighting horselords. Some kind of Al Qadeem campaign.

[Samsaran]

Threeshades wrote:

Would mithral full plate be considered heavy or medium armor in regards to these restrictions?

Great question, I will ask. If it is what would you suggest.

[Tom S 820]

It not the best tank it more a striker but with your group make up...I would go Magus 19(Black Blade)Dervish Dance / Wizard 1 Diviner(Foresight School)bonded items Sword. With Heirloom weapon Trait so you have weapon that keep coming back to life after life that get better because you soul powers it up and makes it better. Human unless you can GM to ok a Samsaran

If so the get
Mystic Past Life (Su): You can add spells from another spellcasting class to the spell list of your current spellcasting class. You add a number of spells equal to 1 + your spellcasting class's key ability score bonus (Wisdom for clerics, and so on). The spells must be the same type (arcane or divine) as the spellcasting class you're adding them to. For example, you could add divine power to your druid class spell list, but not to your wizard class spell list because divine power is a divine spell. These spells do not have to be spells you can cast as a 1st-level character. The number of spells granted by this ability is set at 1st level. Changes to your ability score do not change the number of spells gained. This racial trait replaces shards of the past.

This guy only need INT,DEX,CON

[Threeshades]

Samsaran wrote:

Threeshades wrote:

Would mithral full plate be considered heavy or medium armor in regards to these restrictions?

Great question, I will ask. If it is what would you suggest.

It will become interesting at higher levels. At first a mithral full plate is pretty expensive (and probably not affordable), but later it would become useful.

[Arpegius]

Races there are 2 good possibilities Dwarves, and Half-orc.
Dwarves because of their immunity to encumbrance due to carrying capacity but that can be easily compensated if u buy Muleback Cords for a Half-orc.

Why Half-Orc for a tank?
There are 3 feats that will make a good use to a tank deathless initiate, deathless master and deathless zealot which gives you this possibility:

Benefit: Whenever a creature rolls to confirm a critical hit against you, it must roll twice and take the lowest result.

Class obviously the fighter can be the best option, there are two good archetypes in my opinion for that role: Unbreakable and Armor Master.

You can take any of those archetypes and level them up full on those clases or you can wait till level 7 and from there take the prestige class Stalwart Defender that is the tank class for excellence.

I'll post my favorite build for a tank hope you like it.
Half-Orc Fighter(Unbreakable) 7, Stalwart Defender 6

Feats all way to level 13(my recommendation)
Taking Unbreakable archetype gives you 2 bonus feats at level 1.

level 1. Toughness Bonus Feats: Endurance, Diehard
level 2. Tenacious Survivor (you'll find it very useful if you get massive damage).
level 3. Dodge
level 4. Ironhide
level 5. Shield Focus Bonus Feat: Heroic Recovery
level 6. Deathless Initiate
level 7. Fortified Armor Training (you can do a great combination with an armor/shield made of living steel special material).
AFTER THIS LEVEL I WOULD TAKE STALWART DEFENDER LEVELS.
level 9.Deathless Master
level 11. Ferocious Resolve
level 13. Deathless Zealot

Stats (22 point build)
STR 14
DEX 16
CON 16 +2 Racial stats Half-Orc
INT 11
WIS 10
CHA 7

If you are willing to sacrifice skill points which those it think are already covered by all your party members you can do it this way.
STR 15
DEX 16
CON 17 +2 Racial stats Half-Orc at level 4 +1
INT 7
WIS 10
CHA 7

Equipment:

Well about this I certainly think you should consider on taking a heavy armor specially the mithral full plate that Threeshades mentioned.
If you dont want a heavy armor then i guess the breastplate is the best option.

My recommendation:

Mithral Full Plate Armor

Heavy "Living Steel" Shield

A long sword or a scimitar are a good combination with a shield.

I forgot to add that all skill points spent on survival would be wise since it will give you a +2 on fortitude checks against weather if you are moving and a +4 if you are stationary. this plus the bonus of endurance will make you good against the fortitude checks.

I another way to deal with fatigued and exhausted condition is to buy a wand of lesser restoration made by a paladin which will cost you 750 gp instead of the 4,500 gp if its made by cleric or any other class

[Darkflame]

Barbarrian with the prestigeclass horizon walker makes you imune to fatigued and gets you favored terain dessert alows you to rage cycle like MAD.

[Darnell]

I would say go Elf Kensai Magus. At first level grab the Weapon Finesse feat and work to qualify for the Dervish Dance feat (just takes two ranks of the Dance skill). At third level also grab the Spell Blending (Mage Armor) magus arcana and you will have a pretty decent AC without even having to buy armor. For your stats I would go

STR 7
DEX 20
CON 12
INT 18
WIS 8
CHA 7

At level three you should have an AC of 26 with just Shield, Mage Armor, and a Scimitar wielded. Even higher with magic items. Also, DEX will be providing your damage instead of STR so get a handy haversack ASAP.

[Darkflame]

invulnerable rager barbarian with sword and board and 3 lvls of horizon walker making you imune to fatigued condition in the desert is quite nice also you gain favored terain Dessert!

having a large con and some defensive feats would make you pritty sturdy just remember you dont need a high str like 20 with a barbarian 16 or so would sufice as you rage you go up to 20 a high con and raging vitality would give you a verry high CON

[Gobo Horde]

I second the idea of the invulnerable rager as they get indure elements at level 3 and minor fire resistance, good damage reduction, superstition makes you resistant to spells, d12 hps makes you naturally tough and rage boosts your con even more. later on horizon walker will make a great prestige class because of the favored terrain bonus, favored enemy bonus, immunity to fatigue, fire resistance and flavorful to boot. Sounds exactly what you are looking for.

[blackbloodtroll]

Oh yeah.

The Invulnerable Rager is key choice here.

Darkflame has got it here.

[Major_Blackhart]

Invulnerable Rager or Unbreakable Fighter.
I always go with Half-Orc or Orc for either if I'm making a heavy tank build taht can take a ton of punishment.
Why half-orc or Orc? The Deathless feat tree. Probably one of the best at upping survivability in the game.

Basically, your guy will never fall down AND all criticals will have to re-roll against him.

If you want someone who can shrug off damage then go Invulnerable rager.
If you want someone who won't fall down and eventually will become immune to mind magic, then go unbreakable.

Invulnerable is a good choice if you want to go Stalwart. There's a guide here that suggests a level or two of unbreakable then full invulnerable, for the purpose of using the Stalwart feat tree.

Neither is a bad choice in my opinion. But I prefer not to multiclass, and absolutely LOVE the Unbreakable archtype.