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Was thinking a bit about making a general and was wondering which classes or prestige classes would best suit this?
I've stumbled over the "Battle Herald" prestige class but I don't know if it's society leagal.(would also be nice to hear some suggested alternatives)
Can a character have an archtype in one class and an archtype in another as well as a prestige class?
How would you place the stats on a Great General?(was thinking about Strategist archtype, or banner bearer)
The character being based on the far east and equipted with medium or heavy armor and a Naginata.
Closest fit is probably a Fighter(Tactician).
Depends on what you want out of your general. Bards give buffs all around, arcane casters can control time/space in battle, cavaliers can throw out teamwork feats, Barbarians are always great at fighting and good at not falling down if you build them right, and if you use 3.5 material White Raven Warblades do the job pretty well.
Battle herold.
Start as evangelist cleric and standard bearer cavakier. (4/1)
What kind of general did you have in mind?
The tactics genius that leads his men to victory from the safe confines of his bunker?
The charismatic daredevil that leads from the front?
The sly and cunning captain that relies on a series of ambushes and cleverly concealed traps to confound his foes?
re-fluffed sensei monk
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Expert and maybe aristocrat. Seriously.
If your talking about a battlefield leadership, such as a clan leader who leads by his own exploits, that's another story. However, there is an old military adage that amateurs study battles, professionals study logistics.
An expert allows designation of any 10 skills as class skills, so allows custom skill packages. Generalship skills might include many of the social skills (diplomacy, Sense Motive, Bluff, Intimidate), appropriate Profession skills, Knowledge skills (architecture/engineering, history, local, geography, nobility/royalty), etc.
Generalship is much more about being the head of an organization than being its body.