Weapon and shield

[666bender]

My fighter is using a great sword mostly, but I am not taking weapon focus or specilazation for now.
Mostly I focus on tripping . But, at times there is need for doing defensive / tanking or just more tricks in the arsenal.
Abilities are -18,14,14,14,10,8
Feats are : power Att, forious focus, expertise, imp trip, greater trip, felling smash, combat reflexes, and 2 free feats.
I now level into level 8 so can take ability to str, con or dex .

Only the 4 main books from prd are allowed, so no campaign feats.

With 3 feats open, there are a few options to go into, vs those I can't trip.
1) one hit wonder(vital strike, lunge, imp critical) to do damage when no trip allowed
2) add more maneuvers (imp dirty, greater dirty, quick dirty)
3) do some debuff ( enforcer, intimidate prowess)
4) go dodge mobility spring ( weak abit in my eyes)
5) take dex boost, and take 2 weapon fighting-imp bull rush- shield slam, taking imp and greater bull rush in the future- so I can go all defensive if needed.

Our group have a DPR king ranger ( very good but only do damage and track ) a blaster sorcerer ( high damage) and healer buffer cleric.

Ideas?

[Nefreet]

Improved Critical with a Greatsword would be amazing, IMO.

I'd probably avoid Vital Strike. Maybe go with Cleave if you often find yourself in a sea of goblins rather than a few BBEGs.

Intimidating Prowess/Dazzling Display are nowhere near as powerful of debuffs as your Sorcerer should be capable of.

I like Spring Attack, it's the Dodge/Mobility part that makes it sour.

If you want another +2 to trip take a look at "Fury's Fall".

If you're often using Combat Expertise with Power Attack then I would recommend Weapon Focus to help mitigate those penalties.

[Nefreet]

Oh, and if you put one point in Dex, making it 15, you could take Two-Weapon Fighting, and use Armor Spikes along with your Greatsword. They don't deal much base damage, but it could be a cool visual.