I'm a melee character, now what?

[Imbicatus]

Thalin wrote:

If I wanted a second weapon, I would pick up a level of monk and make my fist my other attack. With armor of bashing being a cheap upgrade for +2/+2 on my fist, a free feat, free "two weapon fighting" in the guise of flurry of blows, and +2 to all saving throws... THAT is a splash that could potentially (probably) be worth taking at some point.

You can't flurry and use Natural Attacks, it's specifically banned by the description of Flurry of Blows. What IS nice however is to take a dip of Master of Many Styles to be able to use a non-flurry unarmed strike with the natural attacks as secondary, while using the free style feat.

[Thomas Long 175]

Thalin wrote:

Let's see that guy at, say, 6th level (Rogue 5 / Monk 1)

Str - 10 Int - 12 Wis - 12 Dex - 19(21) (upgraded) Con - 12 Chr: 10

Amulet of Might Fist - Agility
+2 Belt of Dex
+1 Bashing Mithril Breastplate

Full Attack: Unarmed/Unarmed/Claw/Claw/Bite
+9 / +9 / +4 / +4 / +4
d6 + 7 * 2 / d3 +2 * 3
(With sneak attack each hit would yield 3d6 extra damage)

There ya go; now we're hitting like champs :). And have solid AC too.

1. Your to hit isn't great, its not even that good. Average AC for CR 6, something thats on the low end for level 6's to face, is 20. With your two best attacks you have a 50% hit chance.

2. Your armor won't be allowed by PFS. Last I checked they didn't allow over 50% of your gold in a single item (4000 mithral + 300 masterwork + 4000 (+2) = 8300 of level 6 16000)

3. Bashing is a shield only ability. Its not listed under the armor enchants list, its specifically in the shield specific enchants. I'm reading it right now.

Bashing:

A shield with this special ability is designed to perform a shield bash. A bashing shield deals damage as if it were a bashing weapon of two size categories larger (a Medium light shield thus deals 1d6 points of damage and a Medium heavy shield deals 1d8 points of damage). The shield acts as a +1 weapon when used to bash. Only light and heavy shields can have this ability.

4. As has been noted you can't flurry.

5.Your AC is 22 ( 10 + 5 dex + 7 armor) That's over a 50% chance for monster attacks to hit you.

Your Hp is crap and your AC is meh, your damage is ok, your to hit is on the low end of viability and several things are illegal.