Critique my Fighter Build Please


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Campaign is starting out at lvl 12 but we will likely go up fairly quickly. Half-orc dual-wielding rhokas.

Going for lots of criticals and disarm for some utility.

Weapons for weapon training will be heavy blades and natural. Primary stat will be strength followed by dex and then con.

Level 1: exotic weap prof (rhoka), razortusk
Level 2: weapon focus (rhoka)
Level 3: two-weapon fighting
Level 4: weapon spec (rhoka)
Level 5: double slice
Level 6: combat expertise
Level 7: improved disarm
Level 8: greater weapon focus (rhoka)
Level 9: improved two-weapon fighting
Level 10: critical focus
Level 11: greater disarm
Level 12: bleeding critical
Level 13: iron will
Level 14: critical mastery
Level 15: blinding critical (swap for stunning at 17)
Level 16: greater weapon spec (rhoka)
Level 17: two-weapon rend
Level 18: greater two-weapon fighting
Level 19: improved iron will
Level 20: break guard

Please let me know what you think is missing and what you would change the order on. Thank you!

Shadow Lodge

1.)Dual-Wielding Rhokas sounds awesome.
2.)Stats are all that are missing at the moment, could you post some?
3.)Have you considered the Two-Weapon Fighter archetype?


No improved Crit?

RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32

are you sure you want to use rhokas?

i know they sound awesome, but you're burning up a feat to use them and they increase your 2wpn fighting penalty...

if you take 2wpn warrior (which you obviously should), from 11-14th level you're 5% less likely to hit with every single attack if you chose rhokas, from 15th on its 10%. you could take kukris which frees up the feat you spent on EWP; switch to an Angelkin (aasimar with +2 str) and spend that feat on Arcane Strike- at 12th level you'll get +3 damage from the feat which more than makes up for the difference in avg. expected damage between a d8 (4.5) and a d4 (2.5). you will lose the bite, yes, but that bite was going off at -5 with no feats to back it up and was going to trick you into wasting money on an amulet of mighty fists- you don't want it. that frees up another feat too: move WF and 2wpn fighting earlier, move CE to 3 and imp. 2wpn to 6, then take imp. crit at 9th (that way you can spend those 2 +1 weapon bonuses on enhancements)

Shadow Lodge

If you want to change from rhokas, may I suggest sawtooth sabres? They are light for TWF penalties.

RPG Superstar 2012 Top 32

sawtooth sabres, while cool, have the same net loss in average damage as rhokas compared to using kukris with arcane strike (since they still require EWP), but they also have a smaller critical threat range...


I didn't take improved critical because I figured I have keen weapons.

I hadn't seen the two weapon fighter archetype but it looks great.

Stats without items are:

Str - 22
Dex - 17
Con - 12
Int - 13
Wis - 10
Cha - 8

One point of dex is from a tome (to meet requirement for improved two-weapon).


Also:

Improved Balance from the two-weapon archetype will let me use a Rhoka in my offhand as though it were light. I'm perfectly fine with -2/-2 (rather than the -1/-1 with this ability if I actually had a light weapon offhand).


I'd pick the dervish of dawn AC and use kukris or something...

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