What fighting style are you planning for? Dex-based 2-weapon fighting? Big freakin' sword? Sword-and-shield? Do you want to be tripping? Sundering?
You should go with the Nitojutsu Sensei archetype and go Str-based if you're gonna TWF.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/alternate-classes/samurai/archetypes/rite-p ublishing---samurai-archetypes/nitojutsu-sensei
I think the fighter archetype for 2 weapons isn´t half bad, and I noticed that there is a specialized tengu fighter archetzpe at d20pfsrd.com from Rite Publishing.
Still, I think ranger or even bard (with the dervish archetype) can also work quite well.
Wouldnt Inuyasha be more monk then fighter? He uses weapons sure, but his style and methods strike me as closer to the semi mystical unarmored style of a monk using blades, then the mundane nature of the fighter.
Frankly, some of the stuff later is more Exalted than Pathfinder, but there you go.
I´d actually go for psychic warrior for him, but if psionics is not allowed, fighter or barbarian would likely do quite well. He can definitely work as a beast totem barb imo, maybe with the savage archetype since he isn´t much for armor.
Chris Kenney: Pathfinder Society? No I don't believe so.
Kolokotroni: *sheepish chuckle* well I've only seen like half a dozen episodes of the show, and that was years ago, so my memory of his fighting style's a little fuzzy. But I always viewed him as like an agile Fighter or Ranger, not a Monk.
Fair enough, if thats your concept go with it.
Hmm...I feel like that maybe he should start off with the Nitojutsu Sensai archtype, then get some levels in with TWF Ranger. I mean that's just my thought.
What is it you would want to get out of the ranger that you arent already getting out of fighter. I am not familiar with the archetype chosen, but in general you want to multiclass as little as possible in pathfinder since every class has level based abilities that dont scale when you multiclass.
Loneknave - do check the psychic warrior - they don´t need a free hand either :) . Some of the paths - ascetic, feral warrior, or weapon master - can work quite well for him (though some of the skill bonuses don´t fit).
Yeah, but Two-Weapon warriors don't get to ignore the ridiculously high Dex requirements for the TWF line.
Yeah, but Two-Weapon warriors don't get to ignore the ridiculously high Dex requirements for the TWF line.Still can be done with good results with at least 20pb.
Since this is a tengu, it would be fairly easy to start with a minimum DEX before the point costs start to ramp up. Here is an example a decent set of scores (with racial modifiers added):
STR: 17 DEX: 16 CON: 13 INT: 10 WIS: 11 CHA: 7With this, you would only need to add your 4th level ability score increase to dex and you can get Improved TWF and Two Weapon Rend without any problems. Greater TWF is a bit overrated (although a fighter might be a class most likely to get that BAB-10 hit off somewhat regularly), and it can be put off until much, much later.
not to mention since the stat belts are permanent (provided they aren't disenchanted or you use a different belt), you could grab a dex (or str/dex, or str/con/dex) belt and meet the prereqs earlier than stat mods.
you could also reach GTWF by level 12 with just the stat bonuses to dex and 16 base dex (concentrating your belts on STR and str/con in this case).