So about a week ago friends directed me to a hilarious video series titled "If the Emperor had a text to speech device" link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2nM1GEllg
Watching got me interested in the Emperor as a character so I read a little bit about him on a wiki. Turns out he is pretty interesting...like way more interesting then the grim faced space marines that make up a huge chunk of the Warhammer lore (calm down I like the space marines as an integral badass part of their story telling universe but as individuals they are kind of kill joys). Now I want to build a Pathfinder character based on the Emperor(Pre stasis on the golden throne) as the primary concept. I have been unable to wrap my head around specifics. Like balancing feat selection for lore reasons vs. whats most effective. Does anyone have suggestions?
Parameters/issues
-While i want to have this character to be based primary on the Emperor of humanity for fluff/lore reason some of that can be dropped for mechanically better options.
-Psychic warrior is an obvious first choice of class. Both because the powers and the concept fit very well. Ilithid Slayer as Prc is tempting.
-The DM for my games is lacks about mixing 3.5 and pathfinder rules so no worries there about using 3.5 books/sources.
-The Emperor is usually depicted duel wielding a bastard sword and a claw weapon. This is hard to tackle because Psychic warriors get precious few feats and duel wielding is a feat hungry path.
-In theory the Emperor has all good stats and is an immortal badass with legions of followers. OF course starting at level ~1-5 you will have none of that. However that means I want to take the leadership feat at some point and try hard not to stat dump too much(Most Psychic War builds involve dumping Cha hard as f*%#). The Emperor is not necessarily the most charismatic guy in the universe but his history involves guiding humanity from the shadows as a spiritual leader for centuries and building an intergalactic empire. I figure he has got to have a few social skills.
-The Emperor is immortal so my first thought is to go with Elan as the base race but Synad(complete psionics) has a lot to offer.
-A big part of the Warhammer universe is the image of a few badass dudes in armor holding off entire legions of orcs/space bugs/zombie robots and the Emperor is not exception. Looking for a feat or ability that lets you take on legions of monsters without suffering massive penalty's for being surrounded/flanked. This may be impossible because the way mechanics of 3.5 and pathfinder breakdown at the point where overwhelming numbers win. Like the theory of 24 cats being able to kill a dragon because they are all using the aid another maneuver with flanking.
-Link to the psychic war guide I have looked at so far http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?PHPSESSID=q8dsbqs1cl82lqg gupmkuvtd13&topic=8904.0
-I worry I am trying to build a concept that is to difficult to balance properly but I have seen character optimization do some amazing s#*$ before so I thought I would ask.
Thanks
