what do you think of this oracle?

[666bender]

Aasimar. oracle of battle.
alternate racial ability for the maneuver ability of battle.
take level 8 oracle > divine scion with strength domain 3 > oracle rest

the 1 maneuver taken (trip? dirty trick? ) will have bab + str + 4 (divine scion) + 1/2 lvl oracle ) + whatever. = not bad ?
with full caster build.
1 domain powers.

not bad of a front liner....

which maneuver to take?

[L33Fish]

Trip can be pretty cool with a reach weapon (such as horsechopper) and Combat Reflexes, but a lot of monsters are immune or resistant to trip attempts, so it will depend a little on your GM and your campaign.

I don't have much experience with Dirty Trick, but it seems pretty strong and versatile (anybody with Sneak Attack will thank you for blinding a foe for example), so RAW it's probably the better of the two. That said, your GM may balance this by making you RP exactly how your dirty trick works (so be sure to carry plenty of pocket sand), and using the same trick twice against the same opponent might be ruled to be difficult depending upon your GM.

[insaneogeddon]

Dirty trick doesn't get weapon benefits to succeed but is farmore flexible, some cool RP and pays at every level vs everything (some things just cannot be tripped).

Also its more unique many classes/weapons get trip boosts so its pretty common.

[insaneogeddon]

Look at quick dirty trick int 13+ might be a big ask though.

[Imbicatus]

Dirty Trick is going to be the most powerful in flexibility. It's not a weapon based maneuver, so the Oracle FCB is more valuable as it's one of the few ways to get a bonus to the maneuver outside of some fighter archetypes.

[666bender]

This , combined with scion is indeed a fierce cmb....