I have a story in-mind, and his background is clearly on the ocean. What kinds of trait(s) or feat(s) should I take for him to both go along with this particular heritage and to buff up the Brawler class? What kinds of campaigns should I be looking to put him in?
The Sacred Tattoo alternate racial trait, combined with the Fates Favored faith trait, will add +2 to all your saving throws. Additionally, I would consider the Enforcer feat as it's fairly synergistic for a brawler. Weapon Focus and Dazzling Display are a superior option to enforcer, but take more resources. Last but not least, get the Brawling armor enchantment ASAP.
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Looks good.
Like above said...fate's favored + sacred tattoo
Skulls and shackles offers alot of humaniod targets. Pick a combat manuver and focus down on it. 3 solid maneuvers are trip, grapple, disarm. For this AP.
If you want enforcer thats cool but ive never gotten much return on dazzling display.
I typically like trip builds and unarmed damage..dip 2 levels of master of many style monk and grab pummeling/dragon style. I pretty much if not power attack and pick up more attacks with trip A oOs.
I have played this character in other aspects, and losing Orc Ferocity makes me want to take Endurance/Diehard to compensate. Flavoring the character, if you will.
The main reason I want to experiment with a Brawler is to be able to switch up styles between combats. The Martial Flexibility is what is really drawing me to this class, so I have no intention of dipping into a different class. I want to experience only what Brawler has to offer me.
Power Attack seems obvious, and I like it for this character.
Oh, no! Sorry ... don't get me wrong. Your suggestions have influenced my thinking in a positive way.
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Lol ok. My bad i thought you wanted advice for functionality and strength.
If your a pick for flavor player then your on your own.
Oh come on, there is a middle ground here and you know it.
You don't have to be "Screw flavor, munckin me!" or "I took Skill Focus (Farmer) 3 times!" with nothing in between.
Picking something for flavor reasons and wanting to be as good as you can be within your own self-imposed limits is a perfectly valid play style. One I would argue is more creative than just "How can I get the most damage per round?" type builds.
One other item I recently found while looking up stuff for my own half-orc zen archer:
Pheromone Arrows.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/equipment---final/weapons/weapon-descriptions/ammun ition/ammunition-bow-arrow-pheromone
As a half-orc, you have access to the Keen Scent racial feat to give you the scent ability.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/keen-scent
Ask your DM if you can make a non-arrow version of the pheromones, wield the arrow itself as an improvised weapon, or if you've got an actual archer in the party, buy these arrows for them and ask them to fire one off per target for you.
Its a +2 to attack and damage for the rest of the fight against the marked target, for all of 15gp.