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Well, an important part of the character, is to wear/carry as little as possible.
I had considered Savage Barbarian, which provides AC, but sacrifices DR, instead of Invulnerable Rager, but DR is more reliable, and the constant Endure Elements effect, will allow me to walk around in the winter, and be fully nude, if I desired.
I may consider a Haramaki, which is basically an armored belt. Maybe.
I'm pretty sure a savannah inspired invulnerable rager would pick the hot enviroments and fire resistance rather than the cold environments and cold resistance.
Archer isn't a bad thought, because perception can never be high enough. Lore warden gives you a feat you don't need and skill points you do so that would be another archetype that is better than a base fighter for this.
I would really wear armor on this character. If the nude thing is a character goal you could get the glamered property and have it look like jewelry instead of armor, while still providing a reasonably priced defense.
For a 2nd rage power you have lots of options:
Surprise Accuracy (really to set up for Deadly Accuracy)
Any of the Raging X powers, to give you better mobility
Clear Mind (especially since you lose the bonus to will saves while raging)
Fueled by Vengeance would be neat
Or really any of the defense powers (since you're foregoing armor)
Personally, I like Scent. This way you can still find and fire at invisible enemies. You could also consider Superstition, as many consider it one of the best rage powers available.
This is PFS so you are right about the glamered property. Monks outfit is probably the least you can have it look like.
I like the concept though. I have tabled with many ranged characters in PFS and 90% or so seem to be either zen archers or musket masters, so it would be refreshing to see something different but still effective show up.
Just as a warning as well, since it IS meant for PFS, you better get prepped for "Why aren't you wearing armor," "Why are you doing X when Y would be more optimal," and "No it doesn't work that way" statements.
Be sure to have all the materials printed out and relevant FAQ. Since you're doing something "non-optimal" and a little outside of the box people will challenge it, so be prepared to politely highlight why what you're doing works the way it does.
The most likely criticism you'll face is lack of armor. Not that AC really matters to most barbarians, but completely ignoring it will get you odd looks.
Of course, each area is different, your local PFS group may differ.
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I have seen a very mixed bag of PFS PCs, in power levels.
The most surprising, are those, that on paper, are well built, but run in a very ineffectual manner.
I have already drawn my PC's picture.
I have not had the chance to scan, and upload it, but to best envision the PC, look at a Sudanese Nuba Tribe. You can learn more about them here, on the National Geographic Site, or just google them.
So, basically that, but Elven, with a few unique features thrown in.
By the way, Erik Mona, the Publisher of Paizo, has been playing his armorless Barbarian, Ostog the Unslain, for years.
if he is not using armor he is having BADWRONGFUN!
Or somthing:)
I believe he is a PC in James Jacobs' game.
Rise of the Rule lords?
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If things look too hairy, I could probably get away with a Harimaki, as it is, as I said, basically a big belt.
Now, I could also, switch the Invulnerable Rager, with Savage Barbarian, which will give me a scaling Dodge/Natural Armor bonus.
If you...
1. end up caring about armor (either from a hairy situation or table backtalk or whatever)
2. take Fighter levels of an archetype that doesn't give up heavy armor
...then you save up and use this in a pinch.
So long as you don't mind adding some Iron Man 2 to your Naked Barbarian Hunter theme. ;)
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Well, I considered a Shield Cloak, but that whole move action thing, makes it kind of not worth it.
Otherwise, I could nab Quickdraw, for use with a Quickdraw Shield, but that eats one of my precious feats.
Yeah it's totally ok to not wear armor, especially as a barbarian, and even more so if you're at range. Just wanted to highlight possible social obstacles you'll run into at a PFS table.
Definitely not worth losing feats over, and while raging you're almost always going to be hit anyway.
Personally I think the Savage Warrior fits your theme more, but I know the lure of DR is hard to pass up (almost all of my barbarians are invulnerable ragers).
Ultimately you just need to make sure you can stay at range.
Have you considered what your back up weapon will be? Eventually someone is going to get next to you, and until you can buy the compound bow (basically first session) you'll really want to be more melee oriented anyway.