[PFS] Spear and Shield build

[Just a Mort]

Whirling dervish first.

Stat lineup:
10 str 18 dex(afer +2 bonus), 14 con, 10 int, 10 wis, 14 cha.

Lv 1:piranha strike
Lv 3: combat reflexes
Lv 5(phalanx soldier): iron will, improved unarmed strike
Lv 6(phalanx soldier 2):combat expertise
Lv 7 (phalanx soldier 3):improved trip

You might want to take a 4th lv of phalanx soldier to qualify for weapon specialization.

Improved unarmed strike may not be necessary depending on whether you can shield bash. Never figured out how to shield bash myself, I don't usually use shields.

[Anonymous Visitor 163 576]

Is there an obscure God with lspear as a weapon? You could take a level of cleric and crusader's flurry.

Unchained monk might be useful too.

[blackbloodtroll]

@Anonymous Visitor: Outside of Brawler, there is no way I know how to Flurry whilst using a shield.

@Just a Mort: Shield Bash is just a like attacking with any other weapon. It's not complicated.

@ZanThrax: Slashing Grace has been errata'd so hard, it has no place in a build that requires you to hold more than one weapon, in one hand, and you cannot Flurry, or two-weapon fight with it. It is ungodly niche now. Being a PFS PC, I don't have the liberty of just getting an okay from the DM.

[ZanThrax]

Good point. I'd forgotten that the Slashing Grace errata broke my spear dancer build.

[blackbloodtroll]

It broke a lot of builds.

[blackbloodtroll]

Okay, so I have put together a very rough build, if choosing to go Dex focused:

Shield and Spear:

Unnamed Hero
Female human swashbuckler (whirling dervish) 1 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Advanced Class Origins 23, Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 56)
N Medium humanoid (human)
Init +3; Senses Perception +5
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Defense
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AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+3 Dex, +2 shield)
hp 13 (1d10+3)
Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +1
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee cold iron sibat +3 (1d6+3/×3)
Special Attacks deeds (derring-do, dodging panache, opportune parry and riposte), panache (1)
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Statistics
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Str 13, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 13
Base Atk +1; CMB +1; CMD 15
Feats Power Attack, Shield Proficiency
Traits shield-trained, threatening defender
Skills Acrobatics +5, Climb +3, Intimidate +5, Perception +5, Profession (soldier) +5
Languages Common
SQ dawnflower's mercy, swashbuckler finesse
Other Gear spiked heavy steel shield, cold iron sibat[UC], 116 gp
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Special Abilities
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Dawnflower's Mercy (Ex) Doesn't gain panache for reducing foe to 0 hp if not an evil outsider or undead. Gain penache for causing an evildoer (HD at least 1/2 level) to surrender.
Panache (Ex) Gain a pool of points that are spent to fuel deeds, regained on light/piercing crit/killing blow.
Power Attack -1/+2 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Swashbuckler Finesse At 1st level, a swashbuckler gains the benefits of the Weapon Finesse feat with light or one-handed piercing melee weapons, and she can use her Charisma score in place of Intelligence as a prerequisite for combat feats. This ability counts as having

I figure I will have to stick my second level into Fighter, so I can swap out Shield Proficiency.

Thoughts?

[Just a Mort]

Do you threaten with a shield you're holding out for AC?

Do you need martial weapon proficiency to shield bash?

Do you lose your AC bonus to your shield when you take an AOO/make an attack against an enemy adjacent to you?

Sorry. I don't use shields much, it shows :(

I'm a great believer of 2 handed melee attack school, jolly well smack him so hard that he knows he's been hit.

[blackbloodtroll]

1) Yes. It's a weapon, and functions just any other weapon.

2) No, but you will suffer non-proficiency penalties if you don't.

3) Yes, unless you have the Improved Shield Bash feat.