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I am joining a game where players take on historical figures as characters in a Pathfinder rule set, and for me I am picking Lu Bu.
I have some ideas, but would love to hear suggestions about how I could realize a character like this as the dominating warrior that he is portrayed as in Romance of the Three Kingdoms and in Dynasty Warriors. This also means trying to match as close to his armor, weapons and capabilities. This means he only uses Halbreds.
My current thought was to make him a Barbarian, due to his tendency to rage and be a force of nature. Thoughts?
PS. I believe the characters are starting at Level 15 with 3 Mythic Levels.
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Don't forget that Lu Bu was actually represented at being a master of archery. Yeah, really. The legendary horse Red Hare was also prevalent in his mythos. So I might actually think he'd be closer to a cavalier who could switch back and forth between the halberd and bow.
Those are some good points, and gives him a bit more versatility. I like it!
I don't think that a character can be dominating as Lu Bu at both melee and archery in the constraints of your game. A demigod compared to most generals? Sure. But Lu Bu is often depicted as an unstoppable force. So I'd make him the best at one or the other. Having a Lu Bu inferior at melee to another PC, and inferior at archery to a different PC just wouldn't fly in my opinion, so switch hitting is out.
Agree about the Cavalier though, unless you go for something even more exotic and horsey.
I'd totally go Slayer for the switch-hitting goodness.
I'd second the Cavalier, maybe even the samurai version.
Other thought is a fighter mounted fury barbarian hybrid.
Mounted Fury Barbarian.
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From many books I have seen in Chinese about Lu Bu, he is a barbaric general with not much skill in leading an army. He is not only good in sword fight and mounting, his skill with polearms and archery exceed anyone. While he won many battles by charging into enemies and rampaging, he is none the less a general. I personally don't think pathfinder classes can turn into Lu Bu, even with Mythic will still lack many aspects. He can fight well on mount just as well as on foot, so mounted fury or cavalier alone won't do him justice.
Well, admittedly, mounted fury only trades out your increased speed and the uncanny dodge stuff. You can still rage and stab people with your sky piercer on foot.
Even books that follow closely to their gaming systems rarely capture the protagonists and antagonists when translated to paper characters (see Forgotten Realms).
While Icy Turbo may not be Apple to make a perfect copy of the legendary character, he can make one that echoes the character. Putting numbers on the paper and picking feats is part of the creation, the other part is how much of Lu Bu's legendary temper and attitude he incorporates.
There are options that can give him a fun character that meets a Lu Bu criteria.