Brawler

[Darrin Weddle]

Can the Brawler be male?

[Imbicatus]

Yes. Any character class can be any gender. The reason all of the pronouns in the brawler class are female because the iconic brawler Kess is female.

[Darrin Weddle]

When you say the Master Of Many Styles can fuse all five style feats at 20th level will that include the feat paths as well?

[Darrin Weddle]

What are the best combat feats for the Brawler?

[Darrin Weddle]

What are the best feats for the Martial Artist?

[fretgod99]

You might want to pose those questions in the Advice forum. You can get a lot of great build advice over there!

[Chess Pwn]

brawler guide
another brawler guide
read these, then come back if you have questions.

[Darrin Weddle]

What are the best combat feats for a sword and shield fighter?

[magispitt]

Shield bash & two weapon fighting are good starts if you have the feats to spare, power attack is another staple of martial builds. Like fretgod said though, you might want to post this stuff in the advice forum, lots of optimizes there!