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Ok, so this is is silly but please consider the following (keeping it PFS-legal as far as I'm aware):
Human Bloodrager (Bloody-Knuckled Rowdy, Crossblooded Rager [Aberrant/Abyssal])
STR 15+2, DEX 14, CON 14, INT 8, WIS 10, CHA 14
1: Dodge (Human feat), Mobility, Claws (Abyssal bloodline)
2: Charging Stag Style (Combat Style Student feat)
3: Stag Horns
4: Demonic Bulk (Abyssal bloodline), STR +1
5: Stag Submission, Combat Style Master (Combat Style Student feat)
6: Improved Grapple (Aberrant feat)
7: Combat Reflexes
8: Abnormal Reach (Aberrant bloodline), STR +1
9: Vicious Stomp, Power Attack (Abyssal feat)
11: Greater Grapple
12: Iron Will (Aberrant feat), Abyssal Bloodrage (Abyssal bloodline), STR +1
I was looking through Secret Wizard's styles guide in YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD, and noted that Charging Stag style was listed as decent but lacking support. Charging Stag is also achievable by second level as a human, and being embarrassingly strong with a 15' reach seemed like it'd go with charging and grappling well enough.
The claws make up for not having flurry of blows from a Monk dip (to a certain extent), and the unarmed damage scales from BKR in situations where the claws are unavailable. I haven't calculated exact numbers, but I'd bet such a character's CMB would be good enough to deal with many foes. (Roughly, I believe raging at 4th level would give a +13 CMB before later increases from Improved and Greater Grapple.)
I'm thinking in terms of PFS, and I realize it's missing Bloodrager staples like Raging Vitality or Iron Will (until way later at least), but I wanted to type it out regardless. And it's a build that can actually make use of Power Attack as a bonus feat from the Abyssal bloodline, which is usually taken way earlier.
So get angry, get big, and push down some nerds. Could be fun, at least until your poor defenses get you killed :D Any thoughts?
It does what it does well enough... but the two latter feats in the Stag chain aren't worth the feat slots IMO. Improved Grapple has a prereq of Improved Unarmed Strike, which you don't have. Also, only the first feat in a chain is actually a 'Style feat', which means you don't qualify for Combat Style Master. These problems fix each other to some extent of course - drop those two feats, get IUS & another style feat and you're done.
instead of grappeling you could go a bit of shield bash and twf, combat reflexes and that feat that lets you trade dmg on an AoO to make the target stop movingand a 3 lvl dip into Phalanx Soldier
combining it with the long arm spell when you go into a rage at higher levels and have a 0-40 foot reach all arround you :) srry i dont know how to make a link in these forums
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Thanks for the feedback! Bloody-Knuckled Rowdy provides IUS, forgot to include that feat in the list. And it also grants Combat Style Master without need for prerequisites at 5th. Charging Stag isn't the best style tree, but I do like the free prone or damage when pinning offered by the Stag Submission, as well as the grapple-on-charge from Stag Horns.
One thing I did get wrong was thinking you could grapple with AoOs - that's why I took Combat Reflexes. Still, it's not terrible as-is with a 15' reach, but the feats from there up could use some further examination. I'll consider the other suggestions too!