eberron goblin frontliner

[volganic]

hello everyone soon im going to play in an eberron setting (still pathfinder rules) and i have hopes to make a goblin for it. i'm not sure what the others are playing but i want to make the goblin a front line bruiser (tank/damage). all the books are open except the psionics.
i would prefer to keep him around the fighter style (fighter ranger brawler) instead of barbarians and paladins. so any advice or recommendations?

[Thanael]

Do you know the setting lore about the Lost Empire of Dhakaan? (Read the Legacy of Dhakaan trilogy by Don Bassingthwaite!)

Goblin or goblinoid? Goblins are/were the ninja clans of Dhakaan. Being small a front liner bruiser role is a bit hard for them and not typical but certainly doable. Maybe Slayer?

Or a hobgoblin Samurai !

[demonolgist]

Thanael wrote:

Do you know the setting lore about the Lost Empire of Dhakaan? (Read the Legacy of Dhakaan trilogy by Don Bassingthwaite!)

Goblin or goblinoid? Goblins are/were the ninja clans of Dhakaan. Being small a front liner bruiser role is a bit hard for them and not typical but certainly doable. Maybe Slayer?

Or a hobgoblin Samurai !

i dont mind being a slayer but i think samurai a little too out there. also im kinda set on goblin not goblinoid been wanting to play one for awile now

[Charon's Little Helper]

Goblins make great Swashbucklers. Now - Swashbucklers have saves issues (low Fort & Will), but if you can deal with that they're pretty solid, and some of the new archetypes help with making their saves better. (Plus Mouser is fun for small characters.)

A 2 level dip into paladin (adding a total of 6ish to Fort/Will) after the first 3-4 in Swashbuckler, combined with such an archetype would make them solid on the saves front. (though you'd be slowing down Swashbuckler stuff)

[Tacticslion]

Dot-dot!

[DM_aka_Dudemeister]

For some reason I thought this said Eberron Goblin Frontier, and I thought "What a great idea for an alternative Kingmaker type of campaign."