Be sure to pick up some scrolls of aram zeys focus to disarm magical traps when you otherwise couldn't.
The first few levels of that build are ROUGH. Dirty tricks and whatnot are fine, but at some point you need to damage something. You need to be in a party where the other melee has a two handed weapon to take advantage of the blind foes or you're just drawing combat out. This might be a cool third character but as your main/only character the worst case scenario is you have a small party where you're the front line and you can't hurt things. If you have a large group with a lot of characters in their binders full of pathfinders that works, new groups with small parties it won't.
It won't stack with kitsune trickster, but the vexing dodger rogue is superior for doing dirty tricks than all three fox style feats combined.
Kitsune trickster is thematic as hell, but the skill boost is pretty minor. You don't need to be a kitsune trickster to be a trickster kitsune.
Hmmm.. never mind. I just noticed the vexing dogers caveat that the foe has to be larger than you for the swift action dirty trick. (the kitsune i have it on doesn't leave fox form, so 99% of foes are larger than him...)
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Unchained monks can't have archetypes, per this blog post, except for qinggong monk and archetypes that are specifically called out as being legal for unchained monk.
So you can't have an unchained monk with the master of many styles archetype.
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Here's my Dirty Trick guy (currently level 8 (so any specific stats are for this level)).
Desil (Onispawn Tiefling)
1st level - Steelblooded Bloodrager (Abyssal)
2nd - 7th level - Maneuver Master, 4 winds, Qinggong
8th - 10th level - Fighter, Lore Warden
Str 18 (16 + 2)
Dex 12 (+1 @ 8th level)
Con 14
Int 12 (+1 @ 8th level)
Wis 16 (14 + 2)
Cha 5 (7 - 2)
Skill greater than +5: Acrobatics +13 (+21 to jump, more if ki spent for move speed bonus, or +18 to avoid AoOs via Daredevil Boots), Climb +10, Escape Artist +6, Intimidate +11 (I keep it maxed so I can "participate" outside of combat even though I have a 5 cha), kn Arcana, History, Religion +5, Perception +15, Sense Motive +11, Spellcraft +6, Stealth +6, Survival +11, Swim +10.
Feats
1 - Extra Rage (only a single level of bloodrager, so 4 + con + 6 = 12 (more than enough for most PFS scenarios))
2 Monk Bonus 1 - Improved Dirty Trick
2 Monk 4 winds - Elemental Fist
2 Monk - Improved Unarmed Strike
3 Monk Bonus 2 - Improved Disarm
3 - Dirty Fighting (while flanking, any maneuver untrained or +4 if "trained")
5 - Improved Grapple (I try to never grapple because grappling (just my opinion) isn't fun, but it's nice that anything that grabs me provokes due to Maneuver Defense)
7 Monk Bonus - Greater Dirty Trick (where things start getting even more fun)
7 - Two-Weapon Fighting (Maneuver master has a fake flurry, so this lets me do even more maneuvers (also why I needed the dex bump from 12 to 13 plus dex belt))
8 Fighter Bonus 1 - Kitsune Style (pretty useless, but necessary for others)
9 Fighter Bonus 2 - Kitsune Tricks (two disabilities for one swing)
9 Lore Warden 2 - Combat Expertise (at this point retrain Dirty Fighting to something else, haven't hit 9 yet so I haven't decided, also why I want 13 int because lore warden doesn't actually override that requirement for maneuvers, it just gives CE for free)
9 - Kitsune Vengeance (Can do Dirty Trick as an AoO)
10 / 11
Again, I haven't gotten this far so I haven't decided what order these two should go in. Fighter/Lore Warden 3 will give me another +2 to CMB/D. Monk 7 will give me the "sweet spot" for Monk's Robes (+2 AC and 2 increases unarmed strike by 2 steps).
Traits:
Social - Adopted (Human) - Bred for War (+1 CMB)
Religion - Defensive Strategist (Torag) - Not flat-footed at the start of combat. (can make AoOs before acting)
Magic Items of note
Dex Belt (+2 dex)
Wisdom Headband (+2 wis)
Furious, Dueling Amulet of Mighty Fists (furious makes it +2 while raging, Dueling adds double the enhancement bonus (so +4 for a total of +6) to maneuvers made using the weapon)
Dusty Rose Prism Ioun Stone (in a wayfinder) - +1 insight bonus to AC (+2 insight to CMB/D)
Daredevil Boots (+5 acrobatics to move through threatened square for 10 rounds per day, useful for Dirty Fighting until Boots of Speed are bought)
Darkwood Composite +3 Longbow (only costs 2 prestige)
Monk's Robes (don't own yet, for increasing AC/unarmed strike damage)
Any reach weapon (for use when being approached)
Wand of Mage Armor
On a full attack I get 2 claws, 2 unarmed strikes, plus any combat maneuver (Dirty Trick). I usually start by blinding them, then rip their weapon out of the hands and throw it over my shoulder (free action drop in adjacent square "behind" me), trip, then whatever else I want (usually by this time I run out of maneuvers and then have to actually attack them :( ). I carry around the reach weapon to hit them with a maneuver when they approach, but immediately drop it to make use of my claws.
General Tactics use mage armor and Barkskin (swapped out slowfall for Barkskin) when "danger is eminent". Unbuffed AC/touch is 19, flat-foooted is 17, but rarely flat-footed because of trait (10, +2 dex, +1 deflection, +4 wisdom, +1 monk). When buffed add 7 (+4 AC from mage armor, +3 AC from barkskin, but touch remains 19). Level of bloodrager allows me to use wands with no UMD, long arm is also occasionally useful.
Base CMB 16
Base CMD 31 (+4 vs dirty trick or +2 vs grapple/disarm)
Dirt Trick CMB (when raging) 28 (+4 if flanking from Dirty Fighting)
Grapple/Disarm CMB (when raging) 26 (+4 if flanking)
All other maneuvers that can be done with unarmed/claws (when raging) 24
I chose not to go the Slayer-Bounty Hunter route because the above worked out better for how I wanted to play it. I may be forgetting something as I haven't played this guy in a long time. I generally only play this guy when there are things in the party that can take advantage of the bad guys. Otherwise we just end up with pissed off bad guys (and GMs) that can't do anything because I've taken their weapon/holy symbol/spell component pouch and they can't do much with either a 50/50 chance of hitting something (blind) or they spend their standard action to unblind themselves. But this guy can still do a fair bit of damage if he has to due to 4 attacks.
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I kept my Dirty Trick build pretty simple: Untamed Rager.
High STR, Reckless Abandon, Strength Surge, Dirty Fighting, Savage Dirty Trick.
Best of both worlds: Archetype replaces minor abilities for DT feats (which I can land reliably) but I'm still a 2H raging barbarian for damage. Nice bonus: in DPR-challenged parties I can set them up for success or just smash things if we need to seal the deal.
Did you check to see if Dirty Trick Master is now PFS legal?
Also, take Dirty Fighting; gain Improv Dirty Trick and drop Combat Exper...
Slayer 6/ Fighter/6, with or without Bounty Hunter makes for an awesome Dirty Trick build.
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Did you check to see if Dirty Trick Master is now PFS legal?
Also, take Dirty Fighting; gain Improv Dirty Trick and drop Combat Exper...Slayer 6/ Fighter/6, with or without Bounty Hunter makes for an awesome Dirty Trick build.
As you already noted it's not legal. But I just wanted to add that it'll never be legal because it's way too good. It can permanently lock out most foes by dazing/nauseating them which will let them never have their standard action to remove the condition.
That, and Dirty Trick builds seemingly go against the ethos of pen and paper RPGs.
I created a dirty trick build that lead to enough GM against that I ended up re-rolling mid adventure path. And - that was before I had Dirty Trick Master. Before anyone goes with a similar build, they will want to be sure it's not going to be an issue. He's PFS, so table variation aside, no one can say a thing.