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I need some help double checking stuff here.
Firstly Overrun states "As a standard action, taken during your move or as part of a charge, you can attempt to overrun your target, moving through its square."
That can be replaced by Elephant Stomp, which states "When you overrun an opponent and your maneuver check exceeds your opponent’s CMD by 5 or more, instead of moving through your opponent’s space and knocking her prone, you may stop in the space directly in front of the opponent (or the nearest adjacent space) and make one attack with an unarmed strike or a natural weapon against that opponent as an immediate action."
However, with Pummeling Charge, I can use a flurry-of-blows at the end of a charge. Using Brawler's Flurry, I can use the first attack as a trip attack, triggering both Vicious Stomp and Greater Trip. If I have a Fortuitous Amulet of Mighty Fists, there's an additional AoO. Assuming I'm level 11, I still have 4 attacks remaining on my Flurry (3 attacks from BAB, 1 from Two Weapons, 1 from Improved TWF). Combat Reflexes is a prerequisite for Vicious Stomp, so that's already had and I have enough AoOs to apply.
Does this mean I can make a charge, apply an Overrun Combat Maneuver, attack with Elephant Stomp, Flurry, Trip, immediately attack with Vicious Stomp and Greater Trip and Fortuitous, and then use my remaining Flurry attacks for a full 8 attacks after a move, 7 of which are against a downed opponent? Potentially applying Power Attack to all attacks, if I wanted to?
Furthermore, could I still apply Spiked Destroyer which let's me attack with Spiked Armor as a swift action triggered by a successful Overrun Combat Maneuver, to push my total attacks to 9?
All of this assumes of course, I succeed at CMB and attack rolls.
I'm no expert on that collection of abilities, but Pummeling Charge is a full round action and overrun is a different standard action. I don't think you can do both.
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short answer: no.
longer answer: when you use elephant stomp you're not charging. a charge is a special full-round action (which pummeling charge modifies), but it has to be declared against a specific target that you must attack from the first square where you can reach it from... that means you can't overrun your charge target. because your overrun target is not your charge target, if/when you use elephant stomp to stop and attack the overrun target you have interrupted your charge (forfeiting the attack, or attacks, that normally come at the end). Also, an immediate action uses up your next swift action... usually that's on your next turn when you use it to interrupt someone else's action, but here you can't add spiked destroyer to elephant charge because the attack from EC used up the swift action you'd need for it.
iirc, you can combine the rest though: pummeling charge, using brawlers flurry to trip, triggering some AoOs. Without reading spiked destroyer I'm not sure, but you might be able to use that to get an extra attack on your way to your real target (you overrun someone in the way and get a swift spike attack against them, then finish the charge and hit the main target with flurry/AoOs).
Some people believe that the overrun during a charge, is an additional free attack something other than the target of the charge... rather than an action that replaces the attack at the end of the charge.(like bull rush) Despite the existence of the Feat Charge Through which does that excact thing...
Charge Through
You can overrun enemies when charging.
Prerequisites: Str 13, Improved Overrun, Power Attack, base attack bonus +1.
Benefit: When making a charge, you can attempt to overrun one creature in the path of the charge as a free action. If you successfully overrun that creature, you can complete the charge. If the overrun is unsuccessful, the charge ends in the space directly in front of that creature.
Normal: You must have a clear path toward the target of your charge.
You should find out how your DM rules on this before attempting it during a game.
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Try Siegebreaker and Quick Bullrush
Quick bullrush lets you use your first attack in a full attack to bullrush, siegebreaker 2 lets you deal damage when you bullrush or overrun, avoid AOOs, add your armors enhancement bonus, and make a free action overrun whenever you successfully bullrush.
If it offered Improved Bull Rush at level 1 I'd be all for it, and instead stack it with Spinning Throw, as I already use Ki Throw and Improved Trip. Alas, that's just wishful thinking. The Improved Bull Rush feat tax, on top of losing a feat from multi-classing, is too costly for me.
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Actually, let's see what we can do with that at level 13.
Human Level 1-11 as Brawler, 12-13 as Siegebreaker
Traits: Snowstrider, Bred For War
Feats:
1. Dirty Fighting, Improved Trip
2. Combat Reflexes
3. Vicious Stomp
4. None
5. Ki Throw, Pummeling Style
6. None
7. Greater Trip
8. Pummeling Charge
9. Power Attack
10. None
11. Improved Bull Rush, Spinning Throw
12. None
13. Improved Overrun
20 (26) STR
16 Dex
14 Con
7 Int
12 Wis
8 CHA
Gear, using wealth by level table.
Giant's Strength Belt +6
Fortuitous Amulet of Might Blows +4
Brawling Chain Shirt
+1 Buckler
Attack - 13(BAB)+8(STR)+4(AoMF)+2(Brawling)-3(Power Attack, +24
Damage - 1d8+8(STR)+4(AoMF)+2(Brawling)+6(Power Attack), +20
Siegebreaker Damage-
8(STR)+2(Improved Bullrush, Overrun)+1 (Shield Enhancement), +11
CMB -
13(BAB)+8(STR)+4(AomF)+1(Bred For War)-3(Power Attack), +23.
Additional +7 to Trip (Improved Trip, Greater Trip Maneuver Training 3), +4 to Bull Rush (Improved Bull Rush, Maneuver Training 2), +3 to Overrun (Improved Overrun, Maneuver Training 1)
Attack Breakdown
Pummeling Charge -> Flurry
Trip
AoO Vicious Stomp
AoO Greater Trip
AoO Amulet of Mighty Fists
Activate Spinning Throw Swift Action
->Siegebreaker Effect at Double Damage
Trigger Overrun Free Action
->Siegebreaker Effect at Double Damage
Flurry Attack
Flurry Attack
Flurry Attack
Flurry Attack
Assuming everything lands (being generous here), after a move it's 7d8+162, they're prone, and I can reposition them with Spinning Throw.
Now, I have 0 faith in my own numbers or understanding here, can someone tell me where/if I've messed up?
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A much more beautiful item list. Mine was thrown together on the spot, mostly to see if I was understanding the rulings correctly. That's a much more useful kit.
As for the already existing character, as per PFS at level 1 I can recreate to my heart's content. Precisely the reason I'm going for all of this.
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Sometimes not even on a charge. For example on Brawler's Flurry with Giant Gauntlets I could potentially do:
Attack 1
-Bull Rush, Follow 5 Steps
--Overrun, Move Through 10 Feet
---Trigger Vicious Stomp, Greater Overrun, and Fortuitous
Attack 2
-Bull Rush, Follow 5 Steps
Attack 3
-Bull Rush, Follow 5 Steps
Attack 4
-Bull Rush, Follow 5 Steps
Attack 5
Pushing behind them back 1 space, moving behind, then pushing them forward 3 spaces, essentially pulling them in by 2 squares and setting up a flank from behind.
That's on top of 8 attacks and 5 Siegebreaker Damages, assuming it's legal.
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There isn't enough movement to use all of those however. I also didn't use the Bull Rush from my final attack, as I'd probably want a flanking setup more. There is a potential 6th Rush at the end though, and therefor a 6th Siegebreaker, albeit without being able to follow.
Assuming this is the movement ruling of course.
Ring of the Ram and Maelstrom Shield can be kinda nice for this too.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/rings/ring-of-the-ram/
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/magic-armor/specific-magic-shields/mael strom-shield/
With Maelstrom Shield and Greater Trip, it's nice synergy. Ring of the Ram is just fun. Bull Rush at 30ft range.
Oh nvm, Maelstrom Shield isn't a buckler :/
So technically, you can use a Maelstrom Shield then? It's pretty spiffy for Shield Bash / Greater Trip builds. You can stick 'em with an AO on the way down, and stick 'em with an AO on the way up. And you can get this free trip attempt whether you hit with the Shield Bash or not. It's pretty handy.
Brawler w/ Maelstrom Shield would almost be like Capt America ^_^;
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Brutally Weighted Giant Fist Gauntlets?
Those are Hand Slot Wondrous Items, not bludgeoning melee weapons. Still allowed to modify?
I'm still struggling to find a solid answer on how Full Attacks, Bull Rushes as Free/Swift Actions, Movement, and Overrun work however. If you can't follow at all after a charge, there's no point in the build really.
Okay, without any feats, Combat Maneuver: Overrun can be made as a standard action during your move action or charge action (therefore everything but your swift action in a round) and provokes an attack of opportunity. Your target may choose to avoid you, if desired. If you exceed the target's CMD by 5, the target gets knocked prone.
With Improved Overrun, you don't provoke attacks of opportunity and now your opponent can't avoid you, and you get a +2 to the check.
With the Charge Through feat, you can Overrun during a move or charge action as a free action (no longer a standard action).
You always move with your target when Bull Rushing.
So essentially, if you have two mobs and they're in a line, but you'd like to charge the 2nd target in the line, you can initiate a Charge action (full round action - which does not consume your swift action) and still get your Full Attack and still retain your swift action.
With those Giant Gauntlets that's 20 rounds (which will probably last you all day most days), that makes you super pushy-shovy.
Technically there is no cap amount to how many free actions you can perform in a round, but your GM is probably going to stop you around 3-5 free actions simply because frankly, it's BS to have any more than that. A free action is basically the same amount of time it would take you to shout "Get down!" or "Incoming!". So, if you can't shout "Get Down!" 20 times in 6 seconds (the theoretical time of 1 full round), you shouldn't be able to get 6 free action bull rushes + 6 free action overruns + 80 ft of charge + a full attack + a swift action in 6 seconds. This is a conversation that you should have with your GM, because per RAW, there is no cap to the amount of free actions in a round.
If you want to maximize your extra attacks in a round without abusing the free action economy, get dexterity boosting items/potions so your AO count from Combat Reflexes increases.
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That's all well and good, the problem I'm seeing is if I take a full-attack action, can I follow them for my full movement worth for bull rushes, or just a single 5 foot step worth of bull rushes.
Meaning I attack, Bull Rush, Follow, Attack, Bull Rush, Follow, Attack, Bull Rush... etc.
Bull Rush let's me follow "as long as I have movement remaining." If I'm full attacking, what's my remaining movement? Do I lost all of my movement, except a 5 foot step, or do I retain my movement but lose my move action, which I don't need as I use Bull Rush to move?
You always move with your target when Bull Rushing. But, you are limited to your total movement speed. For instance, if you have 100ft movement speed, and you charge an opponent 40 ft away, you still have 60ft worth of bull rushing you can do in a round. So lets say your first Bull Rush exceeds the CMD by X, and you move the target 30 ft, and then you Bull Rush again for another 30ft, and you still have additional attacks available. You still get all your remaining attacks, but you can't Bull Rush any more during that round.
Likewise, if you have 100ft movement speed in a round, and you charge a target 95 ft away, you can only bull rush that guy once, even though you still have 8 remaining attacks.
Also likewise, if you charge a target 40 ft away, theoretically, you could bull rush 12 times for 5ft each.
That's all well and good, the problem I'm seeing is if I take a full-attack action, can I follow them for my full movement worth for bull rushes, or just a single 5 foot step worth of bull rushes.
Meaning I attack, Bull Rush, Follow, Attack, Bull Rush, Follow, Attack, Bull Rush... etc.
Bull Rush let's me follow "as long as I have movement remaining." If I'm full attacking, what's my remaining movement? Do I lost all of my movement, except a 5 foot step, or do I retain my movement but lose my move action, which I don't need as I use Bull Rush to move?
Does that answer your question?
Edit: If you don't move during a round, and instead do a Full Attack Action, you can theoretically Bull Rush 20 times in a round for 5ft each. This movement does not consume your 5ft step.
Why brawler and not UC monk? Leg sweep gets you trip without giving up an attack, and elbow smash gives another (none lethal) attack.