As title suggests I'm looking to make a thrown weapon user, if possible I'd also like to be able to not be dead in the water if someone gets into melee range with me. Also as a side note I am aware of the Startoss style feats but was wondering if it's possible to build a twf thrown weapon character.
Most thrown weapons are melee weapons as well, so you shouldn't have any problem if someone gets in your way. You should always pick up the Snap Shot (and Improved Snap Shot) feat along with Combat Reflexes for hitting people before they get close.
You should get a Blinkback belt so you only have to grab two enchanted weapons to throw instead of a ton. You can always craft it onto another belt for a 50% increase in cost for the Blinkback belt.
Fighter is the "best" pure TWF thrower in the game. Effortless Dual Wielding (most throwing weapons aren't light weapons IIRC) and Trained Throw for Advance Weapon Training help a ton since you'll likely be split between Dex and Str anyways.
You can also go the Shield Champion archetype for Brawler. Its a bit Capt. America, but you can bounce your shields for attacks, so it doesn't have to come back to you between attacks. You still have Martial Flexibility, so you can quickly grab Power Attack and other feats if you get into melee, or get deeper into ranged feats that you didn't have the space for yet.
I would prefer to stay away from the shield but is there any weapons in particular you'd suggest? My mind wants me to do chakrams because kingdom hearts (a video game) but not sold on them as they arent melee weapons.
If you play a Pharasman character you can get a bonus on attack rolls for daggers via Divine Obedience. That's another feat tacked onto the most absurdly feat intensive build in the game, though.
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If you want to throw an infinite amount of daggers then a warpriest of Pharasma is a viable start. Or for a large amount of (crystal?) chakrams a vanilla fighter might work. There are plenty of other ways to make one - an (unchained) rogue built around false opening who actually wants to be in melee, an adaptive shifter with spines (an AoMF may actually be cheaper than expendable magic ammo or multiple magic weapons), a gloomblade fighter who conjures up thrown weapons as needed...
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People have recommended a lot of solid options. Farstrike Monk and Flying Blade Swashbuckler are great ways to build your character. TWF is certainly possible, but I never could find a way to make it work as effective as I wanted. Your key question will always be, 'How can I use a magic weapon if I keep throwing it away?'
1) Ricochet Toss is your best option. Requires weapon training, and sadly the swashbuckler version doesn't count. The Martial Focus feat could be used to qualify.
2) The Blinkback Belt will work, especially if you have a GM who will let you combine it with a stat belt, or get a stat boosting item in another slot.
3) Two levels of Vigilante gets you Returning Throw. Only works once a round, and you need to hold still, but has potential.
My throwing weapon specialist is a Molthuni Arsenal warpriest. Human opens up Martial Versatility feat as a bonus feat; take it for Weapon Focus: throwing weapons and every throwing weapon in the world is your divine weapon, with weapon training, able to be enhanced, Startossed and Richochet Tossed! Kurgess would approve!
@Keerawa: or 4) get ammunition-type throwing weapons and enchant those (e.g. shuriken or crystal chakrams, or with a card caster magus a deck of harrow cards)
or 5) get a class ability or spell which lets you enchant any necessary weapons (e.g. gloomblade fighters with their created weaponry, or the coinshot spell, or {greater} magic weapon spell; can often be combined with #4.)
If you’re considering the improvised weapon route, a single level of makeshift scrapper rogue gives you everything you need to for entry into the shikigami style feats. After that, you can make a go of it with almost any class you want. I have a backup character who is an improvised weapon user that is makeshift scrapper 1/oracleX and it works surprisingly well.