Archpaladin Zousha wrote:
There's the rub; Champion IS a favorite class of mine, but other suggestions seem so tempting too, like AlastarOG's Barbarian suggestion, if I can get over my hangups regarding Barbarians, or another recommendation I recieved elsewhere that suggested SWASHBUCKLER of all things (with Oracle dedication, naturally)!
All of them make the Oracle component feel more like an afterthought than the thematic focus of the character, though...but as you've shown me, if I start there, any sword or hammer I wield will be just for show...
Why don't you just focus on class mechanics and then add some flavor without the need of archetypes?
For example, you like the champion?
Play it like Giovanna d'Arco.
An inner voice telling you what to do.
It may be something you decide to follow or not, eventually even more than one ( addressing the battle oracle ). Just for RP purposes and nothing more.
I mean, you can build a Rogue character by taking the figher class, the ranger class or anything else ( you'll simply get sneaky stuff like stealth and thievery, for example ). And in the same way, you can do a combat oracle by taking the champion or barbarian class.
A class is not the only way to recreate a specific character, after all.
If I were you, I'd stick with what you'd like to do mechanically speaking rather than the flavor part. The flavor can be added once you decided what you like to do during combat and trivial encounters.
