Strength is good, but not necessarily the end-all-be-all. By dumping your Wis and Con so much, you're going to be a dead orc, and dead orc damage is terrible. Dragon Disciple is interesting, but not necessarily something you want to do as a new player. Fighter or Barbarian are the most straightforward options for you.
A better stat spread would be:
Str 18 (base 16+2 racial)
Dex 14
Con 14
Int 8
Wis 14
Cha 7
For the loss of +1 hit and damage, you gained +1 AC, +1 reflex, +1 fortitude, +1 hit point per level, +4 to will saves. That spread works for either fighter or barbarian. Some good feats would be:
1: Power Attack, Toughness
2: Cleave
3: Weapon Focus (Falchion)
4: Weapon Specialization (Falchion), add +1 Strength
5: Iron Will
There, there's 5 levels of a basic 2-handed fighter. Add in the Archetype from the Advanced Players guide for more power. Check out Rogue Eidolon's excellent fighter guide here https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=15x4he4WAFYNsoeYgNG8KaEjPH2OvzF2dU jiy8BL1h14&hl=en&pli=1#
I hope that helps.
Ah yes, I toyed with getting the extra +4 STR from dragon disciple before. If I were going for a STR build I would probably do the same way as you are. Stats would be simular, I would probably go with a 11 CHA, 8 INT, and 9 WIS.
Neg Wis modifier to your Will save can hurt as a fighter and you don't need 12 CHA if your only getting one lvl in Sorcerer. ;)
You are also losing BAB, potential feats, and the fighter weapon training. You don't want to dump wisdom that much as a fighter or constitution.
You will need the hp since you are on the front line, and you will need the will save bonus so you are not trying to attack your friends or at the least no longer helping them.
A fighter eventually gets a lot of abilities to add to Hit and Damage, making stacking Strength to the exclusion of all else, especially your own survivability, a bad idea. That 5th level character would be swinging at a +11 to attack (more with a masterwork weapon, easily attainable by that level) for 2d4+9, or +9 for 2d4+15 while power attacking, while having 50 hp (assuming average roll and favored class), 21 AC (assuming full plate), +6 Fort +3 reflex +5 Will. A perfectly effective and survivable character.
Add in minor magic items and some buffs (like Bull's Strength and Bardic Music) and he will wreck face pretty hard.
Level progression:
5 sorcerer
A better stat spread would be:
Cha 7
Huh?
I was advocating not taking Sorcerer/Dragon Disciple, instead going for pure fighter. Charisma is a valid dump stat at that point. If he wants to keep Dragon Disciple anyways, then he can drop int to 7 and wis to 12 to bump up Charisma.
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Strength is good, but not necessarily the end-all-be-all. By dumping your Wis and Con so much, you're going to be a dead orc, and dead orc damage is terrible.
Oh, give him a break! -- His will save made a positive number by 5th level! (lol)
Anyway....
A better stat spread would be:
Str 18 (base 16+2 racial)
Dex 14
Con 14
Int 8
Wis 14
Cha 7For the loss of +1 hit and damage, you gained +1 AC, +1 reflex, +1 fortitude, +1 hit point per level, +4 to will saves. That spread works for either fighter or barbarian.
But why be stupid and ugly? -- What fun is that?
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1st-level dwarf PFS character run the 2nd time today:
STR:15 (rages to 19; will bump at 4th)
DES:12
CON+16 (rages to 22, will bump at 8th/12th)
INT:12
WIS+14
CHA-10
(look, Ma! no stats under 10; DM don't think I'm a min/max cheese-weasel even though I am, because every stat will pull its weight by the end of twelve levels, and saving-throw magic that would wilt a paladin's lance will just bounce right off me.)
1. barb1.
Feat: Raging Vitality
Skills: Diplomacy (+4), Intimidate (+4), Survival (+6), Perception (+6), Profession: Winetaster (+6)
Weapon: MW fauchard (heirloom), battleaxe, sling
Armor: whatever I strip off the dead guys in the 1st encounter.
"Say....that's some mighty fine-lookin' armor you're wearin' there..." *klonk*!
When the fighting is over, I shed the bloody wreck of the armor I "borrowed" (you can't "keep" stuff like that in mods), clean myself up, then pull my tux out of the backpack and go to the high-society end of town for my "day job" gig, and pick up some spare coin while hobnobbing with the elite snobs.
Lesson: You don't need a 20 or an 18 or even a 16 at 1st level to be effective with a +7 att at 1st -- and that heaping gob of stat-buy points you save you can spread around, meaning you won't suck at absolutely everything else you do.
If you wanna pump str so much, stay fighter and spare some feats for abyssal eldritch heritage.
This build is close to being broken.
You basically need a roll of 17-20 for normal Will Saves, which means you will usually spend your time sleeping, paralysed or killing your groupmates.
There is a reason why almost all Players consider Iron Will a "must have" feat by level 5 and never dump Wisdom.
But why be stupid and ugly? -- What fun is that?
I don't know. Ask your mom.
OOOOOH!I kid :)
You're missing alchemist, if STR is all you care about....explain.
Level 1 you get a mutagen that gives you a +4 alchemical bonus to str.