First the Bookkeeping:
* - Campaign: Hell's Rebels ported to PF 2E Legacy
* - Role: "Primary Melee"
* - I was inspired to come over here by the "Bayonetta" thread.
The problem is that, the character appears to want to be two different things: A dashing swashbuckler AND a man of great strength and size - so I am looking at a MAD build, but I don't want to let my fellow players down at the table.
Is starting as a Fighter with the Noble Background and then taking the Swashbuckler Archetype at 2nd the right move - or would the reverse be?
Have you considered using thaumaturge with the weapon and amulet implements instead of fighter for the base class? The swashbuckler archetype and the Braggart style could still work.
Flavor the thaumaturge abilities and feats more as "fortune/luck" superstitions than esoteric knowledge.
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First the Bookkeeping:
* - Campaign: Hell's Rebels ported to PF 2E Legacy
* - Role: "Primary Melee"
* - I was inspired to come over here by the "Bayonetta" thread.The problem is that, the character appears to want to be two different things: A dashing swashbuckler AND a man of great strength and size - so I am looking at a MAD build, but I don't want to let my fellow players down at the table.
Is starting as a Fighter with the Noble Background and then taking the Swashbuckler Archetype at 2nd the right move - or would the reverse be?
Have you considered going Ruffian Rogue? Porthos, aside from being large, was also a ladies man (he did, after all, get his money from a woman whose husband he was cuckolding), a bit of a cad (see earlier comment. In fact, while heroes, the book musketeers are anything but paragons of virtue...), but very likeable.
With a Ruffian Rogue you can go in on Strength and Charisma, relying on lower dexterity but medium armor, and you'll have more than enough skill increases to fulfill the "dashing swordsman" fantasy.
As for Archetypes, you can't go wrong with Duelist, whether Free Archetype or not.
First the Bookkeeping:
* - Campaign: Hell's Rebels ported to PF 2E Legacy
* - Role: "Primary Melee"
* - I was inspired to come over here by the "Bayonetta" thread.The problem is that, the character appears to want to be two different things: A dashing swashbuckler AND a man of great strength and size - so I am looking at a MAD build, but I don't want to let my fellow players down at the table.
Is starting as a Fighter with the Noble Background and then taking the Swashbuckler Archetype at 2nd the right move - or would the reverse be?
Have you considered going Ruffian Rogue? Porthos, aside from being large, was also a ladies man (he did, after all, get his money from a woman whose husband he was cuckolding), a bit of a cad (see earlier comment. In fact, while heroes, the book musketeers are anything but paragons of virtue...), but very likeable.
With a Ruffian Rogue you can go in on Strength and Charisma, relying on lower dexterity but medium armor, and you'll have more than enough skill increases to fulfill the "dashing swordsman" fantasy.
As for Archetypes, you can't go wrong with Duelist, whether Free Archetype or not.
No free archetype, but I will look at Duelist (APG, p171).
'Tis my bedtime, or I would do it now.