Self-Interested Preface: Made this character because of the greatsword variant of the Divine Fighting Technique feat, Gorum's Swordsmanship. It lets a character charging with a greatsword perform a Vital Strike at the end of a charge, which is pretty much pounce (or a stronger version of the Pummeling Style chain, more accurately). Archetype is Mutation Fighter, which gives it a mutagen and some discoveries in exchange for the armor training class feature.
Its saving throws aren't too bad until level 9, when Armed Bravery boosts Will by a scaling amount, and 17, when Fighter's Reflexes does the same with Reflex saves, making them great. It doesn't have DR, but Ironhide and the mutagen from its archetype adds some natural armor, and its heavy armor should help, as well as the fact that it goes down the entire Deathless feat chain, ending up with Diehard at 5th, Deathless Initiate to let it keep its actions (with a boost!) when dying at 8th, Deathless Master to avoid taking damage from acting while dying at 9th, and forcing enemies to roll twice and take the lower result for critical confirmation at 12th. At level 11 it gets Spontaneous Healing, an alchemist discovery that gives free-action fast healing equal to 5 x level per day.
The Vital Strike feat chain is active as soon as possible each level, as is standard for fighters. There's a chart under the build that denotes base damage by level- by using the mutagen for STR boosts, Vital Strike charging, Power Attack with Furious Focus, and a two-handed weapon, this character's meant to swing once and hit once every round for pretty big damage, remaining relatively mobile and staying alive until actual death. Something else to note is that the Advanced Divine Fighting
Technique version of Gorum’s Swordsmanship, obtained at level 14, makes a vital
strike count as continuous damage for the purpose of spellcasting, adding a
concentration check equal to 10 + ½ damage + spell level. At level 14, without any enhancements, this'd be forcing a concentration check between 23 (for having taken minimum damage, casting a 1st-level spell) and 49 (having taken maximum, casting a 9th-level spell). It'll shut just about any caster down.
Since this heavy-armor-wearing character's meant to use charging to get around, it picks up Dragon Style as early as possible to charge through allies and difficult terrain, and, at level 7, it gets self-activated flight for minutes equal to its level. At level 13, it gets Charge Through to attempt to overrun enemies in the way of a charge, which should be relatively easy considering this character's massive self-given STR bonuses.
Since this heavy-armor-wearing character's meant to use charging to get around, it picks up Dragon Style as early as possible to charge through allies and difficult terrain, and, at level 7, it gets self-activated flight for minutes equal to its level. At level 13, it gets Charge Through to attempt to overrun enemies in the way of a charge, which should be relatively easy considering this character's massive self-given STR bonuses.
Even though this character only gets one skill point per level and isn't much more versatile than "combat-only", I think it'd be fun and effective to play as the big stupid fighter in a combat-heavy campaign and would work well as a mobile tank, caster-disabler, and damage-dealer.
This build created in November of 2016.
Fighter (Mutation
Warrior) Level 20
(worships Gorum, god
of war; must be Chaotic Neutral)
Race: Half-Orc,
+2 STR (+1 Hit Point/+1 Skill Point/+2 to rolls to stabilize when dying)
Racial Traits
Fey Thoughts (Fly and Perception become class skills)
Sacred Tattoo (+1 luck bonus to all saving throws)
Shaman’s Apprentice (Endurance feat)
Orc Blood (counts as human and orc for the purposes of
racial effects)
Darkvision 60’
Character Traits/Drawbacks
Drawback: Paranoid (allies must make DC 15 check to
successfully aid-another you)
Faith: Fate’s Favored (+1 to any luck bonuses)
Magic: Enduring Mutagen (mutagen bonuses and penalties last
additional minute per level)
Race (Half-Orc): Legacy Of Sand (+1 to Will saving throws)
Class Skills: Acrobatics,
Bluff, Climb, Craft (Any), Fly, Handle Animal, Heal, Intimidate, Knowledge
(Engineering), Knowledge (Local), Perception, Profession (Any), Ride, Sense
Motive, Sleight Of Hand, Survival, Stealth, and Swim.
Known Languages:
Common, Orc
1: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 1 (d10 Hit Die), +1 Hit Point
BAB: +1
Base Saves: +7/+3/+3
New Feats: Simple and Martial Weapon Proficiencies, Light, Medium
and Heavy Armor Proficiencies, Shield and Tower Shield Proficiency, Endurance, [1st
Level Feat] Power Attack, [Fighter 1st] Furious Focus
Skills(1): Acrobatics
2: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 2, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +2
Base Saves: +8/+3/+3
New Feats: Bravery (+1), [Fighter 2nd] Improved Unarmed
Strike
Skills(1): Acrobatics
3: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 3, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +3
Base Saves: +8/+4/+4
New Feats: Mutagen, [3rd Level Feat] Dragon Style
Skills(1): Acrobatics
4: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 4, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +4
Ability Score Increase: STR +1 (20)
Base Saves: +9/+4/+4
New Feats: [Fighter 4th] Divine Fighting Technique
(Gorum’s Swordsmanship)
Skills(1): Perception
5: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 5, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +5
Base Saves: +9/+4/+4
New Feats: Weapon Training (Heavy Blades) (+1), [5th
Level Feat] Diehard
Skills(1): Perception
6: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 6, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +6/+1
Base Saves: +10/+5/+5
New Feats: Bravery (+2), [Fighter 6th] Vital Strike
Skills(1): Perception
7: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 7, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +7/+2
Base Saves: +10/+5/+5
New Feats: [Mutagen Discovery 7th] Wings, [7th
Level Feat] Ironhide
Skills(1): Fly
8: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 8, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +8/+3
Ability Score Increase: CON +1 (17)
Base Saves: +11/+5/+5
New Feats: [Fighter 8th] Deathless Initiate
Skills(1): Fly
9: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 9, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +9/+4
Base Saves: +11/+6/+8
New Feats: Weapon Training (+2), [Advanced Weapon Training] Armed
Bravery, [9th Level Feat] Deathless Master
Skills(1): Fly
10: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 10, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +10/+5
Base Saves: +12/+6/+9
New Feats: (Armed) Bravery (+3), [Fighter 10th] Improved
Overrun
Skills(1): Fly
11: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 11, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +11/+6/+1
Base Saves: +12/+6/+9
New Feats: [Mutagen Discovery 11th] Spontaneous Healing,
[11th Level Feat] Improved Vital Strike
Skills(1): Fly
12: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 12, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +12/+7/+2
Ability Score Increase: STR +1 (21)
Base Saves: +13/+7/+10
New Feats: [Fighter 12th] Deathless Zealot
Skills(1): Fly
13: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 13, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +13/+8/+3
Base Saves: +13/+7/+10
New Feats: Weapon Training (+3), [Advanced Weapon Training] Warrior
Spirit, [13th Level Feat] Charge Through
Skills(1): Fly
14: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 14, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +14/+9/+4
Base Saves: +14/+7/+11
New Feats: (Armed) Bravery (+4), [Fighter 14th] Advanced
Divine Fighting Technique (Gorum’s Swordsmanship)
Skills(1): Fly
15: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 15, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +15/+10/+5
Base Saves: +14/+8/+12
New Feats: [Mutagen Discovery 15th] Greater Mutagen, [15th
Level Feat] Greater Overrun
Skills(1): Fly
16: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 16, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +16/+11/+6/+1
Ability Score Increase: STR +1 (22)
Base Saves: +15/+8/+12
New Feats: [Fighter 16th] Greater Vital Strike
Skills(1): Fly
17: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 17, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +17/+12/+7/+2
Base Saves: +15/+12/+12
New Feats: Weapon Training (+4), [Advanced Weapon Training]
Fighter’s Reflexes, [17th Level Feat] Lunge
Skills(1): Fly
18: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 18, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +18/+13/+8/+3
Base Saves: +16/+13/+14
New Feats: (Armed) Bravery (+5), [Fighter 18th] Weapon
Focus (Greatsword)
Skills(1): Fly
19: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 19, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +19/+14/+9/+4
Base Saves: +16/+13/+14
New Feats: [Mutagen Discovery 19th] Grand Mutagen, [19th
Level Feat] Penetrating Strike
Skills(1): Fly
20: Fighter (Mutation Warrior) 20, +1 Hit Point
BAB: +20/+15/+10/+5
Ability Score Increase: WIS +1 (12)
Base Saves: +17/+13/+15
New Feats: Weapon Mastery (Greatsword), [Fighter 20th]
Greater Penetrating Strike
Skills(1): Fly
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