Fair enough, though I do think you're probably underestimating the Fighter bonus feats list a little. Here's a build I quickly wrote up to showcase what the Warlord can do to hopefully get more people interested.[spoiler]Behold!! Dread Roberts!!
http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/view.php?id=88665His basic shtick: Tumble into flanking position for a net +8 (or more if he feints with Tide of Battle + Improved Feint) to hit, Power Attack for -10 + Fighting Defensively + Combat Expertise for -5, He doesn't actually care if he misses because he's just set himself up to obliterate. His AC rises to 58 and whenever a foe attacks him he can attempt to Parry it. If he does, he can use an AoO, of which he has infinite thanks to Improved Combat Reflexes, he gets to hit the poor sap that missed without taking Fighting Defensively penalties. Oh, and with Baffling Counterattack he can attack some random other guy within his reach (nice if he's saved his Tide of Battle to parry and then jump and destroy), and if he does THAT both parties go, "WTF?!" and become flatfooted allowing him to thrash for 1d6+32+8d6 Sneak Attack. Basically all he does is make people flat-footed or set up flanking opportunities Power Attack, Parry, and AoO the world allowing him deal obscene damage and stay VERY mobile while doing it thanks to maxed Tumble ranks and no armor check penalty due to no armor!
Oh, and did I mention that even enemy AoOs can provoke AoOs from 'ol Dread Roberts? Because they can. And woe unto you if he decides to go Blinding Speed full attack mode on your ass because you'll be flat-footed and flanked and you're about to get hit for
at least 24d6+66 damage. I'm pretty sure his AC can get even higher. I might have missed some stacking potential, but on the whole I'd say he's a machine but not overpowered. Certainly seems fun as hell. And he knows 24 more feats, I just didn't care to come up with those because that would basically be an entire other optimized build that he could switch to given a couple hours' practice. I just came up with his readied feats.
*Create-A-Feat-Chain (with relavant Parry chain) here:
http://brilliantgameologists.com/boards/index.php?topic=2379.0[/spoiler]
Now, the new challenge - Can anyone do better, and without using homebrewed feats to boot? You're best bet, I'd think, is a standard full plate basher.
