Prestige classes for a lawful neutral fighter?

[Vermilion]

So I was thinking of making an "ex-soldier" fighter character (based on a supporting character from my daughter's D&D-inspired bedtime stories, no less!)

They would fight with sword & shield, heavy armour and attitude - however, the character is lawful neutral.

Obviously Anointed Knight/Warrior of Darkness benefit nearly every melee fighter but both are alignment restricted for this one.

Was thinking Divine Champion may work, I don't see this character as a Weapon Master - the weapon is a tool to them, not an art or their reason for existing.

No spell casting, HiPS and realistically I'll never have mithril full plate so dexterity at 9 would be fine.

[Deathgrowl]

As I suggested in the hedge knight thread, maybe fighter12/man-at-arms11/whatever7 is a good start for you? MaA even requires you to be lawful, so there's that. MaA is also great for heavy armour and sword-and-shield, because of the class feats it gets.

Fighter18/MaA12 is solid, for instance.

Dervish is maybe a PRC you could look into.

Dragon warrior is great.

If you're not bound to human, dwarven defender is also a great PRC. Fighter12/dwarven defender10 is a good start, for instance.

Breachgnome is also an option if you want to go gnome.

[Vermilion]

I'd actually forgotten all about man-at-arms as a class! Very interesting, thanks DG

[Vermilion]

Would longsword be a better weapon to consider - bastard sword was the other option but I think I recall that there might be better long swords not only available through the RIG system.

[Planehopper]

Would longsword be a better weapon to consider - bastard sword was the other option but I think I recall that there might be better long swords not only available through the RIG system.

I am not sure about "end game" gear from merchants, but yeah in my experience the Longsword selection is much better.

[chad878262]

There are 2 tours of epic bastard swords that I know of, only one of them competes with (is better than) the long swords at merchants.

[Sun Wukong]

It is a bit late, but there is Dragon Warrior, it gives elemental damage, fear immunity, and opens up skills. You could even consider going for a Dragon Slayer on a non-caster as you get damage against dragons, more skills opened as class skils, proficiencies you might lack, and some elemental resitance.

If Pious Templar ever gets out, it could be another PRC to consider. (Though it has a spellbook.)

Ghostfaced killer can also work.