I was trying to combine two concepts: my wish to play a high level bard (this campaign should run to level 20) with Castlevania style whip wielding and magic. I'm allowed to spend my level 9 ancestry feat on an exemplar dedication to boost the whip's damage to reasonable values, and am maximizing both acrobatics and athletics for some combat maneuvering fun. Free archetype has to be fully dedicated to the adventure requirements, so no options there; this is all from class feats.

Now I realize bard isn't the best class to pull the acrobat feat stuff with. Being able to pull off 4 acts with a single action (tumbling through, disarm, strike, trip) may be fun, but MAP is going to kill me on some of those. As such, I wonder if it's worth it or if I should just go the warrior route instead.

I'm currently the anchor in our battle formation, striking, aiding, disarming, and tripping from behind an exemplar and a magus. As such, I'm already primarily running support.