Quote Originally Posted by Hirosue
the simple facts are that a dr based intimidator is going to have a hard time of it as he levels up compared to an Ac based intimidator
I've done a DR tactics build, much like Ghoste pointed out (Improved Trip, Stunning Blow, Shield Mastery feats) and it works out fine for getting groups (or soloing up to about level 10). You don't really sacrifice much in the way of stats compared to a high damage build, but instead, you have a different feat line-up to augment your focus. When you don't feel like intimidating or don't need to intimidate you just appear to be like most other whack 'em melee builds. When something warrants intimidation you do so and either keep swinging or shield block, whichever you feel is best for the situation. In situations with few monsters you have little to worry about as improved trip and stunning blow mitigate the monster's ability to even land attacks.

A DR blocker won't have a very hard time because they can maintain a fairly good scaling of DR as they rise in levels, meaning they often can shield block a majority of near-equal level monsters into a string of 0's.