The Warrior

Hit Point Rate: 7

Favored Skills: Bestiary, Composure

Proficiencies: A warrior is proficient with light, medium, and heavy armor, as well as all shields (including tower shields). He is proficient with all simple and martial weapons and three exotic weapons of his choice.

Level BAB Fort Will Ref Class Features Archetype Features Racial & Background Features
1 +2 +2 0 0 Opportunist, Battle Cunning, War Stories Initial Archetype Power Origin Feat, Racial Features
2 +3 +3 +1 +1 Second Iterative Attack Lesser Archetype Power Lesser Racial Power
3 +4 +4 +2 +2 Great Maneuvers - -
4 +5 +5 +3 +3 Hard to get Down Moderate Archetype Power Moderate Racial Power
5 +6 +6 +4 +4 Third Iterative Attack, Fancy Footwork - -
6 +7 +7 +5 +5 Ultimate Champion Greater Archetype Power Greater Racial Power

Class Features

Level 1

Racial Feature: Choose a Race and Subrace and receive all of their features, select your Origin feat.

Archetype Feature: Select your archetype and receive their basic features.

Opportunist : You may perform attacks of opportunity, when an enemy within your threat range is using a standard, move or full-round action except an attack action, special attack actions such as righteous smite, full defense action, or touch that is targeting specifically you. Movement into your first space of threatened area does not trigger this ability.

Abilities, that explicitly state that they do not provoke attacks of opportunity from creatures that have same or higher level, do not trigger this ability.

Battle Cunning : The Warrior receives half his level to attack rolls. They may add half of one ability modifier that is not used for attack rolls to damage. You may choose whether the bonus damage is heavy or precision.

Furthermore, bonuses to the damage die from feats are treated as weapon damage, e.g., they are multiplied on critical hits.

War Stories : You receive a special knowledge about general and specific monsters. You may use your highest attribute modifier for bestiary checks. That bonus represents your experience.

Level 2

Racial Feature: Lesser Power available

Archetype Feature: Lesser Power available

Second Iterative Attack : As a full-attack action, you may make two attacks. Both attacks take a -2 penalty to attack rolls.

Level 3

Great Maneuvers : The warrior learns some great maneuvers that can be used when fighting with specific weapons:

Sweeping Strikes (Two-handed Melee Slashing / Bludgeoning): When performing an attack, you can also attack an adjacent opponent at the same time, thought only one of those attacks can trigger a cleave or similar effects. This feature does not work with whirlwind attack feat. When you use the whirlwind attack feat, you may still receive bonus attacks through cleave, that are improved by this class feature.

Skewering Charge (Two-handed Melee Piercing): When performing a charge, you may run through spaces that are occupied by movable objects as creatures. Creatures that are up to one size category larger than you may step aside or must succeed a fortitude saving throw to not be thrown aside and fall prone. Objects can be pushed aside with a successful athletics check. When your movement ends for some reason, you can finish the charge by attacking the creature that blocked you. For creatures that are at least two size categories larger, you simply run beneath their feet/whatever. You do not provoke no attacks of opportunity when charging not even for the power lunge feat. Furthermore, your damage is maximized while charging.

Gemini Attack (Two Melee Weapons): When you attack an enemy with both your primary and your offhand, roll those attacks in pairs. If both attacks of that pair hit, the enemy may apply his damage reduction only once.

Offensive Defense (Free Offhand Fighting): You may compute your armor class as 10 + base attack bonus + primary attacking attribute + (unnamed, dodge, inherent, insight, competence bonuses to AC or AR). You may use the combat expertise feat to lower your armor class versus for a bonus to attack rolls.

Steady Aim (Ranged Weapons): If you choose to only attack the same foe with all your attacks, roll one more d20 than you have attacks and remove the worst.

Iterative Bashes (Weapon and Shield): You gain iterative attacks when using shield bashes.

Level 4

Racial Feature: Moderate Power available

Archetype Feature: Moderate Power available

Hard to get Down : A warrior gains +4 on constitution checks, saves versus combat maneuvers, critical hit confirm rolls and saves versus fear. He is not fatigued if he rested for at least four hours and gets twice his level as bonus negative maximal hit points.

Furthermore, he receives half his constitution modifier as bonus to natural armor class.

Level 5

Third Iterative Attack : As a full-attack action, you may make three attacks. All three attacks take a -4 penalty to attack rolls.

Fancy Footwork : The warrior may take an extra 1.5m step each round as an swift action. In addition, whenever taking a 1.5m step, he may move 3m instead. Furthermore, you may take 1.5m steps between your attacks when doing a full-round attack action.

Furthermore, you do not provoke any attacks of opportunity.

Level 6

Archetype Feature: Greater Power available

Racial Feature: Greater Power available

Ultimate Champion : Once per day, the warrior may make use of one of the three following abilities:

Shake It Off: As an immediate action, the warrior may remove one of the following conditions from himself, even if the condition would prevent him from doing so: ability damage, blinded, confused, dazed, dazzled, deafened, entangled, fatigued, nauseated, paralyzed, poisoned, sickened, staggered, stunned, and any forms of fear. Upon using this ability the warrior also heals his level + his constitution modifier.

Riddle of Steel: As a swift action, the warrior may make a full-attack, even if he has already performed one that turn. He may take an additional 1.5m and select new targets as normal.

Against all odds: As a swift action, the warrior gains damage reduction 20/- until the start of his next turn.

Specific advancement

Feats: Awesome Footwork, Battle Clarity, Epic Battle Clarity, Epic Leading With Strong Hands, Extra Favored Weapon, Last Will, Leading With Strong Hands, Warriors Arsenal

Archetypes

Archetypes

Blademaster Butcher Deathbringer Dragon Warrior Eldritch Knight Eternal Warrior Fighter Gladiator Juggernaut Master At Arms Renegade

Blademaster

All of his archetype abilities only work with bladed weapons (as swords and axes) that have to be wield with two hands.

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): A Blademaster does not receive heavy armor proficiency.

When an opponent fails to perceive the Blademaster at the start of the blademasters turn, the blademaster may move and attack as a standard action or perform a charge without losing any benefits he would normally get for not being seen by the target of the charge. We will refer to such an attack as, ambush. After performing the attack or when he is interrupted by any means he becomes visible as normal.

You receive powerful charge as a bonus feat.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2):

When performing an ambush the blademaster deals 1d6 points of bonus damage per level.

The Blademasters increases their critcal threat range by 2 if their weapons base critical multiplier is 2 and by 1 otherwise. (apply this last)

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): The blademaster may move at any speed while using stealth without a penalty for movement.

When the blademaster performs an ambush, all damage is multiplied on a critical hit.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): The blademaster receives +2 to reflex saving throw.

The blademaster increases their critical multiplier by 1 if their weapons base critical multiplier is 2 and by 2 otherwise.

Progression Options

Feats: Megablade, Wind Walk

Classes: Warrior

Butcher

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): The butcher can accumulate butchery points. At the start of an encounter you have 0 butchery points. At the end of each turn, you receive:

  • One butchery point if the butcher shed blood (successfully deal weapon damage).
  • One butchery point if the butcher dropped one or more opponents using melee weapon attacks.
The maximum number of butchery points is equal to 3 + half the butchers class level. For each butchery point the butcher receives one points of bonus melee weapon damage.

The HPR of the butcher increase to 7.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): The butcher is proficient and receives +2 on attack rolls with typical butcher weapons as the grappling hook and all kinds of axes. The butcher receives the power attack and the cleave feat.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): Whenever the butcher drops a foe unconscious he receive temporary hitpoints equal to his level + strength modifier. These temporary hitpoints last until the end of the encounter.

After dropping an opponent unconscious the butcher gains an move action which may be used immediately.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): For every four butchery points the butcher receives a single additional attack at full-attack bonus, which can be performed once per turn during the butchers action.

Additionally, the bonus damage from the butchery points increases to two per point.

Progression Options

Feats: Blood Rush, Crazed, Dirty Cleave, Double Cleave, Epic Butchery, Improved Butchery, Last Man Standing

Classes: Scoundrel, Warrior

Deathbringer

"The streets will run red with blood when my work is finished." - Sarevok Anchev

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): A Deathbringer is proficient with all armors and adds their warrior level to their armor bonus. They receives the power attack and cleave feat.

The deathbringer receives +2 DC to the Demoralize and Goad combat maneuvers and +4 on checks to intimidate.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): A deathbringer retaliates melee attacks with armor spikes. These spikes deal the Deathbringers armor bonus + the deathbringers strength modifier points of piercing damage against every attempted attack that is either performed with a natural weapon or from an adjacent square.

The deathbringer may charge 3x their movement speed and when charging the Deathbringer receives +2 on attack rolls and half their armor bonus as bonus heavy damage to weapon attacks until the end of their turn.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): When an enemy gets bloodied the deathbringer gets a cleave attack.

The deathbringer ignores an apponents AC bonuses due to combat expertise, full-defense or defensive fighting.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): Each day the deathbringer can choose one of the following benefits:

  • Deathbringer Assault: Roll the first attack performed as part on an charge attack or cleave attack twice and take the higher result. When you roll a natural 20 using your main hand weapon and deal damage, the opponent must succeed a charisma based fortitude save, at least DC 20, or dies.
  • Deathbringer Retort: Armor spikes receive the deathbringers charisma modifier or 6 points of bonus damage, whichever is more.
  • Deathbringer Dominance: You receive a +4 bonus on attack rolls, saving throws and AC versus creatures that suffer under a fear effect.

Progression Options

Feats: Double Cleave, Onslaught, Words Of Spite

Classes: Warrior

Dragon Warrior

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): You receive +2 on checks regarding dragons. Constitution is your primary ability for all your abilities. Finally, you always have good will saving throws.

You receive a breath weapon special ability, which can be used once per encounter. The effect is dependent on the element, choose when using the breath weapon.

  • Acid: As a standard action you shoot an acid ball to any target within 9m that explodes as a 3m area burst dealing 1d6 points of acid damage per level + your constitution modifier and lowers damage reduction of creatures hit by 5 points for one turn per level. A fortitude saving throw halves the damage and resists the lowered damage reduction.
  • Cold: As a full-round action you create a 4.5m 90° cone of frost, that lingers for one turn. The cone of frost deals 1d6 per level + your constitution modifier points of cold damage to creatures that come in contact with the area the first time. Creatures that end their turn in the area of cold are slowed for one turn. A fortitude save halves the damage and resists the slow effect.
  • Fire: As a full-round action, you engulf a 3m radius burst adjacent to you in fire, that keeps burning for one turn. Dealing immediately, at the start of the full-round action, 1d6 points of fire damage per level + your constitution modifier (a will saving throw halves). The area burns for another turn and deals the same damage again to creatures that end their turn in the area.
  • Lightning: As a swift action, you shoot a 18m range bolt on a single target. The bolt deals 1d6 points of damage per level + your constitution modifier (a reflex saving throw halves the damage). Lightning breath only requires half as long to recover, round up.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): Your breath weapon recovers in the turn 1d4 turns after being used.

You may learn meta breath feats, ability specialization and improved ability specialization for your breath weapon. The lingering breath feat increases the duration of fire and cold to two turns instead of its normal bonus. You cannot use feats to increase the number of additional rounds to wait before you can use your breath weapon again over your constitution modifier.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): Any natural armor class provides also energy resistance to acid, cold, fire and lightning damage. You count as two levels higher for scaling racial and class features.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): All breath weapons are improved and you add your full constitution modifier again to its damage: Acid increases the reduction by your constitution modifier. Cold slows for one turn per class level. Fire inflicts the shaken condition when the creature does not move out of the area. Lightning becomes a line of effect.

Progression Options

Feats: Long Wind

Classes: MartialHero, Sentinel, Warrior

Eldritch Knight

Arcane Spells:

Level012
1st6--
2nd63-
3rd64-
4th653
5th664
6th665

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): Arcane Caster: The Eldritch Knight has the spell casting ability of a magician or Black Mage, as in the decribed in the spellcasting table.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): You may cast spells without provoking attacks of opportunity.

The Eldritch Knight receives a +2 bonus to the DC of their spells.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): When you cast a spell as a standard action, you may perform an attack as a swift action. In addition, the eldritch knight gains another swift action that can only be used for magic actions, such as spell casting.

By expending a 1st-level spell slot as a free action, the eldritch knight can grant a magic weapon she is wielding any one of the following special abilities until the end of the encounter: flaming, frost, caustic, or shock. This benefit stacks with (but cannot duplicate) any existing weapon enhancements. The eldritch knight can alternatively cause the weapon to be treated as cold iron or silver for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. When the Eldritch Knight uses the ability, any previous effect of it ends.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): Choose one spell of the 3rd level from your spell list. You may cast this spell once per day as an SLA.

By expending a 2nd-level spell slot as a free action, the eldritch knight can grant a magic weapon she is wielding any one of the following special abilities until the end of the encounter: holy, unholy, axiomatic, anarchic. This benefit stacks with (but cannot duplicate) any existing weapon enhancements. The eldritch knight can alternatively cause the weapon to be treated as adamantine for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. When the Eldritch Knight uses the ability, while it is still active, any previous effect of it ends.

Progression Options

Feats: None.

Classes: Crusader, Sentinel, Warrior

Eternal Warrior

Meldshaping:

LevelSoulmeldsEssentiaChakra BindsAllowed Chakras
1st-10-
2nd121Crown
3rd231Crown
4th341Crown, Feet, Hand
5th451Crown, Feet, Hand
6th562Arms, Brows, Crown, Feet, Hand, Shoulders

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): An Eternal Warrior receives bonus essentia equal to half his wisdom score and may learn incarnum feats.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): You receive meldshaping abilities as a meldshaper of your class level. You may only select soulborn soulmelds, even with feats. Your primary meldshaping ability is wisdom.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): The Eternal Warrior gains access to the following Soulmeld:

Soulbound Weapon: Incarnium energy surrounds your weapon, imbuing it with additional power. Each point of essentia invested increases the weapons enhancement bonus by one, although the total enhancement bonus cannot surpass 5. Alternatively it instead grants weapon special qualities with a total enhancement bonus up to the essentia invested. It is possible to mix and match, eg. with 2 points of essentia invested you could give your weapon a +1 enhancement bonus and the flaming special quality. This soulmeld does not occupy any chakra and therefore it also connot be bound to one.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): The Eternal Warrior gains access to the following Soulmeld:

Soulbound Guard: Incarnium energy surrounds your armor or shield, imbuing it with additional power. Each point of essentia invested increases the armor or shields enhancement bonus by one, although the total enhancement bonus cannot surpass 5. Alternatively it instead grants armor or shield special qualities with a total enhancement bonus up to the essentia invested. It is possible to mix and match, eg. with 2 points of essentia invested you could give your shield a +1 enhancement bonus and the blinding special quality. This soulmeld does not occupy any chakra and therefore it also connot be bound to one.

Progression Options

Feats: Adapting Armaments

Classes: Crusader, Warrior

Fighter

The fighter may learn Advanced Weapon Training or Armor Training abilities, however no supernatural abilities.

Fighter class abilities (except the bonus feats) and fighter only feats always provide the better of untyped, heavy or precision damage.

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): The fighter receives an additional feat every level.

The fighter receives weapon specialization as a bonus feat.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): The fighter gets the weapon training ability from the pathfinder fighter. The bonus is +1 and improves your base attack bonus, instead of being an ordinary unnamed bonus.

The fighter receives his weapon training as bonus to DCs with combat maneuvers of the respective weapons.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): The fighter gets the armor training and bravery ability from the pathfinder fighter.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): The Fighter treats his fighter level for feat and fighter class ability purposes the same as his base attack bonus, if it is higher.

The Weapon Training bonus improves to +2

Progression Options

Feats: Fighters Legacy

Classes: Warrior

Gladiator

"Listen to me. Learn from me. I was not the best because I killed quickly. I was the best because the crowd loved me. Win the crowd and you will win your freedom." - Proximo

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): You gain the Improved Combat Maneuver ability for all combat maneuvers.

You may choose one special persona that grants associated bonuses:

Berserker: You are wild in combat, howl like a beast or grunt and growl, cut your arms or forehead and display blood to the crowd, and generally act in a barbaric fashion. You receive +4 on Leadership checks and you may perform demoralize after dropping a foe unconscious or dead (up to once per turn).

Braggart: You make loud boasts before, during and after a match, claiming no one can beat you. You may antagonize and challenge members of the viewing crowd. You gain a +4 bonus on Diplomacy checks. You may use Goad once as part of rolling initiative. You may use the Goad combat maneuver using your highest attribute to compute the DC.

Joker: You pull practical jokes on opponents and make derisive remarks to the crowd. You gain a +4 bonus on Empathy checks. A joker receives a special mental combat maneuver, the joke, which requires a standard action. Victims must succeed on a Charisma- or Wisdom-based Will save or suffer a -4 penalty to AC and -4 penalty on attack rolls until the end of the encounter.

Backstabber: You take advantage of opponents' lack of readiness, striking from behind or the side. You gain a +4 bonus on Trickery checks. Your favorite combat maneuver is Feint. You can deny opponents their Dexterity to AC via Uncanny Dodge.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): You receive a +2 bonus to attack rolls of combat maneuvers and a +2 bonus to any DCs.

You know how to keep combat exciting while staying in control. Choose one opponent as your primary opponent; each successful hit against that opponent provides you two tokens or one token if you are using two weapons. Successfully applying a negative status effects, that allow a saving throw, using your standard action or full-round action provides one token per level.

You may consume all tokens (at least one) to deal a devastating blow against the primary opponent. A devastating blow can be performed as part of any attack that requires a standard action. A devastating blow receives a +4 bonus to its attack roll and deals 1d6 points of bonus damage per token. If you miss, you do not consume any tokens. You may pick another opponent as your primary opponent or leave combat; in that case the token count resets. You may have a maximum number of tokens equal to 4 times your level.

You may partially equip heavy armors. When you do so, the armor counts as light armor for all benefits and penalties, while retaining all benefits for critical armor class. The maximum allowed Dexterity modifier increases by 2, the armor bonus is lowered by 2, and the armor check penalty is reduced by 4.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): Any move, spell or special ability you use provokes an attack of opportunity from you. Anytime you are attacked in melee, you receive an attack of opportunity versus the attacker (one attack of opportunity per strike).

You can swap your persona with a disguise set and 10 minutes of time.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): Each encounter, you can choose one of the following benefits:

  • Pressure Buildup: You deal bonus precision damage to your primary opponent equal to half the number of tokens on it.
  • Devastating Finish: Whenever you perform a devastating blow, increase the damage to 1d10 per token, the target must succeed on a charisma based Will save or be cowering for a number of turns equal to the number of tokens sacrificed divided by 3.
  • Crowd Master: There is no primary opponent; you track your tokens for each successful hit and you may perform the devastating attack against any target or as part of an ordinary whirlwind attack once against every target. You may perform mental combat maneuvers against all opponents within 9m of you at the same time.

Progression Options

Feats: None.

Classes: Warrior

Juggernaut

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): The Juggernaut receives the improved combat maneuver bull rush feat.

A Juggernaut receives a special bull rush combat maneuver that can be performed as a standard action, using shield barging or as part of a charge attack using a bludgeoning weapon:

Crash: Perform a melee attack against your opponent which is also a bull rush. Crash is improved by all abilities that improve bull rush and counts as bull rush.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): Crash deals bonus damage equal to 1d6 per level.

The juggernaut receives a +2 on bull rush maneuver attack rolls and +1 on DC and pushes 3 additional meters.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): The Juggernaut receives a special defensive action:

Unstoppable: You may perform any standard action that is athletic based, such as breaking through a door, or climbing a ladder. During this turn you reduce any incoming damage by twice your level and receive a +4 bonus to athletic checks and checks that impede movement. Unstoppable is improved by all abilities that improve the total defense action and counts as total defense.
The Crash ability always counts as a charge attack.

Additionally, all creatures within the crash path must succeed a reflex saving throw based on the bull rush DC or fall prone and take the crash bonus damage as bludgeoning damage.

Versus targets that you do not already deal weapon damage to, e.g. to creatures in the crash path, you also add (the Juggernauts constitution modifier + your main attacks power attack attack roll penalty) times your attacks heavy damage multiplier.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): Once at the start of each turn while the Juggernaut is under a temporary negative condition, you can choose to reroll the saving throw to end the its effects. If you succeed you automatically use the unstoppable ability.

Progression Options

Feats: Legendary Dreadnought Defence, Legendary Dreadnought Offence

Classes: Sentinel, Warrior

Master At Arms

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): A master at arms receives the improved combat maneuver feat for every combat maneuver ignoring any prerequisites and receives a +2 bonus to attack rolls and +2 to the DC of combat maneuvers.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): Additionally, the master at arms receives bonuses according to special weapon qualities. If your weapon has multiple weapon qualities choose one:

Brace: You receive +1.5m threat range and range for attacks of opportunity.

Disarm: When you successfully disarmed an opponent, that opponent receives a -4 penalty on attack rolls for one turn. You may use disarm versus natural weapons as well.

Double: Once per turn, when performing a combat maneuver with an double weapon, you may perform a single attack.

Finesse: You receive the dirty trick special quality.

Grab or unarmed: Deal normal weapon / unarmed damage when successfully grabbing an opponent.

Interrupt: Your attacks of opportunity always happens before the opponents action triggering those. The interrupt action can be used to interrupt actions that do not require any composure (concentration).

Monk: You may perform any intelligence based combat maneuvers using your wisdom instead.

Trip: A successful trip staggers your opponent.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): The master at arms receives two style feats and may activate two styles as a free action as part of rolling their initiative.

Once per turn, the master at arms may spend an immidiate action to perform an combat maneuver instead of an ordinary attack.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): The master at arms can promote any of their combat maneuver attempts so that it receives bonuses as if they used a full-round action to perform the maneuver and did not do whatever with their other attacks.

Progression Options

Feats: None.

Classes: MartialArtist, Warrior

Renegade

The renegade's primary attribute is constitution

Initial Archetype Power (Level 1): Renegades have 8 HPR and good fortitude saves.

Lesser Archetype Power (Level 2): You gain a +2 bonus to saves, initiative, 3m movement speed and half your primary attribute modifier as DR.

Renegades may stand up, retreat (ending up in a square out of enemy melee range) and use the demoralize combat maneuver as a swift action.

Moderate Archetype Power (Level 4): You do not provoke attacks of opportunity, are not caught flat-footed, always retain your dexterity to AC and flanking does not help against you either.

While above 50% of your hitpoints, you receive half your level as moral bonus to d20 rolls.

Greater Archetype Power (Level 6): You receive either half your constitution modifier as bonus heavy damage or as bonus precision damage.

Additionally add the following ability to your Ultimate powers:

Ruuuun!: You can use that ability even when you have become unconscious, staggered, stunned or paralyzed. You may stand up and act unhindered from the listed conditions and all conditions freedom of movement helps against for a number of turns equal to your constitution modifier. While you are doing nothing but running the duration of this feature does not tick down.

Progression Options

Feats: Renegades Legwork

Classes: Scoundrel, Scout, Warrior