#feats

[mathematikerin-freyja]

I guess I am a little unusual here as I don't desire to bite anyone... However, I would like to be able to impress romantic interests by displaying an ability to bite through rocks in front of them and chew the rock up and spit out concrete that settles into the fissures of their driveway thereby sparing them considerable expense in its maintenance.

[dailycharacteroption]

Fun with Feats 14: Archon Style

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If there is anything that the armies of Heaven can be praised for, it is for their willingness to risk their own safety to protect others. That may be innocents, or it may be their direct allies in the conflict, forming a cohesive unit that watches the backs of each other.

That dedication to duty is appealing to many would-be guardians, be they monks, paladins, or otherwise. And so it gave rise to the Archon Style of martial arts.

As the name suggests, the style is meant to emulate the defensive fighting forms used by the servants of law and good, and can be done with both unarmed combat and with a one-handed weapon, the other hand left open not to guard themselves, but to guard others. Indeed, this style is unusual in that the wielder is meant to draw attacks towards themselves rather than deflect them away, the better to protect those they fight alongside.

That does, however, make the style ineffective when fighting alone, but no warrior banks on one move, so it is often supplemented with other fighting techniques and styles to suit the situation.

The base form of the Style allows the warrior to designate a foe within their reach, which they proceed to hinder with blocking motions to give allies a measure of protection at the cost of opening up their own defenses.

With mastery, they learn a Diversion maneuver as the gaps created by the base forms close. With this technique, they can redirect their designated foe’s attack against their own defenses rather than allies, grabbing weapon hafts and sword arms and whatnot. In doing so, regardless of whether the attack succeeds against them, they pull their foe so far out of alignment that this opens up the attacked ally to make a strike of their own.

Finally, with true mastery, their protective maneuvers no longer leave a gap in their defenses and letting them set up the technique faster. Additionally, when they themselves are successfully by any foe, not just a designated one, they can use the Justice technique to grab and hold the weapon that struck them for an extended period, opening up their foe for all nearby allies to punish.

Clearly, Archon Style is very useful for any sort of tanky build, and as a style usable with or without weapons, it is quite viable for any martial class, not just monk. I recommend it if your party’s composition has a lot of melee in it to capitalize on both the Archon Diversion and Archon Justice abilities. Just make sure you have the hp and AC to back it up.

[rpgsandbox]

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feat of the day: Sharpshooter

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[coolclaytony]

Rescuer Hombrew Class for Pathfinder 1st Edition (version 2)

This document comes with the following:

A new player class, the Rescuer.

Favored class options for every race that I know exists in the game, plus options for homebrew races created by @thecreaturecodex .

Rescuer archetypes, including: the Lifewarden, the Lifeguard, the Wealthy Philanthropist, the Firefighter, and the Babysitter.

15 new feats!

6 new magic items!

And the iconic rescuer, Kardann!

[scriobh-an-iontas]

So I've been running a Pathfinder game (three nights a week, each night is a separate party) and I've come up with some feats and flaws for my players while I've been running it!

Figured I'd share them with y'all's, since I'm proud of them.

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Unconventional Companion

Prerequisite:

Character Level 07, Any class which gains animal companion. You would not gain an Unconventional Companion until you gained one via your class, and they would advance as you do per your class.

Instead of taking on an animal or magical creature as a companion, you have somehow managed to take on a person. They start as a level 01 NPC character and a level 1 companion. They gain companion levels and abilities as you level. At level 4 you may change the NPC level into a PC level. Every four levels after, they gain another PC level. Young characters do not gain further PC levels until they are no longer young.

If they are abused or mistreated by you, they will leave, retaining all the abilities they gained while serving as your companion. If this happens, you may not take another companion until you have redeemed yourself. If you drive them away for their own protection, they will return to you when it is safe to do so. They cannot gain levels independently of you until they reach level 05 or you release them.

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Unconventional Familiar

Prerequisite:

Character Level 07, "Gain Familiar" feat or any class which gains a familiar. You would not gain an Unconventional Familiar until you gained one via your class, and they would advance as you do per your class.

Instead of taking on an animal or magical creature as a familiar, you have somehow managed to take on a person. They start as a level 01 NPC character and a level 1 familiar. They gain familiar levels and abilities as you level. At level 4 you may change the NPC level into a PC level. Every four levels after, they gain another PC level. Unconventional Familiars may not take this feat, nor may they take Unconventional Companion, Leadership, nor any feat that provides Leadership. Young characters do not gain further PC levels until they are no longer young.

If they are abused or mistreated by you, they will leave, retaining all the abilities they gained while serving as your familiar. If this happens, you may not take another familiar until you have redeemed yourself. If you drive them away for their own protection, they will return to you when it is safe to do so. They cannot gain levels independently of you until they reach level 05 or you release them.

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Know It in Your Gut

You don’t know the truth of something in your head, you know it because you’ve lived life. You don’t always have the right words for explaining it to other people. Use Wisdom for your Knowledge checks rather than Intelligence. If you want to explain something you know to the rest of the party, you need to succeed on a Diplomacy check with a DC equal to the Knowledge check. If you fail by five, you can get the general concept across. If you fail by ten, you can get the basic concept across. More than that, and you just can’t find the right words for it.

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Sucker for a Pretty Face (Flaw)

You have a -4 to perception when you’re around new people. You have a -2 to initiative and an additional -2 to perception if you fail a Will Save (DC 10 + their Charisma Mod + their Challenge Rating) around someone with a Charisma of 16 or higher

[jhamkul]

Feat: Resourceful Duelist

Think rogues only fight with daggers and crossbows? Think again. Introducing a new series called “Specialized Masteries”, class exclusive feats designed to amplify your class's core identity. First up: Resourceful Duelist for Rogues! This feat lets you apply Sneak Attack with ANY weapon, expanding your combat options dramatically. Check out both 5e and D&D 2024 versions and tell me what weapon you'd choose!

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