Studious Squire
Source: Adventurer's Guide, p. 94
Replaces: This alters the fighter’s class skills and skill points per level, and replaces the fighter’s bonus feats gained at 1st and 10th levels.
An armiger gains 2 additional skill ranks at each level. These ranks must be put into Intimidate and Knowledge (planes). In addition, the armiger treats Knowledge (local) and Knowledge (planes) as class skills.
This alters the fighter’s class skills and skill points per level, and replaces the fighter’s bonus feats gained at 1st and 10th levels. Ardent (Su): Armigers are difficult to sway from their beliefs. At 2nd level, an armiger gains a +1 bonus on Will saves against charm effects. This bonus increases by 1 for every 4 fighter levels beyond 2nd. Once per day, if an armiger is forced to take an action that is diametrically opposed to her order’s beliefs and values while under the influence of a charm or compulsion effect, she can immediately attempt a Will save against the effect’s DC to resist acting out that order. Success does not remove the existing charm or compulsion effect, but does allow the armiger to resist betraying her beliefs.
This replaces bravery.
Joining the Hellknights While many fighters who seek to join the Hellknights opt to take the armiger archetype, characters from any class are welcome to petition to join the Hellknights (provided the character is lawful). When a character seeks to join, he must either receive the patronage of a serving Hellknight or make plain his intentions by petitioning at a Hellknight order’s citadel. This begins a course of intensive reeducation and physical training that takes as long as the armiger’s trainer considers necessary, although the basic curriculum takes about 3 years. At the end of this period of training, the armiger must pass the Hellknight test (see the sidebar on page 95)—particularly brave or foolhardy armigers can always petition to take the test before their training is complete, but in most cases, this merely results in the armiger’s untimely demise.
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