Fighter archetype

Drill Sergeant

Drill sergeants excel at training other combatants in fighting techniques.

Prerequisite: Bludgeoner. Benefit: When you hit with a charge attack to deal nonlethal damage while using this style, your weapon deals damage as if it were one size category larger than it actually is. If you have the ability to make more than one attack on a charge, this increase applies only to your first attack.

Cudgeler Sweep (Combat, Style) Your powerful blows can knock down your opponents.

Prerequisites: Bludgeoner, Cudgeler Style, base attack bonus +5 or monk level 5th.

Prerequisites: Bludgeoner, Cudgeler Style, Cudgeler Sweep, base attack bonus +9 or monk level 9th.

Prerequisites: Wis 13, Improved Grapple, Improved Unarmed Strike, base attack bonus +3 or monk level 3rd.

Prerequisites: Wis 13, Improved Grapple, Improved Unarmed Strike, Kraken Style, base attack bonus +5 or monk level 5th.

Prerequisites: Wis 13, Improved Grapple, Improved Unarmed Strike, Kraken Style, base attack bonus +7 or monk level 7th.

Tactician (Ex) level 2

Replaces Bravery.

At 2nd level, a drill sergeant gains the cavalier’s tactician class feature, treating his fighter level as his cavalier level for the purposes of this ability. This ability replaces bravery.

Weapon Training (Ex) level 5

Replaces Weapon Training.

At 5th level, a drill sergeant gains weapon training with one group of weapons. He doesn’t gain weapon training with other groups at later levels, though his weapon training bonus improves by 1 for every 4 levels after 5th level. This ability modifies weapon training 1.

Greater Tactician (Ex) level 9

Replaces Weapon Training.

At 9th level, the drill sergeant gains the cavalier’s greater tactician class feature. This ability replaces weapon training 2.

Weapon Trainer (Ex) level 13

Replaces Weapon Training.

At 13th level, when a drill sergeant wields a weapon he has weapon training in, all allies within 30 feet who can see and hear the drill sergeant gain half his weapon training bonus when they wield any weapon from the same weapon group.

This bonus doesn’t stack with any weapon training bonus an ally already possesses.

This ability replaces weapon training 3.

Master Tactician (Ex) level 17

Replaces Weapon Training.

At 17th level, the drill sergeant gains the cavalier’s master tactician class feature. This ability replaces weapon training 4.

Combatants can’t always rely on having their weapons at hand, so canny adventurers are ready to fight unarmed when necessary.

GENERAL TACTICS It’s a good idea to consider what you’ll do if your normal weapon of choice is unavailable.