Swashbuckler archetype

Mysterious Avenger

While some swashbucklers fight for queen and country, and others for coin, glory, or just the enhancement of their own reputations, the mysterious avenger fights directly for a cause. Instead of gaining personal glory for her heroic deeds, she keeps her identity hidden in order to better fight for those who cannot fight for themselves. Archetypes 2

Alignment: A mysterious avenger must be of a good alignment, and must be dedicated to the protection of the good and the powerless under her care. If she ceases to be good or betrays those she was sworn to protect, she loses her secret identity and greater charmed life class features. She can regain them if she atones for her violations through a means the GM agrees is suitable (possibly by way of the atonement spell if the mysterious avenger is religious). This replaces the swashbuckler’s alignment.

Class Skills: A mysterious avenger adds Disguise to her list of class skills. This alters the swashbuckler’s class skills.

Secret Identity (Su) level 3

Replaces Nimble.

At 3rd level, a mysterious avenger’s force of personality and dedication to her cause give her the ability to keep her true identity secret, even from magical prying. She gains a +4 bonus on Disguise checks for a single disguise of her choice, typically her avenger persona. Once this disguise has been chosen, it can’t be changed. She also gains a +4 bonus on saving throws against divination effects. At 11th level, she becomes immune to all scrying effects and other magical effects used in attempts to uncover her secret identity. This ability replaces nimble.

Greater Charmed Life (Ex) level 4

This ability replaces the bonus feat gained at 4th level.

At 4th level, the mysterious avenger gains three extra uses of charmed life. As an immediate action, she can expend one use of charmed life to gain a bonus to her AC equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1). She must make this decision before the attack roll is made against her. This ability replaces the bonus feat gained at 4th level.

Avenger’s Target (Ex) level 5

Replaces Swashbuckler Weapon Training.

At 5th level, a mysterious avenger gains a +1 bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls with light or one-handed piercing melee weapons and whips. Furthermore, a mysterious avenger can study an opponent she can see as a move action. The mysterious avenger then gains a +1 bonus on Bluff, Knowledge, Perception, Sense Motive, and Survival checks against that opponent, a +1 bonus on weapon attack rolls and damage rolls against it, and a +1 bonus to the DCs of any deeds used against that opponent. A mysterious avenger can maintain these bonuses against only one opponent at a time; the bonuses remain in effect until either the opponent is dead or the mysterious avenger studies a new target.

At 10th, 15th, and 20th levels, these bonuses against a studied target increase by 1. In addition, at each such interval, a mysterious avenger is able to maintain the bonuses against an additional studied target at the same time. A mysterious avenger can discard this connection to a target as a free action, allowing her to study another target in its place.

At 10th level, a mysterious avenger can study an opponent as a move or swift action. This ability replaces swashbuckler weapon training.

Avenger Finesse (Ex)

Replaces Swashbuckler Finesse.

A mysterious avenger gains all of the benefits of the swashbuckler’s finesse class feature, and gains the ability to use a whip in place of a light or one- handed piercing melee weapon for all swashbuckler class features and deeds. This ability alters swashbuckler finesse.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency

This ability alters the swashbuckler’s weapon and armor proficiency.

A mysterious avenger is not proficient with bucklers, but is proficient with whips as exotic weapons. This ability alters the swashbuckler’s weapon and armor proficiency.