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Dragon Mount (Su): You gain the service of an unusually intelligent, strong, and loyal dragon mount to carry you into battle and serve you as you further the cause of dragonkind. This dragon mount is always of a type appropriate to his alignment. A dragon sovereign’s dragon mount is described below.

Once per day, as a full-round action, a dragon sovereign may magically call his mount to his side. This ability is the equivalent of a spell of a level equal to one-third the dragon sovereign's combined class and mythic level. The dragon mount immediately appears adjacent to the dragon sovereign. A dragon sovereign can use this ability once per day at 1st tier, and one additional time per day for every 3 tiers thereafter, for a total of four times per day at 10th tier.

A dragon sovereign does not take an armor check penalty on Ride checks while riding his dragon mount. The mount is always considered combat trained and begins play with Light Armor Proficiency as a bonus feat. A dragon sovereign’s dragon mount gains the share spells special ability only if the sovereign has a class feature that grants spellcasting.

A dragon sovereign’s bond with his dragon mount is strong, with the pair learning to anticipate each other’s moods and moves. Should a dragon sovereign’s mount die, the dragon sovereign may summon another dragon mount to serve him after 1 week of mourning. This new mount does not gain the link, share spells, evasion, devotion, or improved evasion special abilities until the next time the dragon sovereign gains a tier.

Sovereign’s Might: Select one of the following abilities. Once chosen, it can't be changed.

Absorb Blow (Su): As an immediate action, whenever you take hit point damage from a single source (such as a dragon's breath, a spell, or a weapon), you can expend one use of mythic power to reduce the damage you take from that source by 5 per tier (to a minimum of 0 points of damage taken). If you have another ability or effect that reduces damage (such as protection from energy), reduce the damage with the abs orb blow ability before applying any other damage-reducing effects. For every 10 points of damage that this ability prevents, for 1 minute you gain DR 1/epic and 5 points of resistance against acid, cold, electricity, fire, and sonic damage. The DR and resistances stack with any other DR and resistance s that you have.

Beast's Fury (Su): As a swift action, you can expend one use of mythic power to imbue your animal companion, cohort, eidolon, familiar, or bonded mount with some of your mythic power. As an immediate action, that creature can move up to its speed and make an attack with one of its natural weapons. When making this attack, the creature rolls twice and takes the higher result. Any damage dealt by this attack bypasses all damage reduction. A creature affected by this ability can take these actions in addition to any others that it takes during its turn.

Sudden Attack (Ex): As a swift action, you can expend one use of mythic power to make a melee attack at your highest attack bonus. This is in addition to any other attacks you make this round. When making a sudden attack, you roll twice and take the better result, adding your tier to the attack roll. Damage from this attack bypasses all damage reduction.

Path Ability: At 1st tier and every tier thereafter, select one new path ability from the dragon sovereign path abilities lists or from the universal path abilities lists (see page 50 of Mythic Adventures). Once you select an ability, it can't be changed. Unless otherwise noted, each ability can be selected only once. Some abilities have requirements, such as a class ability or minimum mythic tier that you must meet before you select them.

Lord of Dragons (Ex): At 10th tier, you undergo a physical transformation into something more akin to the dragons you command. First, your body becomes bulkier, taking on greater mass and size. This allows you to function in many ways as if you they were one size category larger. Whenever you are subject to a size modifier or special size modifier for a Combat Maneuver Bonus or Combat Maneuver Defense (such as during grapple checks, bull rush attempts, and trip attempts), you are treated as one size larger if doing so is advantageous to you. You are also considered to be one size larger when determining whether a creature's special attacks based on size (such as grab or swallow whole) can affect you. You can use weapons designed for a creature one size larger without penalty. However, your space and reach remain those of a creature of your actual size. These benefits stack with the effects of powers, abilities, and spells that change your size category. Your ears also become slightly pointed, your eye color changes to match that of your dragon mount’s scales, and your hair takes on the same slight hue. Lastly, your skin becomes hard as dragon scales, granting you a +4 natural armor bonus. This transformation gives you a somewhat alien and outlandish appearance.

In addition, your life span is extended to that of a dragon and count your age according to a dragon’s the age in years (see Table: Dragon Age Categories in the Bestiary). Thus, your life span is extended to that of 1,200 + years. Although death may come at any time, your natural life span will not begin to dwindle until over a millennium has passed.

Adamantine Mind (Ex): Your mind is as hard as any armor, and is dangerous to engage. You gain a bonus equal to your tier on saving throws against mind-affecting effects. Whenever you succeed at a save against a mind-affecting effect, the creature attacking you with that effect must succeed at a Will save (at the same DC) or be stunned for 1 round.

Additional Might (Ex): You learn an additional sovereign's might ability. You can s elect this ability twice.

Aerial Assault (Su): You can charge at creatures in the air, or leap across obstacles as part of a charge. When making a charge attack, you can expend one use of mythic power to include a single Acrobatics check made to jump, adding 10 feet per tier to the height or distance you jump. You take no falling damage from the height gained as part of this leap. If your attack hits, you may deal an amount of additional damage equal to the falling damage appropriate for the height you reached. Alternatively, you may replace your melee attack from this charge with a grapple check. If you successfully grapple a creature, you bring it to the ground with you at the end of your jump, and it takes an appropriate amount of falling damage for the height it was at when you grappled it.

Always A Chance (Ex): You don't automatically miss when you roll a 1 on an attack roll.

Armored Might (Ex): You treat the armor bonus from your armor as 50% higher than normal, to maximum increase of half your tier (minimum 1). For example, if you are 4th tier and wearing +2 breastplate, you treat the armor's +6 armor bonus as +8 (50% of +6 is +3, limited to +2 by half your tier).

Backlash (Ex): You strike back at those who penetrate your defenses. Whenever an adjacent enemy confirms a critical hit against you, that enemy also provokes an attack of opportunity from you. If you have used all of your attacks of opportunity for the round, you may expend one use of mythic power to make this attack of opportunity anyway.

Bleed Holy Power (Su): If you channel positive energy, when an undead creature damages you with a melee attack, you can expend one use of channeled energy as an immediate action to channel energy to deal damage to undead creatures around you (as detailed in the channel energy ability). Alternatively, you may focus this channeled energy so it affects only the undead creature that hit you. If you focus solely on that creature, you are considered 4 levels higher in the class that grants you the channel energy feature when determining its effects.

Blowback (Ex): As a standard action, you can expend one use of mythic power to make one melee or ranged attack at your full base attack bonus. If the attack hits, your foe is also knocked directly away from you a distance equal to 10 feet per tier. If the foe strikes a solid object before reaching this distance, it takes 1d6 points of bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it couldn't travel. If it strikes another creature, both it and the creature it strikes take half this damage.

Burst Through (Ex): Whenever you charge, you can move through squares containing allies and opponents almost as if they were not obstructing your charge. You can move through squares containing allies freely, but you must succeed at an overrun combat maneuver check for each opponent that obstructs your path to the target of your charge. If the result of the check exceeds the opponent's CMD, you may move through the opponent's square and continue toward the target without provoking an attack of opportunity from that opponent. If you fail any of the s e combat maneuver checks, your movement ends in the square before that opponent, but you may resolve the charge attack against the foe that stopped you.

Clarion Call (Ex): You bestow your wrath on your allies. As a swift action, you can expend one use of mythic power to grant all allies within 30 feet the benefits of your active smite or challenge ability, directed at the same opponent you're targeting with that ability. Only the constant effects from the smite or challenge are conferred with this ability, not the ones you can use only once. This ability lasts a number of rounds equal to your tier or until either the combat ends or the subject of the smite or challenge is dead or unconscious.

Crusader (Ex): Your prowess and ability draw countless followers to your banner. You gain followers as if you had the Leadership feat. In addition, you add your tier to your leadership score when determining the number of followers you gain. Whenever you are within 100 feet of such followers, each follower can use the surge ability once per day without needing to expend mythic power. The followers use the same die type as your surge ability. If you have or gain the Leadership feat, you gain followers from both this ability and the Leadership feat (in effect doubling the number of followers gained).

Devastating Smash (Su): Whenever you attack a construct or object, treat its hardness (or damage reduction in the case of constructs) as 10 less than normal. Add your tier to damage rolls against constructs and objects. If you expend one use of mythic power as part of an attack against a construct or object, you treat its hardness (or damage reduction) as o and add double your tier to damage instead.

Divine Countenance (Su): Whenever you encounter a creature whose alignment is within one step of yours, treat its attitude as one step better. The creature's starting attitude is helpful, you can make requests of the creature with a +5 bonus on your Diplomacy or Intimidate skill check.

Empathic Healing (Su): You can expend one use of mythic power to transfer up to 10 points of damage per tier from a touched ally to yourself, healing the target and damaging you. This transferred damage bypasses all effects that reduce or negate hit point damage (such as damage reduction). Alternatively, you can expend two uses of mythic power to transfer an ongoing disease or poison from a touched ally to yourself, which halts ongoing effects on the target from that affliction and requires you to attempt any remaining save s against it. If you're immune to the disease or poison, transferring it to yourself destroys the affliction.

Endless Hatred (Ex): You can expend one use of mythic power as a free action to increase all of your favored enemy bonuses by 2 for 1 minute. When you use this ability, for the rest of your turn any attacks you make against a favored enemy bypass all damage reduction. You must have the favored enemy class feature to select this ability.

Ever Ready (Ex): Whenever you make an attack of opportunity, you gain a bonus on the attack and damage rolls equal to your mythic tier. You can make attacks of opportunity while flat-footed, even if you don't have the Combat Reflexes feat. At 3rd, 6th, and 9th tier, the number of attacks of opportunity you can make each round increases by one.
Fast Healing (Ex): As a swift action, you can expend one use of mythic power to gain fast healing 5 for 1 minute. This ability can be taken a second time at 3rd tier or higher and a third time at 6th tier or higher. Each additional time you take this ability, the fast healing increases by 5.

Flash of Omniscience (Ex): Your ability to recall information is astounding. When you take 10 on any Intelligence-based skill check, add your tier to the result. As a free action, you can expend one use of mythic power to ask one question as if using divination. The base chance for a correct answer is 70% + your highest spellcaster level + your tier (maximum 100%). The answer doesn't come from a divine agent, but from your own native understanding; therefore, the answer is never cryptic. If you don't get a correct answer, it's like failing a Knowledge check, and you can't use this ability on this question again.

Greater Surge (Su): Your surge is more powerful than most. Treat your tier as if it were 3 higher for the purpose of determining your mythic surge die (maximum 10th tier). When you gain your 10th tier, your surge die become s 2d8.

Immovable (Su): Add your tier to your CMD whenever an enemy attempts a bull rush, drag, reposition, or trip combat maneuver check against you. If the check is successful, you can expend one use of mythic power as an immediate action to cause it to fail instead.

Inspiring Surge (Ex): Your surge inspires non-mythic allies to greater acts of martial daring. Each time you use your surge ability, each non-mythic ally within 30 feet gains a +1 bonus on attack rolls and damage rolls for the next weapon attack it makes before the start of your next turn. An ally must be able to see and hear you to gain the bonus. You can take this ability up to three times. When you take it the second time, the bonus on attack and damage rolls increases to a number equal to half your tier. When you take it a third time, the bonus on attack and damage rolls increases to a number equal to your tier instead of half your tier.

Knowledgeable Sovereign (Su): Add double your tier as a bonus on Knowledge checks you attempt to identify monsters, including checks made to learn any special powers and vulnerabilities. As a free action, you can expend one use of mythic power to telepathically communicate the knowledge you obtain from this check to all allies within 100 feet.

Lend Power {Su): You are an invaluable asset to your comrades. As an immediate action, you can expend one use of mythic power or your confidence ability (see page 42 in Mythic Adventures) to grant the benefit of your surge ability to a mythic ally within 30 feet. The ally uses your surge die.

Lesson Learned (Ex): Whenever you fail a saving throw against a supernatural or spell-like ability, you gain a +5 bonus on all further saving throws against that ability, including subsequent saves against an ongoing effect, or against the same effect produced by a different source or creature. This bonus lasts for a number of minutes equal to your tier. For example, if you fail a save against a demon's fireball spell-like ability, you gain this bonus against a fireball spell-like ability from any creature; if you fail a save against a blue dragon's electricity breath weapon, you gain this bonus against all blue dragon electricity breath weapons, but not against a black dragon's acid breath weapon or a gorgon's petrification breath weapon. If you fail another saving throw against the same ability, the duration of lesson learned resets but the bonus doesn't stack with itself.

Menacing Presence (Su): Something about you puts others on edge. You can attempt an Intimidate check to influence a creature's attitude as full-round action instead of it taking 1 minute. In combat, you can attempt an Intimidate check to demoralize an opponent as a move action. If you expend one use of mythic power, you can attempt to use Intimidate to demoralize all enemies within 30 feet as a standard action, or as a move action if using the Dazzling Display feat (Core Rulebook 120).

Mounted Maniac (Ex): Your unstoppable momentum while mounted is terrifying. Whenever you charge a creature while mounted, you can attempt an Intimidate check to demoralize all enemies within 30 feet of your target, adding your tier to the result of the check. If you expend one u s e of mythic power, any creature demoralized by this ability is frightened instead of shaken. The duration of this condition is dependent upon your check, as noted in the Intimidate skill.

Mythic Companion (Su): Select one animal companion, cohort, eidolon, familiar, or bonded mount. That creature can use the surge ability a number of times per day equal to your tier. Its surge ability uses the same bonus die type as you do when you use your surge ability.

Mythic Domain (Su): When determining the effects of your domain's granted powers, you're considered 4 levels higher. This increases the effects of powers you have access to, but doesn't grant you powers at a lower level than normal. Once per day, you can expend one use of mythic power as a standard action to regain the use of all your domain granted powers as if you had rested for 8 hours. If you're an oracle, all aspects of this ability apply to your revelations instead of to domain granted powers. You must have the domain class feature or mystery class feature to select this ability.

Mythic Mercy (Su): When you use the mercy paladin class feature, your caster level check to remove curses, diseases, and poisons automatically succeeds unless the affliction is from a mythic source. If you expend one use of mythic power when using a mercy, you add break enchantment to its effect, using your paladin level as your caster level. You must have the mercy class feature to select this ability.

Mythic Rage (Su): As a free action, you can expend one use of mythic power to regain 1/4 your maximum number of rage rounds (minimum 4 rounds). For the rest of your turn, your successful attacks while raging bypass all damage reduction. You must have the rage class feature to select this ability.

Mythic Smite (Su): As a free action, you can expend one use of mythic power to regain one use of your smite evil ability. For the rest of your turn, your successful attacks against evil creatures bypass all damage reduction. You must have the smite evil class feature to select this ability.

Mythic Weapon Training (Ex): Select one group of weapons from the list of fighter weapon groups. You gain proficiency with all weapons in this group. If you possess a feat such as Weapon Focus that requires you to choose a kind of weapon, you can instead apply the effects of that feat to all weapons from that weapon group. When wielding a weapon from that group, add a number equal to your tier to your CMD against disarm and sunder attempts made against that weapon. You can select this ability more than once. Each time you s elect this ability, it applies to a different weapon group.

[b]Overflowing Grace {Su): When you heal a creature with positive energy (such as by channeling positive energy to heal the living, using cure spells, or using lay on hands), any affected creature at full hit points (whether already at full hit points or healed to full hit points by your channeled energy) gains a +1 sacred bonus on attack rolls, skill checks, ability checks, and saving throws for 1 minute. If you channel negative energy to heal undead, this is a profane bonus rather than a sacred bonus.

Press the Advantage (Ex): When an ally seriously harms a foe, you seize the moment. When an ally within 30 feet confirms a critical hit against a creature you threaten, the target of the critical hit provokes an attack of opportunity from you. If you hit with your attack of opportunity, all of your allies gain a +2 bonus on attack rolls against that creature for 1 round.

Punishing Blow (Ex): Any opponent you hit with a melee or ranged attack loses the benefits of regeneration and fast healing for 1 round. In addition, if you score a critical hit against the target, it loses the benefit of its damage reduction for 1 round. A creature whose regeneration can't be suppressed or ignored (such as the tarrasque) is immune to this effect.

Quick Recovery (Ex): Whenever you are dazed, dazzled, deafened, sickened, or stunned, reduce the duration of that condition by half (minimum 1 round). Any other effects relating to the source of that condition are unaffected; for example, if you are panicked and sickened from an eyebite spell, the panicked effect has the normal duration even though you are sickened for only half as long. You can select this ability twice. The second time you select it, you also reduce the duration of the blinded, nauseated, and paralyzed conditions by half.

Raise Animal (Su): By burying the corpse of a dead animal (at least its bones) and expending one use of mythic power, you raise it from the dead overnight. You can use this ability on an animal companion, familiar, or bonded mount even if it is not a creature of the animal type. At 1st tier, this functions like raise dead. At 3rd tier, this functions like resurrection. At 6th tier, this functions like true resurrection.

Retributive Reach (Ex): Treat your reach as 5 feet greater than normal for the purpose of determining whether or not you can make an attack of opportunity. If a creature provokes an attack of opportunity within this area of increased reach, you can expend one use of mythic power to gain a bonus equal to your tier on the attack roll and damage roll of the attack of opportunity.

Sacrificial Shield (Ex): Once per round when you would normally be hit by a weapon attack, you can use your shield to block the attack. You must be using a shield in order to use this ability. Subtract your shield's hardness and hit points (see Table 7-12 o n page 175 of the Core Rulebook) from the damage of the attack and apply the remaining damage to your hit points. If the shield takes enough damage to destroy it, it's destroyed. Otherwise, it gains the broken condition, even if the damage was not enough to give it the broken condition under other circumstances. You can expend one use of mythic power when using this ability to negate any damage dealt to the shield, though you still take any damage that exceeds its hardness and hit points. You can choose to negate the damage after the damage is rolled.

Shout of Defiance (Su): You can channel holy energy into a righteous shout of defiance. As a standard action, you can expend one use of mythic power and one use of either channel energy or lay on hands to create a 100-foot spread of healing energy. All allies within this spread heal a number of hit points equal to 1d6 plus double your tier. If this brings an ally from negative hit points to 0 hit points or more, the ally can immediately stand up from prone without provoking an attack of opportunity.

Smiting Aura (Su): Whenever you use your smite evil ability, you can expend one use of your mythic power to create a 20-foot-radius aura centered on you that lasts for a number of rounds equal to your tier. Any evil creature that starts its turn in or moves into this area takes a number of points of damage equal to your tier. This damage comes from holy power, and is not affected by damage reduction or energy resistance. You must have the smite evil class ability to select this ability.

Sovereign's Cry (Ex): Your warning shouts keep allies from danger. Whenever you attempt a Reflex save to avoid an effect that affects multiple creatures, you can expend one use of your mythic power to call out a warning to your allies. Any allies within 100 feet who can hear you gain a bonus equal to your tier on their saving throws against that effect.

Sustained by Faith (Su): You require no food, water, or sleep. If you have abilities or class features that require rest before they can be regained, you can choose to regain them once per day by spending 1 hour in uninterrupted meditation. If you are 3rd tier or higher, you can expend one use of mythic power in order to also not need to breathe for 24 hours.

Telekinetic Master (Su): You can u se mage hand or open/close at will as a standard action, and you can affect unattended magical objects with mage hand. The weight limit for these abilities increases by 5 pounds per tier. Treat your caster level as 2 levels higher when casting levitate, telekinesis, and similar spells.

Titan's Bane (Ex): You can move through the of any creature two or more size categories larger than you without provoking attacks of opportunity, and you can share such a creature's space. When sharing a larger opponent's space, you gain cover against all melee and ranged attacks made by the creature, and it is considered flat-footed for the purposes of any melee or ranged attacks you make against it.

Alignment Insight (Ex): You can automatically detect the alignment of any outsider you can see. This ability doesn't function if the creature is magically disguised or has been polymorphed into a different shape. You can automatically detect the alignment of any creature you see casting a divine spell; if that creature worships a deity, you also learn its deity. Spells and effects that mask a creature's alignment prevent the use of this ability. Whenever you cast a spell that affects creatures differently based on their alignment (such as holy smite), you may have the spell treat creatures of one particular alignment as an alignment one step away from that alignment. For example, when casting holy smite, you could treat all lawful neutral creatures as lawful good or lawful evil, all chaotic neutral creature as chaotic good or chaotic evil, or all neutral creatures as neutral good or neutral evil.

Blessed Companion (Su): Select one animal companion, eidolon, familiar, or bonded mount. It gains DR 5/epic. This ability can be taken a second time at 6th tier or higher and a third time at 9th tier or higher. Each additional time it's taken, the DR increases by 5.

Caster's Friend (Ex): You bolster the concentration of spellcasting allies standing next to you. A spellcaster who is adjacent to you gains a bonus on concentration checks equal to your tier. Furthermore, if a spellcaster fails a concentration check while adjacent to you, as an immediate action you can exp end one use of mythic power to allow that spellcaster to instead automatically succeed at that concentration check.

Commanding Presence (Ex): Your force of presence is so overwhelming that others know what you want and can comprehend what you are saying even if they don't understand the words you speak. You can use your body language and tone of voice alone to ask questions and make statements to those who don't know your language. When they answer or respond to your communications, you must succeed at a DC 20 Sense Motive check to get the general idea of what they are saying in return. Furthermore, when you use a spell or ability with the language- dependent descriptor, you can still affect creatures that cannot understand the language you are using, but they must be able to hear you and must have an Intelligence score of 1 or higher.

Dimensional Grappler (Su): When you have an opponent grappled or pinned and it attempts to use a teleportation effect, you can attempt a Will save against the effect, even if it would not normally allow a save. If you succeed, you learn the type of teleportation effect (such as dimension door) and the creature's intended destination, and then may prevent the effect (as if using a quickened dimensional anchor, using your character level as your caster level) or accompany the opponent as if you were part of its gear with negligible weight.

Drive Back (Ex): As a full-round action, you can attempt one bull rush combat maneuver check and apply it to all opponents within reach. If you have the Whirlwind Attack feat , you can use this ability at the same time that you make an attack against each foe within reach, allowing you to attempt a free bull rush combat maneuver check against each foe that you hit. After you've pushed opponents backward, you may move with any one of your bull rush targets.

Eldritch Flight (Sp, Su): You gain a bonus on Fly checks equal to your tier. As a standard action, you can expend one use of mythic power to fly (as the fly spell) for a number of minutes equal to your tier. At 6th tier, you instead gain a supernatural fly speed of 60 feet (40 feet if you wear medium or heavy armor, or are carrying a medium or heavy load).

Hurling Vengeance (Su): Whenever you are wielding your deity's favored weapon or your paladin bonded weapon, you can throw it as if it had the returning and throwing weapon special abilities. If using a paladin bonded weapon, it retains it s bonded abilities when thrown this way. By expending one use of mythic power as part of a full attack, the weapon returns to you immediately after each time you throw it (instead of just before your next turn) allowing you to make your full number of attacks that round.

Impervious Body (Su): You gain DR 5/epic. This ability can be taken a second time at 6th tier or higher and a third time at 9th tier or higher. Each additional time it's taken, the DR increases by 5.

Impervious Companion (Su): You can make your bonded creature more resistant to damage. Select one animal companion, eidolon, familiar, or bonded mount. This creature gains any epic damage reduction that you gain from the impervious body path ability. You must have the impervious body path ability to select this ability.

Maximized Critical (Ex): Whenever you score a critical hit, the weapon's damage result is always the maximum possible amount you could roll. This doesn't affect other dice added to the damage, such as from sneak attack or the flaming weapon special ability. For example, if you s core a critical hit with a longsword (1d8/×2), treat the sword's damage dice as if you had rolled 8 both times, then add any other damage bonuses that you would normally apply to a critical hit.

Mythic Spellpower {Sp): You have a pool of magical power you can draw upon for casting mythic spells (see Chapter 3 in Mythic Adventures). Up to twice per day, you can use this power to cast a mythic spell without expending any uses of mythic power. You can select this ability up to three times; each time you do, you gain two additional uses of this ability per day.

Penetrating Damage (Su): Whenever you deal damage to a creature with damage reduction, you can overcome one of the following type s of damage reduction: chaotic, cold iron, evil, good, lawful, magic, or silver. You can change this type with each attack. This ability only aids in overcoming one type of damage reduction; if the creature's damage reduction requires a combination of different types of damage, you must be able to overcome the other types using other means.

Shrug It Off (Ex): Whenever an enemy confirms a critical hit against you or your animal companion, eidolon, familiar, or bonded mount, you can expend one use of your mythic power as an immediate action to convert the critical hit into a normal hit. Effects that trigger only on a critical hit don't trigger when you use this ability to negate the critical hit.

To the Death (Ex): You can shrug off wounds that others would find devastating. When below 0 hit points, you don't fall unconscious, but are instead staggered. You lose 1 hit point at the end of each turn when you take a standard action while staggered in this way.

Companion Power (Su): You can imbue your bonded creature with your own mythic nature. Select one animal companion, eidolon, familiar, or bonded mount. This creature gains any one dragon sovereign path ability as if it were a 1st-tier dragon sovereign. If that ability can be used only by expending mythic power, your companion can instead use the ability three times per day.

Conduit of Divine Will (Su): Your mythic nature is directly connected to the divine. As a standard action, you can expend one use of mythic power to use channel energy, use lay on hands, or cast any one spell from your domain spell lists (as long as you can normally prepare a spell of that level). Whenever you use this ability, you also gain spell resistance equal to 10 + your tier and a +4 sacred bonus (or profane bonus if you're evil) to your AC for a number of rounds equal to your tier.

Critical Master (Ex): Whenever you roll a critical threat against a non-mythic creature, you automatically confirm the critical hit and deal the maximum amount of damage to that creature. This ability can be selected twice. The second time it is selected, it also applies to mythic creatures.

Perfect Strike (Ex): You can expend one use of mythic power as a standard action to deliver a perfect strike. A perfect strike attack is made using your full base attack bonus. If the attack hits, it deals double the normal amount of damage, and this damage bypasses all damage reduction and hardness. If the perfect strike is a critical hit, increase the critical multiplier for the attack by 1 (so a ×2 weapon deals ×3 damage). Damage that isn't multiplied on a critical hit isn't multiplied on a perfect strike. Perfect strike can be used in conjunction with any champion's strike if you expend uses of mythic power for each ability separately.

Sanctum (Su): You gain access to your own personal extradimensional sanctum. By concentrating for 1 minute without interruption, you conjure the door to your own personal sanctum, similar to mage's magnificent mansion, but with the following differences. The sanctum takes up a space equal to six 20-foot cubes per tier, shapeable when you first create it as if it were a spell whose area or effect is shapeable. The sanctum is permanent and persistent, so you can store objects within the sanctum and retrieve them on future visits. The sanctum includes one unseen servant per tier. When you conjure the sanctum's door, you decide which creatures can see and use it (to all other creatures it's invisible and impermeable). The door remains until you dismiss it-a standard action with unlimited range as long as you are on the same plane as the door. If you dismiss the door while you are outside the sanctum, all creatures other than your familiar are immediately shunted outside. Conjuring the door automatically dismisses any other active door. As a full-round action, your familiar can enter or leave the sanctum from any square adjacent to you, without using the conjured door.

Unswerving Loyalty (Su): You are a bastion of strength and resolve, and you possess the ability to protect your mind from even the most powerful charms and compulsions. You gain immunity to non-mythic mind-affecting effects, though you can choose to be affected by them if you wish. When subject to a mind-affecting effect from a mythic source, you can expend one use of mythic power as an immediate action to gain immunity to that effect.

4th–Level Advancement: Speed 50 ft., 150 ft. fly (average); DR 10/magic.

7th–Level Advancement: Size Huge; Speed 60 ft., 200 ft. fly (poor); Attack bite (2d8), 2 claws (2d6), 2 wings (1d8), tail slap (2d6), crush (2d8); Ability Scores +8 Str, +4 Con, –2 Dex; Special Qualities frightful presence (150 ft.)

10th–Level Advancement: Size Gargantuan; Speed 70 ft., 250 ft. fly (clumsy); DR 15/magic; Attack bite (4d6), 2 claws (2d8), 2 wings (2d6), tail slap (2d8), crush (4d6), tail sweep (2d6); Ability Scores +8 Str, +4 Con, –2 Dex; Special Qualities frightful presence (200 ft.)

Black Dragon
Starting Statistics: Speed swim 40 ft.; Special Attacks breath weapon (12d6 acid, 80 ft. line); Special Qualities immunity to acid, water breathing, swamp stride, speak with reptiles, darkness, corrupt water.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (14d6, 100 ft. line)

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (16d16, 100 ft. line); Special Qualities acidic bite, plant growth.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (18d6, 120 ft. line); Special Qualities acid pool, insect plague.

Blue Dragon
Starting Statistics: Speed burrow 20 ft.; Special Attacks breath weapon (12d8 electricity, 80 ft. line); Special Qualities desert thirst, immunity to electricity, sound imitation, ghost sound, minor image, electricity aura, ventriloquism.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (14d8, 100 ft. line)

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (16d8, 100 ft. line); Special Qualities hallucinatory terrain, mirage.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (18d8, 120 ft. line); Special Qualities storm breath, veil.

Green Dragon
Starting Statistics: Speed swim 40 ft.; Special Attacks breath weapon (12d6 acid, 40 ft. cone); Special Qualities immunity to acid, water breathing, woodland stride, entangle, charm person, trackless step, suggestion.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (14d6, 50 ft. cone)

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (16d6, 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities camouflage, plant growth.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (18d6, 60 ft. cone); Special Qualities dominate person, miasma.

Red Dragon
Starting Statistics: Speed swim 40 ft.; Special Attacks breath weapon (12d10 fire, 40 ft. cone); Special Qualities fire subtype, smoke vision, detect magic, pyrotechnics, fire aura, suggestion.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (14d10, 50 ft. cone)

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (16d10, 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities manipulate flames, wall of fire.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (18d10, 60 ft. cone); Special Qualities melt stone, find the path.

White Dragon
Starting Statistics: Speed burrow 30 ft., swim 60 ft.; Special Attacks breath weapon (12d4 cold, 40 ft. cone); Special Qualities cold subtype, ice walking, snow vision, ice shape, fog cloud, gust of wind, cold aura.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (14d4, 50 ft. cone)

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (16d4, 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities freezing fog.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapon (18d4, 60 ft. cone); Special Qualities blizzard, wall of ice.

4th–Level Advancement: Speed 50 ft., 150 ft. fly (average); DR 10/magic.

7th–Level Advancement: Size Huge; Speed 60 ft., 200 ft. fly (poor); Attack bite (2d8), 2 claws (2d6), 2 wings (1d8), tail slap (2d6), crush (2d8); Ability Scores +8 Str, +4 Con, –2 Dex; Special Qualities frightful presence (150 ft.)

10th–Level Advancement: Size Gargantuan; Speed 70 ft., 250 ft. fly (clumsy); DR 15/magic; Attack bite (4d6), 2 claws (2d8), 2 wings (2d6), tail slap (2d8), crush (4d6), tail sweep (2d6); Ability Scores +8 Str, +4 Con, –2 Dex; Special Qualities frightful presence (200 ft.)

Brass Dragon
Starting Statistics: Speed burrow 30 ft.; Special Attacks breath weapon (12d4 fire, 80 ft. line), sleep breath (sleep gas, Will save or sleep for a number of rounds equal to 1d6 + 1/2 Hit Dice, 40 ft. cone); Special Qualities fire subtype, desert wind, speak with animals, move sand, desert wind, endure elements, suggestion.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (14d4, 100 ft. line; sleep breath 50 ft. cone)

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (16d4, 100 ft. line; sleep breath 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities control winds, fire aura.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (18d4, 120 ft. line; sleep breath 60 ft. cone); Special Qualities control weather, sand storm.

Bronze Dragon
Starting Statistics: Speed swim 60 ft.; Special Attacks breath weapon (12d6 electricity, 80 ft. line), repulsion breath (repulsion gas, Will save or repulsed for a number of rounds equal to 1d6 + 1/2 Hit Dice, 40 ft. cone); Special Qualities immunity to acid, water breathing, speak with animals, wave mastery, create food and water, fog cloud., trackless step, suggestion.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (14d6, 100 ft. line; repulsion breath 50 ft. cone).

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (16d6, 100 ft. line; repulsion breath 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities detect thoughts, electricity aura.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (18d6, 120 ft. line; repulsion breath 60 ft. cone); Special Qualities control water, vortex.

Copper Dragon
Starting Statistics: Special Attacks breath weapon (12d6 acid, 80 ft. line), slow breath (slow gas, Fort save or slowed for a number of rounds equal to 1d6 + 1/2 Hit Dice, 40 ft. cone); Special Qualities immunity to acid, climb stone, grease, uncanny dodge, trap master, hideous laughter, stone shape.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (14d6, 100 ft. line; slow breath 50 ft. cone).

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (16d6, 100 ft. line, slow breath 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities slow aura, transmute rock to mud/mud to rock.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (18d6, 120 ft. line, slow breath 60 ft. cone); Special Qualities mass laughter, wall of stone.

Gold Dragon
Starting Statistics: Speed swim 60 ft.; Special Attacks breath weapon (12d12 fire, 40 ft. cone), weakening breath (weakening gas, Fort save or take a number of Strength damage equal to 1/2 Hit Dice, Will save for 1/2 damage, 40 ft. cone); Special Qualities fire subtype, change shape, detect evil, fast flight, detect gems, bless, luck, daylight.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (14d12, 50 ft. cone; weakening breath 50 ft. cone).

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (16d12, 50 ft. cone; weakening breath 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities fire aura,
geast/quest.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (18d12, 60 ft. cone; weakening breath 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities sunburst.

Silver Dragon
Starting Statistics: Special Attacks breath weapon (12d8 cold, 40 ft. cone), paralyzing breath (paralysis gas, Fort save or paralyzed for a number of rounds equal to 1d6 + 1/2 Hit Dice, 40 ft. cone); Special Qualities cold subtype, immune to acid, change shape, cloudwalking, detect evil, graceful flight, fog vision, feather fall, fog cloud.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (14d8, 50 ft. cone; paralyzing breath 50 ft. cone)

7th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (16d8, 50 ft. cone; paralyzing breath 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities cold aura, control winds.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (18d8, 60 ft. cone; paralyzing breath 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities control weather, reflective scales.

4th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (14d10, 100 ft. line; paralyzing breath 50 ft. cone)

7th–Level Advancement: DR 5/adamantine; Special Attacks breath weapons (16d10, 100 ft. line; paralyzing breath 50 ft. cone); Special Qualities plane shift.

10th–Level Advancement: Special Attacks breath weapons (18d10, 120 ft. line; paralyzing breath 60 ft. cone); Special Qualities banishment.

Role: Although swashbucklers come from all walks of life, their natural charm makes them good leaders, as their social skills are often more developed than other characters in the group. They are often found traveling the wilderness or high seas to seek their fortunes, while others serve as bodyguards or duelists, upholding the law and protecting the weak. Swashbucklers are constantly in search of new fighting techniques and often seek out dueling masters or anyone willing to impart their knowledge. Regardless of their backgrounds, swashbucklers work well with bards and rogues and can blend into any urban or high society with the greatest of ease

Alignment: Any.
Hit Dice: d8.

Class Skills: The swashbuckler’s class abilities are Acrobatics (Dex), Appraise (Int), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (local) (Int), Knowledge (nobility) (Int), Linguistics (Int), Perception (Wis), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Stealth (Dex), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str).

Skill Ranks per Level: 4 + Int modifier.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The swashbuckler is proficient with all simple weapons, light and one-handed weapons, and with light armor. A swashbuckler is not proficient with medium armor, heavy armor, or with shields.

Duel (Ex): At 1st level, a swashbuckler can challenge an opponent to single combat with her dueling weapon. A dueling weapon is always a light or one-handed piercing melee weapon. For many of the class features of the swashbuckler, a duelling weapon is required to use them. A swashbuckler cannot use such class abilities with a ranged-only weapon or thrown-only weapon.

To initiate a duel, the swashbuckler must hold her weapon aloft with its point towards his chosen opponent and declare “en garde!” or some similar phrase. The swashbuckler must be within 30 feet of and visible to the opponent. Once the challenge has been declared, the swashbuckler must immediately make an Intimidate check against the target. The DC of this check is equal to 10 + the target’s Hit Dice + the target’s Wisdom modifier. If the check is successful, the target accepts the challenge and engages the swashbuckler in a duel the following round. If the check fails, the swashbuckler must engage her opponent in normal combat.

While engaged in a duel, the swashbuckler’s base attack bonus is equal to her swashbuckler level. For all other purposes, such as qualifying for a feat or a prestige class, or engaging in normal combat against another foe, the swashbuckler uses her normal base attack bonus. Single combat requires much of the swashbuckler’s concentration, and she takes a –2 penalty to his Armor Class against all attacks except those made by the target of her dueling challenge. A duel remains in effect until the target is dead or unconscious or until the combat ends.

Challenging an opponent to a duel is a standard action. A swashbuckler can use this ability against any creature with the capability to engage in melee combat, but only against one creature at a time. Should an opponent be defeated by the swashbuckler during a duel, but is not slain, the opponent is shaken for a number of rounds equal to the swashbuckler’s level + her Charisma modifier. A swashbuckler cannot use this ability against an opponent she has defeated in a duel more than once in a 24-hour period.

Panache (Ex): A swashbuckler adds half her class level (minimum 1) to all Bluff, Diplomacy, Intimidate, and Sense Motive skill checks.

Precise Strike (Ex): Whenever a swashbuckler deals damage against an opponent with a light or one-handed piercing weapon, she adds 1/2 her swashbuckler level to her damage roll as precision damage. When making a precise strike, a swashbuckler cannot attack with a weapon in her other hand or use a shield. A swashbuckler's precise strike only works against living creatures with discernible anatomies. Any creature that is immune to critical hits is also immune to a precise strike and any item or ability that protects a creature from critical hits also protects a creature from a precise strike.

Weapon Finesse (Ex): At 1st level, a swashbuckler gains Weapon Finesse as a bonus feat.

Swashbuckling Techniques (Ex): As a swashbuckler gains experience, she learns a number of techniques that aid her in combat and confound her foes. Starting at 2nd level, a swashbuckler gains one swashbuckling technique. She gains an additional swashbuckling technique for every 2 levels of swashbuckler attained after 2nd level. A swashbuckler cannot select an individual technique more than once.

Techniques (or rogue talents or ninja tricks) marked with an asterisk add effects to a swashbuckler’s precise strike. Only one of these techniques can be applied to an individual strike and the decision must be made before the attack roll is made.

Accurate Strike (Ex): The swashbuckler gains a +1 morale bonus on one attack roll made against her dueling opponent. This bonus increases by +1 for every 4 levels the swashbuckler has attained. This technique is used as a swift action before the roll to hit is made. This technique can only be used once per duel.

Advanced Talent: A swashbuckler with this technique can choose an advanced rogue talent from the following list of talents: Another Day, Confounding Blades*, Crippling Strike*, Defensive Roll, Entanglement of Blades*, Fast Tumble, Knock-Out Blow, Opportunist, Redirect Attack, Rumormonger, Skill Master, or Unwitting Ally. The swashbuckler can select this technique multiple times. A swashbuckler must be at least 12th level to select this technique.

Combat Maneuvers (Ex): A swashbuckler can make a combat maneuver against her dueling opponent in the heat of battle. The swashbuckler can perform either a dirty trick, disarm, or sunder combat maneuver in place of one of her attacks when using a full attack action against the target of her duel. The swashbuckler does not provoke an attack of opportunity during the maneuver and gains a +4 circumstance bonus to her CMB when making this check. This technique can only be use once per duel. A swashbuckler must be at least 8th level to select this technique.

Combat Reflexes: A swashbuckler gains the benefit of the Combat Reflexes feat when using a light or one–handed piercing weapon.

Crippling Critical (Ex): When a swashbuckler with this technique confirms a critical hit using a light or one-handed piercing weapon, she can apply one of the following penalties in addition to the damage dealt: reduce all of the target’s speeds by 10 feet (minimum 5 feet), 1d4 points of Strength or Dexterity damage, –4 penalty on all saving throws, –4 penalty to Armor Class, or 2d6 points of bleed damage. These penalties last for 1 minute, except for ability damage, which must be healed normally, and bleed damage, which continues until the target receives magic healing or a DC 15 Heal skill check. The swashbuckler must be at least 16th level to select this technique.

Deflect Arrows: A swashbuckler with this technique gains the benefits of the Deflect Arrows feat when using a light or one-handed piercing weapon. The swashbuckler does not need a free hand to use this feat.

Greater Uncanny Dodge (Ex): A swashbuckler with this technique gains a +4 competence bonus to all checks made to avoid feints, as well as to all CMD checks made against any dirty trick, disarm, reposition, or trip combat maneuvers. In addition, he gains a +4 competence bonus whenever he flanks an opponent, which stacks with any other flanking bonuses. A swashbuckler must be at least 12th level to select this technique.

Guarded Defense (Ex): The swashbuckler gains a +1 dodge bonus to her Armor Class against melee attacks from a dueling opponenet for a number of rounds equal to the swashbuckler’s current Dexterity modifier (minimum 1). This bonus increases by +1 for every 6 levels the swashbuckler has attained. Activating this ability is a move action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity. This technique can only be use once per duel.

Intimidating Stare (Ex): The swashbuckler can make an Intimidate check against one adjacent foe as a move action. If the swashbuckler successfully demoralizes her opponent, the foe is shaken for 1d4 rounds + 1 round for every 5 points by which the swashbuckler’s check exceeds the DC.

Knockback (Ex): Once per round, the swashbuckler can make a bull rush attempt against a dueling opponenet in place of a melee attack. If successful, the target takes damage equal to the swashbuckler’s Strength modifier and is moved back as normal. The swashbuckler does not need to move with the target if successful. This does not provoke an attack of opportunity. This technique can only be use once per duel.

Lunging Attack (Ex): A swashbuckler can strike a dueling opponent that would normally be out of reach with her dueling weapon. As a swift action, a swashbuckler can increase the reach of his melee attacks by 5 feet until the end of her turn, but takes a –2 penalty to her AC until her next turn. The swashbuckler must decide to use this technique before any attacks are made. This technique can only be use once per duel.

Ninja Trick: A swashbuckler with this technique can choose a trick from the following list of ninja tricks: Hidden Weapons, High Jumper, or Slow Reactions*. The swashbuckler can select this technique multiple times.

No Escape (Ex): The swashbuckler can move up to double her normal speed as an immediate action but she can only use this ability when an adjacent foe uses a withdraw action to move away from her. She must end her movement adjacent to the enemy that used the withdraw action. The swashbuckler provokes attacks of opportunity as normal during this movement. A swashbuckler must be at least 10th level to select this technique.

No Retreat (Ex): Enemies adjacent to a swashbuckler with this technique that take a withdraw action provoke an attack of opportunity from the swashbuckler. A swashbuckler must be at least 12th level to select this technique.

Quick Reflexes (Ex): While dueling, the swashbuckler can make one additional attack of opportunity per round against her dueling opponent. This stacks with the Combat Reflexes feat.

Quick Step (Ex): The swashbuckler gains a 5-foot enhancement bonus to her speed. This increase is always active while the swashbuckler is dueling. A swashbuckler can select this technique up to three times. Its effects stack.

Rogue Talent: A swashbuckler with this technique can choose a talent from the following list of rogue talents: Befuddling Strike*, Bleed Attack*, Canny Observer, Charmer, Coax Information, Combat Trick, Convincing Lie, Distracting Attack*, Esoteric Scholar, Expert Leaper, False Friend, Fast Getaway, Fast Stealth, Firearm Training, Guileful Polyglot, Hard to Fool, Honeyed Words, Ledge Walker, Nimble Climber, Offensive Defense*, Peerless Maneuver, Positioning Attack, Resiliency, Rogue Crawl, Rope Master, Stand Up, Strong Stroke, Surprise Attack, Trap Spotter, Wall Scramble, or Weapon Training. The swashbuckler can select this technique multiple times.

Stunning Blow (Ex): When a swashbuckler hits her dueling opponent, she can strike the creature in the head with the guard or butt of her dueling weapon, as n immediate action. The opponent must make a Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the swashbuckler’s level + the swashbuckler’s Intelligence modifier). If the creature fails, it is stunned for 1 round. Creatures that are immune to critical hits are also immune to this effect. This technique can only be use once per duel. A swashbuckler must be at least 16th level to select this technique.

Sure Grip (Ex): A swashbuckler cannot be disarmed while wielding her dueling weapon.

Swashbuckler’s Charge (Ex): A swashbuckler gains the ability to charge in situations where others cannot. She may charge over difficult terrain that normally slows movement. Depending on the circumstance, she may still need to make appropriate checks to successfully move over the terrain.

Swashbuckler’s Initiative (Ex): A swashbuckler gains a +2 bonus on initiative checks made during a duel. Furthermore, if she has the Quick Draw feat, her hands are free and unrestrained, and her weapon is not hidden, she can draw a dueling weapon as part of the initiative check.

Unexpected Strike (Ex): The swashbuckler can make an attack of opportunity against a foe that moves into any square threatened by the swashbuckler, regardless of whether or not that movement would normally provoke an attack of opportunity. A swashbuckler must be at least 8th level to select this technique.

Uncanny Dodge (Ex): Starting at 2nd level, a swashbuckler can react to danger before her senses would normally allow her to do so. She cannot be caught flat-footed, nor does she lose her Dex bonus to AC if the attacker is invisible. She still loses her Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized. A swashbuckler with this ability can still lose her Dexterity bonus to AC if an opponent successfully uses the feint action against her. If a swashbuckler already has uncanny dodge from a different class, she automatically gains improved uncanny dodge (see below) instead.

Agile Maneuvers (Ex): At 3rd level, a swashbuckler gains Agile Maneuvers as a bonus feat.

Defensive Stance (Ex): Starting at 3rd level, while wearing light or no armor and wielding a light or one-handed piercing melee weapon, a swashbuckler gains a +1 competence bonus to AC and her CMD. This bonus increases by 1 for every four swashbuckler levels thereafter, up to a maximum of +5 at 19th level. These bonuses to AC apply even against touch attacks or when the swashbuckler is flat-footed. She loses these bonuses when she wears medium or heavy armor, when she wields a weapon other than a light or one-handed piercing melee weapon, or when she carries a medium or heavy load.

Improved Uncanny Dodge (Ex): At 5th level, a swashbuckler can no longer be flanked. This defense denies another swashbuckler the ability to precise strike or a rogue to sneak attack the character by flanking her, unless the attacker has at least four more swashbuckler (or rogue) levels than the target does. If a character already has uncanny dodge (see above) from another class, the levels from the classes that grant uncanny dodge stack to determine the minimum swashbuckler level required to flank the character.

Parry (Ex): Starting at 5th level, whenever a swashbuckler takes a full attack action with a light or one–handed piercing weapon, she can elect not to take one of her attacks. At any time before her next turn, she can attempt to parry an attack against her or an adjacent ally as an immediate action. To parry the attack, the swashbuckler makes an attack roll, using the same bonuses as the attack she chose to forego during her previous action. If her attack roll is greater than the roll of the attacking creature, the attack automatically misses. For each size category that the attacking creature is larger than the swashbuckler, the swashbuckler takes a –4 penalty on her attack roll. The swashbuckler also takes a –4 penalty when attempting to parry an attack made against an adjacent ally. The swashbuckler must declare the use of this ability after the attack is announced, but before the roll is made.

Riposte (Ex): Starting at 7th level, a swashbuckler can make an attack of opportunity against any creature whose attack she successfully parries, so long as the creature she is attacking is within reach.
Battle Finesse (Ex): At 9th level, a swashbuckler treats all one-handed piercing melee weapons as light weapons for the purpose of his Weapon Finesse feat. This applies to all abilities that require the use of her dueling weapon.

First Strike (Ex): At 13th level, a swashbuckler can react quickly during battle to get the drop on an opponent. Once per day as an immediate action, a swashbuckler gains a bonus to her initiative equal to her swashbuckler level. This bonus can only be applied during the first round of combat. If the swashbuckler wins initiative, she takes her full round of attacks. If she wins initiative and beats the next highest initiative by 10 or more, she gains a free surprise round. The only action the swashbuckler can take during this surprise round is a single attack with her dueling weapon at her highest attack bonus. This ability reflects the swashbuckler’s training to attack decisively with lightening speed. During subsequent rounds, the swashbuckler uses her normal initiative roll until the end of combat. A swashbuckler can use this ability an additional time per day at 16th level, and again at 19th level.

Master Cut (Ex): At 17th level, a swashbuckler can attempt to defeat a dueling opponent with a single stroke of her dueling weapon. As a standard action, a swashbuckler can attempt to fascinate her dueling opponent by performing a masterful display of cuts and thrusts unless the target makes a Will save (DC 10 + the swashbuckler’s class level + the swashbuckler’s Charisma modifier). She can maintain the fascination effect by continuing her display for a number of rounds equal to her Charisma modifier. The target may attempt a new save to escape fascination each time a threat (other than the fascinating swashbuckler) appears. At any point after 3 rounds, the swashbuckler can deliver a coup de grace against her opponent, provided the target is still fascinated. Attempting or maintaining a master cut does not provoke an attack of opportunity. The swashbuckler must be within 30 feet of and visible to her dueling opponent to use this ability.

Final Gambit (Ex): At 20th level, a swashbuckler can elect to forgo all his attacks for the chance to draw in and incapacitate his opponent. As a full–round action, a swashbuckler can enter a defensive stance in an attempt to parry every attack made against him by a single opponent. While in this stance, the swashbuckler gains a shield bonus equal to his Dexterity modifier. At any time before his next turn, the swashbuckler can attempt to parry each attack made against him as an immediate action. To parry each attack, the swashbuckler makes an attack roll at his highest attack bonus. If his attack roll is greater than the roll of the attacking creature, the attack automatically misses. For each size category that the attacking creature is larger than the swashbuckler, the swashbuckler takes a –4 penalty on his attack roll. At the end of the round, the swashbuckler gains an attack of opportunity against the attacking creature. This attack is made using the swashbuckler’s dueling weapon at his highest attack bonus. For each successful parry, the swashbuckler gains a cumulative +2 circumstance bonus to this attack. If the attack is successful, the swashbuckler deals damage normally and can choose one of the following three effects:

The target...
• takes bleed damage equal to 1/2 swashbuckler’s precise strike damage (1/4 damage if save is successful)
• is exhausted (fatigued if save is successful), or
• paralyzed (staggered is save is successful) for 2d6 rounds

Regardless of the effect chosen, the target receives a Fortitude save to reduce the additional effect. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the swashbuckler's level + the swashbuckler's Intelligence modifier. Creatures that are immune to sneak attack or precision damage are also immune to this ability. The swashbuckler must be wielding a dueling weapon to use this ability. In addition, whenever a swashbuckler delivers a coup de grace, he does not provoke attacks of opportunity.

Table: Swashbuckler
Base
Class Attack Fort Ref Will
Level Bonus Save Save Save Special
1st +0 +0 +2 +2 Duel, panache, precise strike, weapon finesse
2nd +1 +0 +3 +3 Swashbuckling technique, uncanny dodge
3rd +2 +1 +3 +3 Agile maneuvers, defensive stance +1
4th +3 +1 +4 +4 Swashbuckling technique
5th +3 +1 +4 +4 Improved uncanny dodge, parry
6th +4 +2 +5 +5 Swashbuckling technique
7th +5 +2 +5 +5 Defensive stance +2, riposte
8th +6/+1 +2 +6 +6 Swashbuckling technique
9th +6/+1 +3 +6 +6 Battle finesse
10th +7/+2 +3 +7 +7 Swashbuckling technique
11th +8/+3 +3 +7 +7 Defensive stance +3
12th +9/+4 +4 +8 +8 Swashbuckling technique
13th +9/+4 +4 +8 +8 First strike
14th +10/+5 +4 +9 +9 Swashbuckling technique
15th +11/+6/+1 +5 +9 +9 Defensive stance +4
16th +12/+7/+2 +5 +10 +10 Swashbuckling technique
17th +12/+7/+2 +5 +10 +10 Masterful cut
18th +13/+8/+3 +6 +11 +11 Swashbuckling technique
19th +14/+9/+4 +6 +11 +11 Defensive stance +5
20th +15/+10/+5 +6 +12 +12 Swashbuckling technique, final gambit

An artificer can create only a certain number of gadgets of each level per day. His base daily allotment of gadgets is given on Table: Artificer. In addition, he receives bonus gadgets per day if he has a high Intelligence score, in the same way a wizard receives bonus spells per day. When an artificer creates a gadget, he infuses the metals, gears, and mechanical parts in the gadget with his own artifice energy. A gadget immediately becomes inert (including its effect) if it leaves the artificer’s possession, reactivating as soon as it returns to his keeping—an artificer cannot normally pass out his gadgets for allies to use (but see the “share gadget” innovation below). A gadget, once created, remains potent for 1 day before becoming inert, so an artificer must re-prepare his gadgets every day. Creating a gadget takes 1 minute of work—most artificers prepare many gadgets at the start of the day or just before going on an adventure, but it’s not uncommon for an artificer to keep some (or even all) of his daily gadget slots open so that he can prepare gadgets in the field as needed.

Although the artificer doesn’t cast spells, he does have a gadget list that determines what gadgets he can create. An artificer can utilize spell-trigger items if the spell’s equivalent gadget appears on his gadget list, but not spell-completion items (unless he uses Use Magic Device to do so). A gadget is activated by pressing a button, flipping a switch, or even tossing the gadget—the effects of a gadget exactly duplicate the spell upon which its gadget is based, save that some gadgets affect only the activating artificer. The artificer uses his level as the caster level to determine any effect based on caster level. Creating gadgets utilizes raw materials (scrap metal, gears, wire, etc.), but the cost of these materials is insignificant—comparable to the valueless material components of most spells. If an equivalent spell normally has a costly material component, that component is expended as an equal amount of gold pieces during the creation of that particular gadget. Gadgets that duplicate spell effects that have a focus requirement never have focus requirement. An artificer can prepare a gadget of any blueprint he knows.

To learn a blueprint or use a gadget, an artificer must have an Intelligence score equal to at least 10 + the gadget’s level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against an artificer’s gadget is 10 + the gadget level + the artificer’s Intelligence modifier. An artificer may know any number of blueprints. He stores his blueprints in a special tome called a schematics book. He must refer to this book whenever he creates a gadget but not when he activates it. An artificer begins play with two 1st level gadget blueprints of his choice, plus a number of additional blueprints equal to his Intelligence modifier. At each new artificer level, he gains one new gadget blueprint of any level that he can create. An artificer can also add gadget blueprints to his book just like a wizard adds spells to his spellbook, using half the cost but twice the time requirements of the equivalent spell. An artificer can study a wizard’s spellbook or an alchemist’s formulae book to develop any gadget blueprint that is equivalent to a spell or formula the spellbook or formula book contains. A wizard or alchemist, however, cannot learn spells or extracts from a schematics book. An artificer does not need to decipher the arcane writings of an alchemist’s formulae before copying them, as they are based on mathematics and scientific formulas, but he must decipher the arcane writings contained in a wizard’s spellbook.

Masterworks (Ex): At 1st level, as long as an artificer has at least 1 artifice point, any non-masterwork item he holds, wields, or wears is treated as its masterwork equivalent. This effect immediately ends if the artificer is no longer in contact with the item.

Alternatively, an artificer can spend 1 artificer point to transform any non-masterwork item he touches (including an ally’s) into its masterwork equivalent for 1 minute. If the object has no masterwork equivalent, this theory has no effect. An artificer can affect only one object from each of the following artifice categories at a time: armor/shields, chains/manacles, clothing/outfits, kits/instruments/tools, locks, or weapons. If the artificer affects another object of the same category, only the current object is considered to be of masterwork quality, while the previous object is again a non-masterwork item. Only one item from each category can be considered to be of masterwork quality at one time. Up to 50 pieces of ammunition can be affected by this theory, and are counted as one item form the weapon category. If he uses this theory again with an object from the same category, the first object is immediately treated as a non-masterwork item. Items affected by this theory also count as masterwork items of their type for the purpose of Craft Magical Arms and Armor and any other item creation feats that require a masterwork item.

At 3rd level, an artificer can spend 1 artifice point to improve his masterwork items and the benefits they bestow for 1 minute. At 8th level and every five levels thereafter, an artificer can improve these benefits by an additional equivalent value. Any increase to the benefits of these items do not stack with benefits granted by a magical version of the item, such as the magical enhancement bonuses of magical armor or weapons, but they can supersede them, though they are not considered magical for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction. For example, an 18th level artificer could increase the masterwork enhancement bonus on attack and damage rolls of a +3 longsword to +5, though it would only be considered a +3 longsword for the purpose of bypassing damage reduction.

The type of improvement is determined by the type of masterwork item as follows.
• Armor/Shields: The artificer can decrease the armor check penalty of a suit of armor by 1 (minimum 0) at each interval, to a maximum of 5 at 18th level.
• Chains/Manacles: The artificer can increase the DC of the Strength check to break the object by 2 at each interval, to a maximum total of 10 at 18th level.
• Clothing/Outfits: The artificer can increase the numerical base value of the item’s bonus (whether circumstance bonuses, saves, resistances or skill checks) by the same value at each interval, to a maximum of 10 (or +10) at 18th level.
• Kits/Musical Instruments/Tools: The artificer can increase the associated skill check’s bonus by +2 at each interval, up to a maximum total of +10 at 18th level
• Locks: The artificer can increase the DC of the Disable Device check by 5 at each interval, to a maximum of 20 at 18th level. For example, an artificer of 18th level or higher could improve the DC check of a superior lock to 60 when using this theory.
• Weapons: The artificer can increase the bonus to attack and damage rolls by +1 at each interval, to a maximum of +5 at 18th level. Up to 50 pieces of ammunition can be affected by this theory, and are counted as one weapon.

Modify Object (Su): At 1st level, an artificer can spend 1 artifice point to alter the physical qualities of a single object. The following modifications can be applied to any one object that the artificer comes in contact with, but the artificer must declare the modification he is using before the theory is performed.
• Break: The artificer can break any one Small or smaller object with a touch. The artificer must make a ranged touch attack to deliver the effect. If the target fails its Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 the artificer’s level + the artificer’s Intelligence modifier), it gains the broken condition. If this theory is used on a broken item, the item is destroyed on a failed save. At 3rd level, by spending 1 artifice point, an artificer can break any one Medium or smaller object. At 7th level, an artificer can spend a number of artifice points to break any one object of each subsequent size category above Medium as follows: Large (2 artifice points), Huge (3 artifice points), Gargantuan (4 artifice points), or Colossal (5 artifice points). If the object is a construct, the artificer requires twice the indicated number of artifice points.
• Lighten: The artificer can decrease the weight of any one Small object or smaller by half for 1 minute per artifice level. If used on armor, it improves the armor check penalty by 1, though it does not change the armor’s categorization as light, medium, or heavy. At 3rd level, by spending 1 artifice point, an artificer can lighten any one Medium or smaller object. At 7th level, the artificer can spend a number of artifice points to lighten any one object of each subsequent size category above Medium as follows: Large (2 artifice points), Huge (3 artifice points), Gargantuan (4 artifice points), or Colossal (5 artifice points). If the object is a construct, the artificer requires twice the indicated number of artifice points.
• Fragile: the artificer can cause an object to become less study and resilient to the rigors of travel and combat. By making a ranged touch attack, the artificer can bestow any armor, shield, tool, or weapon with the fragile quality for 1 minute per artificer level. A fragile object gains the broken condition if the user rolls a natural 1 on an attack roll (weapon) or skill check (tools) with the object, or if a critical hit is confirmed against the object (armor or shield). If a fragile object is already broken, the roll of a natural 1 or critical hit destroys it instead. A masterwork or magical object of the listed types cannot be affected by this theory. The broken condition can be removed through the appropriate feats or abilities. The object is otherwise considered to have the fragile quality until the theory ends.

Quick Study (Ex): At 1st level, an artificer can spend 1 artifice point to take 10 on any single Appraise, Craft, Disable Device, or Use Magical Item skill check, even if he can’t normally take 10 on the check.

Arcane Artifice (Su): At 3rd level, an artificer can expend 1 point from his artifice pool as a swift action to grant any weapon or armor he is holding or wearing a +1 enchantment bonus for 1 minute. At 7th level, the artificer may increase the enhancement bonus to +2 or add the impervious, keen, neutralizing, quenching, or thawing weapon properties, or the balanced, fortification (light), grinding, impervious, or staunching armor properties. These bonuses can be added to the weapon or armor, stacking with existing weapon and armor enhancements to a maximum of +5. Multiple uses of this theory do not stack with themselves.

Fortify (Su): At 3rd level, an artificer can spend 1 artifice point to increase the hardness and hit points of any object he touches (including an artifice item, gadget, or his gearworks machine) by an amount equal to his artificer level. These benefits last until the hit points are expended or until 24 hours have passed. Multiple uses of this theory overlap and do not stack.

Gearworks (Su): At 3rd level, an artificer can spend 1 artifice point to imbue a single inanimate object with mobility and a semblance of life. As a full action round, an artificer can add gears and moving parts to one Small or smaller object (including any bombs, see Theories), allowing it to function as the animate object spell for 1 round per artificer level. An artificer may spend additional artifice points to animate objects of Medium or larger size as follows: a Medium object requires 2 artifice points, a Large object requires 3 artifice points, a Huge object requires 4 artifice points, a Gargantuan object requires 5 artifice points, and a Colossal object requires 6 artifice points to animate. The artificer cannot affect an object carried or worn by a creature. An artificer can improve the duration of a gearworks object through selected innovations.

Deadly Mein (Ex): At 7th level, an artificer can spend 1 artifice point to enhance the basic properties of a weapon for 1 minute. An artificer can enhance a single weapon in one of the following ways.
• Critical Multiplier: The artificer can increase the critical multiplier of a single weapon by 1.
• Damage: The artificer can increase the damage die of a single weapon as if it were 1 size category larger. This does not alter the actual size of the weapon. For example, an artificer can increase the damage of a longsword from 1d8 to 1d10.
• Range: The artificer can increase the range increment of a single ranged weapon by +10 feet.
• Threat Range: The artificer can increase the threat range of a single weapon by 1.
Multiple uses of the same benefits do not stack.

Quick Upgrade (Su): At 7th level, an artificer can spend 1 artifice point to grant his gearworks machine any upgrade whose total cost does not exceed 2 upgrade points for 1 minute per artificer level. The artificer may only grant one upgrade with this theory, even if that upgrade can be taken multiple times. The artificer can grant an upgrade that allows him to spend additional upgrade points to improve that upgrade. This theory cannot be used to grant an improvement to an upgrade that the gearworks machine already possesses. The gearworks machine must meet any prerequisites of the selected upgrade. This theory does not allow a gearworks machine to exceed its maximum number of natural attacks. At 11th level, an artificer can grant any one upgrade whose total cost does not exceed 4 upgrade points. At 15th level, an artificer can grant any two upgrades whose total cost does not exceed 6 upgrade points.

Transformative Artifice (Su): At 7th level, an artificer can subtly change the physical properties of a single object so as to function as a completely different material. An artificer can spend a number of artifice points to change an object’s construction material into one of the following special materials: adamantine (3 points), cold iron (1 point), darkwood (1 point), living steel (2 points), mithral (2 points), or silver (1 point). Up to 50 pieces of ammunition can be affected by this theory, and are counted as one weapon. This transformation lasts for 1 minute.

Concealed Gadgetry (Su): At 11th level, as long as an artificer has at least 1 artificer point, he can cause a single mundane item or magical object to transform into a small, geometric, modular device and back again. On command, the object collapses in upon itself in a whirring clatter of tiny shifting plates until it becomes a 3-inch cube, cylinder, or sphere of the same material. The same command word restores the object to its normal shape and size. While the object is thus affected, it continues to occupy 1 point from the artificer’s artifice pool. If the object occupies a magical item slot, then the slot must be unoccupied for the object to be restored. This theory lasts for 1 day per artificer level, while restoring the object to its normal shape and size immediately ends the theory. The number of objects that the artificer can affect with this theory is equal to his Intelligence modifier, but cannot exceed the number of artifice points he has remaining.

Reciprocal Activation (Ex): At 11th level, whenever an artificer uses a magical item with charges, he can spend 1 artifice point to activate the item without expending a charge from the items total charges. If the item requires more than one charge to activate a specific power, the artificer can reduce this expenditure of charges to a minimum of 0 by spending an equal number of artifice points, up to the maximum number of charges required to activate the power.

Reshape Matter (Su): At 15th level, an artificer can spend 1 artifice point to reshape up to 10 cubic feet of material of one sort into a product that is of the same material. Creatures or magic items cannot be created or transmuted by this theory. The quality of items made by this theory is commensurate with the quality of material used as the basis for the new object. If the artificer works with a mineral, the target is reduced to 1 cubic foot per level instead of 10 cubic feet per level. The artificer must make an appropriate Craft check to create articles requiring a high degree of craftsmanship. The reshaping process requires 1 round per 10 cubic feet of material to be affected.

Conduit (Su): At 15th level, as long as an artificer has at least 1 artificer point, he can spend a swift action to transfer 3d6 hit points between himself and his gearworks machine, either taking damage himself and healing his gearworks machine or healing himself and damaging his gearworks machine. The gearworks machine must be within 50 feet of the artificer for this theory to function.

Dual Artifice (Su): At 15th level, whenever the artificer creates an artifice item, he can spend 1 artifice point so that it persists on its own and is not rendered inert if the artificer creates another artifice item from the same category. This allows an artificer to create different types of artifice items and keep them handy for emergencies. This does not allow an artificer to gain the effects of multiple artifice items—only the most recently activated, held, or worn item has any effect. An artificer can have two of the same type of item when using this theory.

Fast Transformation (Su): At 15th level, an artificer can spend 2 artifice points to cause his gearworks machine to shift and transform in a whirring clatter of gears and moving plates. The artificer can change any of the gearworks machine’s upgrades by allocating its upgrades pool on new upgrades as a full-round action. The gearworks machine cannot benefit from this theory more than once per day. This theory does not allow the artificer to change his gearworks machine’s base form.

Call Machine (Su): At 19th level, an artificer can spend 3 artifice points to instantly summon his gearworks machine to his side from any location. This functions as instant summons, but the machine must be on the same plane as the artificer.

Enduring Artifice (Su): At 19th level, when an artificer creates or enhances an item using his masterworks, arcane artifice, and/or transformative artifice theories, he can spend 1 hour of work and all his remaining artifice points to make the theories’ effects permanent. The item now functions in all ways as a magical item and persists even after the artificer sets it down. As long as the enduring artifice item exists, it continues to occupy one of the artificer’s magical item slots, unless it occupies no magical item slot. An artificer can only have one enduring artifice item in existence at a time. An enduring artifice item cannot be used by a non-artificer to gain its effects. An artificer can add additional magic abilities to his enduring artifice at the normal costs. The magic properties of an enduring artifice item, including any magic abilities added to the item, only function for the artificer who owns it. If an enduring artifice item's owner dies, or the item is replaced, the item reverts to being an ordinary item of the appropriate type. The artificer must have at least 6 artificer points remaining to use this theory. An artificer can only have one enduring artifice item at a time.

Unbreakable Object (Ex): At 19th level, as long as an artificer has at least 1 artifice point any mundane item or object he holds or touches becomes virtually indestructible for 1 minute per artifice level. This effect immediately ends if the artificer is no longer in contact with the object. The object gains DR/adamantine 10 and hardness 40. If the object already has DR/adamantine and hardness, its DR/adamantine and hardness both increase by 5.

Alternatively, an artificer can spend 1 artifice point to make a gadget or magical item indestructible, or 2 artifice points to make his gearworks machine indestructible for a number of rounds equal to his artificer level. An object, gadget, magical item, or gearworks machine can only be affected by this theory once per day.

Advanced Trapsmith (Ex): The artificer can learn one of the following advanced traps in place of one of a ranger trap: arrow trap (6th), bear traps (12) (6th), collapsing bridge trap (10th), javelin trap (8th), punji stake trap (6th), rigged rope bridge (8th), spiked snare traps (6th), spring-loaded panel (8th). The artificer must meet the level requirements of the trap he chooses (in parentheses). For a detailed description of these traps see Traps in the Gamemastery Guide. An artificer must be at least 6th level and have the trapsmith innovation.

Careful Disarm (Ex): Whenever an artificer attempts to disarm a trap using Disable Device, he does not spring the trap unless he fails by 10 or more. If he does set off a trap he was attempting to disarm, he adds his trapfinding bonus to avoid the trap. An artificer must be at least 6th level before selecting this innovation.

Cunning Trigger (Ex): The artificer with this innovation can use a swift action to set off any trap within 30 feet that he constructed. An artificer must have the trapsmith innovation before selecting this innovation.

Devices Expert (Ex): The artificer’s knowledge of machines and gadgetry allows him to more easily activate magical devices. He gains a +5 competence bonus on all Use Magical Device checks. If the device has gears, moving parts, or is mechanical in nature, this bonus increases to +10. An artificer must be at least 6th level before selecting innovation.

Explosives Expert (Ex): The artificer learns to use explosives and similar devices to great effect. Whenever the artificer uses a bomb or item that deals damage in a radius, he adds +2 to the DC for any Reflex saves made against the effect. In addition he adds his Intelligence modifier as a competence bonus to any damage dealt by the effect. An artificer must be at least 8th level before selecting this innovation.

Eye for Danger (Ex): An artificer is accustomed to the sudden and often explosive hazards of operating mechanical devices. As such, he is always wary of any sudden and often lethal hazards. The artificer gains a +2 luck bonus on Reflex saves and initiative rolls.

Fast Picks (Ex): The artificer with this innovation can use the Disable Device skill to attempt to open a lock as a standard action instead of a full-round action.

Fire Bomb (Ex): By spending 2 minutes of work, the artifice can create a smoke bomb that deals 2d6 points of fire damage. Those caught in the splash damage can attempt a Reflex save for half damage. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the artificer’s level + the artificer’s Intelligence modifier. This innovation can be selected multiple times. Its effects stack up to a maximum of 6d6 points of fire damage. This innovation can chosen once at 6th, 12th, and 18th level. An artificer must be at least 6th level and have the smoke bomb innovation before selecting this innovation.

Flash Bomb (Ex): By spending 2 minutes of work, the artificer can create a smoke bomb that detonates very brightly. Creatures that take a direct hit from a flash bomb are blinded for 1 minute unless they succeed at a Fortitude save. The DC of this save is equal to 10 + 1/2 the artificer’s level + the artificer’s Intelligence modifier. Creatures in the splash area that fail their saves against the bomb are dazzled for 1 minute. This is a light effect. If the artificer has the fire bomb innovation, he can also combine a flash bomb with a fire bomb by spending 3 minutes of work. An artificer must be at least 8th level and have the smoke bomb innovation before selecting this innovation.

Frugal Trapsmith (Ex): When an artificer with this innovation constructs a mechanical trap, he only pays 75% of the normal cost. An artificer must be at least 8th level and have the trapsmith innovation before selecting this innovation.

Grapple Launcher (Ex): The artificer has learned to alter a firearm to fire a grappling hook. By adding a special set of rails, the wielder can slide a grappling hook over the barrel of a firearm and fire it as a full-round action. The grappling hook anchors into anything the wielder successfully hits with an attack roll, and the DC of the Strength check required to pull the grappling hook loose is equal to wielder’s attack roll to lodge it in place. A Disable Device check can remove it with a +5 bonus on the check, and a creature struck by the hook can escape it with a combat maneuver check or Escape Artist check with a +5 bonus on the check. The firearm is powerful enough to fire a hook trailing up to 100 feet of rope, but throws off the balance of the wielder's firearm, reducing its range increment by 50%. Adding a grapple launcher to a firearm requires 1 day of work. An artificer must be at least 4th level and have the Gunsmith innovation to select this innovation.

Greater Gearworks (Su): By spending 10 minutes of work instead of a full-round action, an artificer’s gearworks object now persists for 10 minutes per artificer level. An artificer must be at least 10th level and have the improved gearworks innovation before selecting this innovation.

Gunsmith (Ex): The artificer gains the Gunsmithing feat, but uses his chosen Craft or Profession skill in place of Craft (alchemy) for any firearm Craft checks.

Hardening Technique (Ex): The artificer learns special techniques to increase the durability of any item he creates. Any mundane item, gadget, or magic item the artificer creates gains an additional 5 hit points.

Improved Gearworks (Su): By spending 1 minute of work instead of a full-round action, an artificer’s gearworks object now persists for 1 minute per artificer level. An artificer must be at least 6th level before selecting this innovation.

Infused Artifice (Su): When the artificer creates or enhances an item using his masterworks, arcane artifice, and/or transformative artifice innovations, he can infuse it with an extra bit of his own artifice power. The item created now persists even after the artificer sets it down. As long as the artifice item exists, it continues to occupy one of the artificer’s magical item slots. If the item does not occupy a slot, he can only have one item of that type in existence at a time. An infused artificer item can be used by a non-artificer to gain its effects.

Master Constructor (Ex): The artificer gains Craft Construct as a bonus feat. He also adds Craft Construct to the list of feats affected by the Master Craftsman feat, and can count his ranks in his chosen skill as his caster level for the purposes of qualifying for the Craft Construct feat. An artificer must be at least 8th level before selecting this innovation.

Meta Gadgetry (Ex): The artificer has learned new techniques to make his gadgets more effective. He chooses one of the following metamagic feats: Burning Spell, Concussive Spell, Elemental Spell, Empower Spell, Enlarge Spell, Extend Spell, Flaring Spell, Focused Spell, Intensified Spell, Lingering Spell, Maximize Spell, Persistent Spell, Reach Spell, Rime Spell, and Widen Spell. The artificer can apply the effects of this feat to his gadgets as if they were spell. The gadget must meet the same requirements as the spell that the feat is normally applied to. This innovation can be selected multiple times. Each time the artificer chooses a different metamagic feat.

Quick Disable (Ex): Whenever an artificer uses the Disable Device skill to disable a trap, it takes him half the normal amount of time (minimum 1 round).

Quick Trapsmith (Ex): As a full-round action, an artificer with this innovation can set a simple trap with a CR no greater than 1/2 his artificer level. To do this, he must purchase the components, spend the required time constructing the trap in advance, and have its components at hand. The artificer can only construct traps that he knows in this way, and is subject to the GM’s discretion. The artificer must have the trapsmith innovation before selecting this innovation.

Reliable Gunsmithing (Ex): By spending 1 minute of work, an artificer can reduce the misfire value of a single firearm by 1 (minimum 0) for 10 minutes. This reduction occurs after any increases are calculated for firing with the broken condition, or for any other effect that might increase the misfire value of a firearm. The artificer must be at least 4th level and have the gunsmith innovation before selecting this innovation.

Remote Bomb (Ex): By spending 1 additional minute of work, an artificer can attach a remote detonator to any bomb he creates. This allows the artificer to detonate the bomb at any time, as long as he is within 60 feet of the bomb. A remote bomb detonates immediately if any other creature attempts to touch or move it, or if the bomb’s contents are removed. The bomb deals damage as if it scored a direct hit to any creature in the square with the bomb when it detonates, and splash damage to all adjacent creatures as normal. An artificer cannot have more than one remote bomb at one time. If he creates another remote bomb, the previous bomb can no longer be detonated remotely, and immediately becomes a normal bomb of its type. A successful Disable Device check (DC equals 10 + the artificer’s level + the artificer’s Intelligence modifier) can neutralize a remote bomb. An artificer must be at least 8th level before selecting this innovation.

Ruinous Touch (Su): An artificer has learned to harm objects instead of healing them. As a swift action, whenever an artificer uses his crafter’s touch ability, he can choose to deal damage against objects or heal them. An artificer must be at least 10th level before selecting this innovation.

Salvage Item (Ex): An artificer has learned to salvage the gp value from an artifice device or magical item and put it towards the value of creating another artifice device or magical item. The artificer must spend 1 day of work with the item and have the appropriate Item Creation Feat to salvage the item. After 1 day, the device or item is destroyed and the artificer gains 1/2 the item’s gp value of the artifice device or magical item to add towards the cost of any new artifice device or magical item he immediately begins to create. This value cannot be spent as gold, and may only be used towards the creation of another artifice device or magical item. The artificer must be at least 4th level to select this innovation.

Scrap Bomb (Ex): By spending 3 minutes of work, an artificer can create a fire bomb that explodes into shards of broken gears and scrap metal that deal piercing damage. A creature that takes a direct hit from a scrap bomb takes 1 point of bleed damage per die of bomb damage unless it succeeds at a Reflex save, in addition to any fire damage. An artificer must be at least 8th level and have the fire bomb innovation before selecting this innovation.

Share Gadget (Ex): The artificer can alter one of his gadgets he has already built to work for another person. The artificer designates, using a standard action, one other character and one of the gadgets that he possesses. That character can now operate the gadget as if they were the artificer utilizing all of the artificer's relevant bonuses. The gadget works for the designated person for a number of hours equal to the artificer’s level. If the artificer is unable to designate a new person, the gadget becomes inert until the artificer returns it to his possession or is able to designate a new user. An artificer must be at least 8th level before selecting this innovation.

Skill Mastery (Ex): The artificer becomes so confident in the use of certain skills that he can use them reliably even under adverse conditions. Upon gaining this innovation, he selects a number of skills equal to her Intelligence modifier. When making a skill check with one of these skills, he may take 10 even if stress and distractions would normally prevent her from doing so. An artificer may gain this innovation multiple times, selecting additional skills for skill mastery to apply to each time. An artificer must be at least 10th level before selecting this innovation.

Smoke Bomb (Ex): By spending 1 minute of work, the artificer can craft a smoke bomb that creates a cloud of smoke with a 15-foot radius when thrown. This acts like the smoke from a smokestick. The artificer can center this smoke on himself, or throw the bomb as a ranged touch attack with a range of 20 feet. Throwing a smoke bomb is a standard action. An artificer can create a number of smoke bombs per day equal to his Intelligence modifier. Each use of this innovation expends 1 artifice point.

Steadfast Gunsmithing (Ex): By spending 1 minute of work, an artificer reduce the misfire value of a single firearm by 4 (minimum 0) for 10 minutes. This reduction occurs after any increases are calculated for firing with the broken condition, or for any other effect that might increase the misfire value of a firearm. The artificer must be at least 10th level and have the reliable gunsmithing innovation before selecting this innovation.

Strange Magic (Ex): The artificer has learned to employ magical items in a different manner than for which it was intended. If he so chooses, the artificer can wear an item that occupies one item slot in an entirely different slot and still gain the effect as if he were wearing the item normally. For example, an artificer could wear a neck slot item in a feet slot. This only applies to items that occupy the belt, feet, hands, headband, neck, ring, or wrist categories. The artificer may wear only one item in this way at a time. An artificer must be at least 6th level before selecting this innovation.

Trap Mastery (Ex): Whenever an artificer disarms a trap using Disable Device, he can bypass it even if his check did not exceed the DC by 10 or more. If it is a magic trap that allows specific creatures to pass it without danger, he can modify which creatures it allows to pass, adding his allies and restricting enemies if he desires. An artificer must be at least 10th level and have the careful disarm innovation before selecting this innovation.

Trap Spotter (Ex): Whenever an artificer comes within 10 feet of a trap, he receives an immediate Perception skill check to notice the trap. This check should be made in secret by the GM.

Trapsmith (Ex): The artificer learns how to create a snare trap and one other extraordinary (not supernatural) ranger trap of her choice (see Trapper archetype in Ultimate Magic). The artificer can use these traps a total number of times per day equal his Intelligence modifier. Once a trap is learned, it can’t be unlearned and replaced with a different type of trap. The artificer cannot select an individual trap more than once. This innovation may be selected multiple times, but each time the artificer learns a new trap. An artificer must be at least 4th level before selecting this innovation.

Undetected Sabotage (Ex): Whenever an artificer uses Disable Device to sabotage or disable a device, he can make a Sleight of Hand check with a bonus equal to his level. Anyone who inspects the device does not notice the sabotage and assumes the object works unless he beats the artificer’s check with an opposed Perception skill check.

Vial Launcher (Ex): The artificer has learned to add a special tube onto a firearm that can hold 1 vial of alchemical material, such as alchemist's fire, a tanglefoot bag, or a thunderstone. A special trigger allows the wielder to channel the force of black powder into this tube to launch the vial as a ranged attack with half the range increment of the firearm. The wielder can take this action in place of any single ranged attack, and may use the same attack bonus that she can apply to the firearm. If the alchemical substance has a save DC, it becomes 10 + 1/2 the artificer’s level + the artificer’s Intelligence modifier when the wielder launches the vial from the firearm. This increase only applies to the initial saving throw. If additional saving throws are called for, they are resolved as normal. Reloading the tube is a time-consuming process and requires two full-round actions. If the weapon misfires while loaded with an alchemical substance, it detonates with the wielder (and the firearm) as the target. Adding a grapple launcher to a firearm requires 1 day of work. An artificer must be at least 4th level and have the Gunsmith innovation to select this innovation.

Weird Science (Ex): By spending 1 minute of work, an artificer can alter a charged magical item so that it creates a different effect one time. This new effect must be of equal power level (such as a spell effect) and one that a similar item can create. For example, if an artificer uses weird science on a wand of fireball (a 3rd level spell), he can alter the wand to function as a wand of suggestion (also a 3rd level spell). The artificer must spend an additional 1 minute of work before he can create another effect with the same item. A new effect expends the same number of charges as the original effect as normal. The artificer can use this innovation a number of times per day equal to his Intelligence modifier. An artificer must be at least 10th level before selecting this innovation.

A gearwork machine resembles a 1-foot diameter metal sphere (modular device) that weighs 20 lbs. when it is not in its machine form. An artificer can transform this sphere (hereafter referred to as its inert form) into his gearworks machine in a mechanical process that takes 1 minute to complete. When brought forth in this way, the gearworks machine’s hit points are unchanged from the last time it was dismissed. The only exception to this is if the gearworks machine was “destroyed”, in which case it transforms from its inert form with half its normal hit points. The gearworks machine does not heal naturally. The gearworks machine remains until dismissed by the artificer (a standard action), at which time it reverts back to its inert form. If the gearworks machine is reverted to its inert form due to being “destroyed”, it cannot be called forth again until the following day. The gearworks machine cannot be forced into its inert form by means of dispel magic, but spells such as dismissal and banishment do. If the artificer is unconscious, asleep, or killed, his gearworks machine immediately reverts to its inert form.

The gearworks machine’s physical appearance is up to the artificer, but it always appears as some sort of golem or construct creature. The gearworks machine’s base form is decided at the time of construction, and determines what types of upgrades it can obtain. The gearworks machine’s Hit Dice, saving throws, skills, feats, and abilities are tied to the artificer’s class level and increase as the artificer gains levels. In addition, each gearworks machine receives a pool of upgrade points, based on the artificer’s class level that can be used to give the gearworks machine different abilities and powers. Whenever the artificer gains a level, he must decide how these points are spent, and they are set until he gains another level of artificer.

Dynamo (Su): In addition to its physical form, a gearworks machine requires a special power source or engine in order to function. This engine, called a dynamo, is uniquely crafted by the artificer for the soul purpose of powering his gearworks machine. Not only does it power the artificer’s gearworks machine, but it is specifically attuned to his machine alone, and therefore cannot be used to power another artificer’s gearworks machine. A dynamo grants the gearworks machine its semblance of life, individual consciousness, and ability to carry out the commands of its master.

A dynamo is always masterwork quality, and when acquired at 4th level is not made of any special material. A dynamo must be placed in the artificer’s gearworks machine to have any effect. An artificer can add additional magic abilities to his dynamo as if he has the required Item Creation Feats and if he meets the level prerequisites of the feat. The magic properties added to a dynamo only function for the artificer who owns it, but are bestowed upon his gearworks machine. If a dynamo’s owner dies, or the dynamo is replaced, the dynamo reverts to being an ordinary masterwork item of the appropriate type. A dynamo is considered a wondrous item for the purpose of adding magic abilities to it.

If a dynamo is damaged, it is restored to full hit points after 24 hours as long as it takes no additional damage. If a dynamo is destroyed, it can be replaced after 1 week of work (a minimum of 8 hours per day) and costs 200 gp per artificer level plus the cost of the masterwork quality (count as masterwork armor). When a gearworks machine’s dynamo is removed or destroyed, it immediately reverts to its inert form. If the dynamo is returned, repaired, or replaced, the gearworks machine again functions normally. A dynamo has a hardness of 10, 20 hit points, and must be attacked directly to be damaged. When destroyed, it explodes in a 20-foot burst of gears and fluid that deals 6d6 points of acid, electricity, and slashing damage to all within the area.

Battle Armor: The artificer creates a special suit of metal armor that functions as the iron body spell. Wearing the armor is taxing on the artificer’s body. Should he wear the armor beyond the indicated duration, he becomes exhausted on the subsequent round and remains so until he leaves the armor. Once the armor is removed, he instead becomes fatigued for 2d6 rounds.

Disintegration Gun: The artificer creates a special ray gun that can be fired once per day. This device generally resembles a one-handed firearm, but instead of firing bullets, it discharges a high intensity beam of light that functions as the disintegration spell.

Instant Mansion: The artificer creates a special compact dwelling that once activated, unfolds in whirring of shifting plates and grinding gears until it reaches the size of a mansion. While the active mansion has a physical presence, it otherwise functions as the mage’s magnificent mansion spell, and does not exist on another plane of existence. The artificer can activate this device once per day.

Gearworks Brigade: The artificer creates a number of special modular devices that, once activated, transform into wooden golems that are completely under the artificer’s control. These constructs function as the wooden phalanx spell, except that the golems are gearworks machines crafted from wood instead of metal, but retain all the stats of a wooden golem. The artificer can activate his gearworks brigade once per day.

Remote Blastbomb: The artificer creates a small but powerful explosive device once per day that he can remotely detonate. This device functions as the delayed blast fireball spell, except that the artificer can detonate the bomb at anytime while within 200 feet of the device. The device remains inert until detonated. The artificer otherwise uses his artificer level as his caster level to determine the device’s effect.

Weather Control Device: The artificer creates a device that controls the weather patterns in the surrounding area. He can activate this device once per day, and once activated, it functions as the control weather spell, using the artificer’s level as the caster level.

1st-Level Artificer Gadgets–acid glove (corrosive touch), air tank (air bubble), carry-all (ant haul), cold glove (chill touch), corrosive capsule (acid splash), door detector (detect secret doors), elemental shield (endure elements), expeditious boots (expeditious retreat), firecrackers (snapdragon fireworks), flaming glove (burning hand), fog machine (obscuring mist), grease gun (grease), growth ray (enlarge person), hand taser (daze), holograph imager (silent image), hypnotic device (hypnotism), jolt glove (shocking grasp), jump boots (jump), light (spark), linguistic translator (comprehend languages), parachute (feather fall), proximity sensor (alarm), range enhancer (longshot), remote cable (animate rope), shock field (shock shield), shrink ray (reduce person), signal flare (flare), sleeping gas capsule (sleep), verbal mimicking device (ventriloquism), voice modulator (vocal alteration).

2nd-Level Artificer Gadgets–agility capsule (cat's grace), auditory/visual inhibitor (blindness/deafness), cloaking device (invisibility), corrosive arrow (acid arrow), energy gauntlet (elemental touch), energy shield (resist energy), fire arrow (flame arrow), fire-eater capsule (fire breath), fireworks (pyrotechnics), flamethrower (scorching ray), flashlight (continual flame), greater fog machine (fog cloud), hover boots (levitate), improved holographic imager (minor image), improved taser (daze monster), laughing gas capsule (hideous laughter), magnetic lock mechanism (arcane lock), net launcher (web), night vision goggles (darkvision), pain inhibitor (delay pain), sonic emitter (shatter), stamina capsule (bear's endurance), strength capsule (bull's strength), ultraviolet goggles (see invisibility), wall climbing gear (spider climb).

3rd-Level Artificer Gadgets–acceleration device (haste), aqualungs (water breathing), blastbomb (fireball), displacer device (displacement), electromagnetic charge emitter (lightning bolt), exhaustion emitter (ray of exhaustion), fury capsule (rage), greater energy shield (protection from energy), greater holograph imager (major image), greater sleeping gas capsule (deep slumber), jetpack (fly), mass cloaking device (invisibility sphere), motor inhibitor (hold person), protective force field (ablative barrier), radiant lantern (daylight), shrapnel grenade (pellet blast), stink bomb (stinking cloud).

4th-Level Artificer Gadgets–confusion inducer (confusion), electromagnetci spheres (ball lightning), energy breath capsule (dragon's breath),fear ray (fear), fire wall capsule (wall of fire), folding house (secure shelter), greater cloaking device (invisibility (greater)), greater night vision goggles (darkvision (greater)), greater shrapnel grenade (detonate), ice wall capsule (wall of ice), improved protective shield (stoneskin), pain inducer (agonize), reverse force shield (resilient sphere), voice modulator (shout).

5th-Level Artificer Gadgets–acid bomb (acid spray), environment suit (life bubble), greater jet pack (overland flight), greater motor inhibitor (hold monster), ice bomb (cone of cold), sonic locator (echolocation), wall force field emitter (wall of force).

6th-Level Artificer Gadgets–greater sensory alarm (guards and wards), greater voice modulator (shout (greater)), iron wall device (wall of iron), programmed holograph imager (programmed image), radiant flash bomb (sunburst), repulsor gauntlet (repulsion), stun gun (power word stun),

Skill Ranks per Level: 4 + Int Modifier.

At 1st level, the gunslinger begins each day with a number of grit points equal to her Wisdom modifier (minimum 1). Her grit goes up or down throughout the day, but cannot go higher than her total grit. The gunslinger earns additional grit points throughout the day by performing certain actions, up to a maximum of her total grit. At 3rd level, and every 4 levels thereafter (7th, 11th, 15th and 19th), her total grit points increases by +1, to a maximum of +5 at 19th level. Thus, an 11th level gunslinger with a Wisdom score of 16 would begin each day with 3 grit points. Then, throughout the day, she can earn additional grit up to 6 grit points, her maximum total grit according to her current level. Some feats and magic items may further affect this maximum. A gunslinger spends grit to accomplish deeds (see below), and earns or regains grit in the following ways.

Daring Act: Each time a gunslinger performs a daring act, she can regain grit. As a general guideline, a daring act should be risky and dramatic. It should take a good deal of guts, and its outcome should have a low probability of success. If it is successful, the gunslinger regains 1 grit point. Before attempting a daring act, the player should ask the GM whether the act qualifies. The GM is the final arbiter of what’s considered a daring act, and can grant a regained grit point for a daring act even if the player does not ask beforehand whether the act qualifies.
Killing Blow with a Firearm: When the gunslinger reduces a creature to 0 or fewer hit points with a firearm attack while in the heat of combat, she regains 1 grit point. Destroying an unattended object, reducing a helpless or unaware creature to 0 or fewer hit points, or reducing a creature that has fewer Hit Dice than half the gunslinger’s character level to 0 or fewer hit points does not restore any grit.

Starting at 1st level, as a standard action, the gunslinger can perform a quick clear action to remove the broken condition from this firearm, as long as that condition was gained by a firearm misfire. At 5th level, the gunslinger can perform this maneuver as a move-equivalent action, and at 9th level as a swift action. Additionally, at 7th level, as a standard action, whenever the gunslinger rolls a misfire with her bonded firearm that has the broken condition, she can keep the firearm from exploding, though it retains the broken condition.

Upon reaching 5th level, once per day, the gunslinger can use her bonded firearm to perform any one deed that she has access to without having to spend or maintain required grit points. This deed is treated like any other deed performed by the gunslinger.

In addition, a gunslinger can add any of the following weapon properties to her bonded firearm as if she has the Craft Magic Arms and Armor feat and if she meets the level prerequisites of these abilities: corrosive, corrosive burst, cunning, distance, flaming, flaming burst, frost, greater lucky gun, huntsman, icy burst, lucky gun, seeking, shock, shocking burst, and thundering. Although these properties duplicate the magical weapon abilities of the same names, the gunslinger adds them through alchemical means or technological engineering. The gunslinger adds these properties to her bonded firearm through the same process as creating magical weapons (see Creating Magical Weapons on page 551 of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook) and are therefore permanent. Thus, a gunslinger with a bonded pistol must be at least 8th level to add the Lucky Gun magic ability to the pistol (see the Lucky Gun magical weapon property in Ultimate Combat). These abilities can be added to any properties the bonded firearm already has, but duplicate abilities do not stack.

If the bonded firearm is broken beyond repair and is not destroyed, it retains all of its bonded firearm properties and can be used to craft a new gun. The magic properties of a bonded firearm, including any magic abilities added to the firearm, only function for the gunslinger who owns it. If a bonded firearm’s owner dies, or the firearm is replaced, the firearm reverts to being an ordinary firearm of the appropriate type.
If a bonded firearm is damaged, it can be restored to full hit points after making the appropriate Craft check and one day of work. If the bonded firearm is lost or destroyed, it can be replaced after 1 week of work and ½ the cost of crafting a new masterwork firearm. Bonded firearms replaced in this way do not possess any of the additional enchantments of the previous bonded firearm. A gunslinger can designate an existing magical firearm as her bonded firearm. This functions in the same way as replacing a lost or destroyed firearm except that the new magic firearm retains its abilities while gaining the benefits and drawbacks of becoming a bonded firearm.

At 8th level, the gunslinger can make two additional attacks when she uses hail of bullets, as if using Improved Two- Weapon Fighting (even if the gunslinger does not meet the prerequisites for the feat).

At 15th level, the gunslinger can make three additional attacks using hail of bullets, as if using Greater Two-Weapon Fighting (even if the gunslnger does not meet the prerequisites for the feat).

A gunslinger applies her full Dexterity bonus to her damage rolls for all successful attacks made with hail of bullets, whether the attacks are made with an off-hand or a one-handed firearm wielded in both hands. A gunslinger may substitute disarm, sunder, and trip combat maneuvers at range for firearm attacks as part of her hail of bullets. A gunslinger cannot use any weapon other than a firearm as part of a hail of bullets.

Cold Stare (Ex): At 1st level, whenever a gunslinger has her firearm drawn and makes an Intimidate check, she gains a bonus to her check equal to her current grit points. As long as the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point remaining, she may use the Intimidate skill to demoralize an opponent (see the Intimidate skill) as a move action, instead of a standard action. If the gunslinger spends 1 grit point, she can demoralize one additional opponent for every 4 gunslinger levels she has, to maximum equal to her Wisdom modifier.

Deadeye (Ex): At 1st level, the gunslinger can resolve an attack against touch AC instead of normal AC when firing beyond her firearm’s first range increment. Performing this deed costs 1 grit point per range increment beyond the first. The gunslinger still takes the –2 penalty on attack rolls for each range increment beyond the first when she performs this deed.

Gunslinger’s Dodge (Ex): At 1st level, the gunslinger gains an uncanny knack for getting out of the way of ranged attacks. When a ranged attack is made against the gunslinger, she can spend 1 grit point to move 5 feet as an immediate action; doing so grants the gunslinger a +2 bonus to AC against the triggering attack. This movement is not a 5-foot step, and provokes attacks of opportunity. Alternatively, the gunslinger can drop prone to gain a +4 bonus to AC against the triggering attack. The gunslinger can only perform this deed while wearing light armor or no armor, and while carrying no more than a light load.

Gunslinger Initiative (Ex): At 3rd level, as long as the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point, she gains the following benefits. First, she gains a +2 bonus on initiative checks. Furthermore, if she has the Quick Draw feat, her hands are free and unrestrained, and the firearm is not hidden, she can draw a single firearm as part of the initiative check.

Lightning Reload (Ex): At 3rd level, as long as the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point, she can reload a single barrel of a one-handed or two-handed firearm as a swift action once per round. If she has Rapid Reload or is using an alchemical cartridge (or both), she can reload a single barrel of the weapon as a free action each round instead. Furthermore, using this deed does not provoke attacks of opportunity.

Pistol-Whip (Ex): At 3rd level, when the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point, she can make a surprise melee attack with the butt or handle of her firearm against the flat-footed AC of the target, as a standard action. When she does, she is considered to be proficient with the firearm as a melee weapon and gains a bonus on the attack and damage rolls equal to the enhancement bonus of the firearm. The damage dealt by the pistol-whip is of the bludgeoning type, and is determined by the size of the firearm. One-handed firearms deal 1d6 points of damage (1d4 if wielded by size Small creatures) and two-handed firearms deal 1d10 points of damage (1d8 if wielded by size Small creatures). Regardless of the gunslinger’s size, the critical multiplier of this attack is 20/×2. If the attack hits, the gunslinger can spend 1 grit point and make a CMB check to knock the target prone as a free action.

Smoking Guns (Ex): At 7th level, whenever the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point, she can discharge her firearm to create a cloud of smoke on her square that obscures normal sight (not including darkvision) beyond 5 feet. It also grants her concealment (attacks have a 20% miss chance) against any creatures further than 5 feet away. The smoke cloud remains for one round per level or until dissipated. A moderate wind (11+ mph), such as from a gust of wind spell disperses the cloud in 4 rounds, while a strong wind (21+ mph) disperses it in 1 round. If the gunslinger spends 1 grit point, the smoke cloud obscures all sight, including darkvision. It also grants her concealment (attacks have a 20% miss chance) against any creatures within 5 feet, and total concealment (50% miss chance, and the attacker cannot use sight to locate the target) against any creatures further than 5 feet away. If the gunslinger is dual-wielding pistols, or discharges two barrels from a double barrel pistol or other multi-barreled firearm, the smoke cloud fills one additional adjacent square of the gunslinger’s choice.

Keep Them Dancing (Ex): At 7th level, the gunslinger can spend 1 grit point and fire a single shot at as many adjacent targets within her firearm’s fire range increment as she has attacks without provoking attacks of opportunity. She makes the attacks in order from highest bonus to lowest, as normal, and must select targets that are within 30 feet of each other. On a hit, the target is damaged normally and provokes attacks of opportunity instead. If the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point, she gains a +2 bonus to her attack rolls.

Lock and Load (Ex): At 7th level, the gunslinger can reload a weapon without having the other hand free. If the gunslinger has Rapid Reload, she can spend 1 grit point to reload an additional shot in the same action.

Evasive (Ex): At 11th level, when the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point, she gains the benefit of the evasion and improved uncanny dodge rogue class abilities. She uses her gunslinger level as her rogue level for improved uncanny dodge.

Guardian Gunslinger (Ex): At 11th level, the gunslinger can spend 1 grit point to declare one ally she can see to be under her protection for 1 round. Any time the protected ally is targeted by an enemy during that round, the gunslinger gains a ranged attack of opportunity against that enemy at her highest attack bonus, as an immediate action. The gunslinger may continue to spend grit points to gain attacks of opportunity against each opponent that targets her protected ally.

Lone Wolf (Ex): At 15th level, whenever the gunslinger has at least 1 grit point, her threatened area increases by 5 feet until the beginning of her next turn. During her turn, she can make ranged attacks of opportunity against any opponent that enters this threatened area that normally provokes attacks of opportunity. The gunslinger may move up to her maximum speed as part of these attacks, but provokes attacks of opportunity as normal. If the gunslinger spends 1 grit point, her threatened area increases by 5 additional feet, and she no longer provokes attacks of opportunity.

Slinger’s Luck (Ex): At 15th level, the gunslinger can spend grit to reroll a saving throw or a skill check. It costs 2 grit points to reroll a saving throw, and 1 grit point to reroll a skill check. The gunslinger must take the result of the second roll, even if it is lower. This deed cannot be reduced by the True Grit class ability, the Signature Deed feat, or any other effect that reduces the amount of grit a deed costs.

Cheat Death (Ex): At 19th level, whenever the gunslinger is reduced to 0 or fewer hit points, she can spend all of her remaining grit points (minimum 1) to instead be reduced to a hit point total equal to the number of grit points she spent on this deed. If the gunslinger has no grit points, or her injuries are in any way self-inflicted, she cannot perform this deed. This deed cannot be reduced by the True Grit class ability, the Signature Deed feat, or any other effect that reduces the amount of grit a deed costs.

• Scoot Unattended Object: The gunslinger makes an attack roll against a Tiny or smaller unattended object within the first range increment of her firearm. A Tiny unattended object has AC 5, a Diminutive unattended object has AC 7, and a Fine unattended object has AC 11. On a hit, the gunslinger does not damage the object with the shot, but can move it up to 15 feet farther away from the shot’s origin. On a miss, she damages the object normally.

• Shower of Sparks: The gunslinger discharges her firearm into a campfire or similar blaze and makes an attack roll against an AC 10. On a hit, you scatter sparking embers into the air in a 5-foot radius. Anyone caught in the radius must make a Reflex save (DC 10 + ½ the gunslinger’s level + the gunslinger’s Wisdom modifier) or gain the blinded condition for 1 round. On a miss, there is a 20% chance the shot ricochets and hits someone within the firearm’s first range increment.

• Stop Bleeding: The gunslinger makes a firearm attack and then presses the hot barrel against an adjacent creature to staunch a bleeding wound. Instead of dealing damage, the shot ends a single bleed condition affecting the creature. The gunslinger does not have to make an attack roll when performing the deed in this way; she can instead shoot the firearm into the air, but that shot still uses up ammunition normally.

The gunslinger applies her full Dexterity modifier, and any bonuses from the Deadly Aim feat and the firearm’s magical enhancement as a bonus to her damage rolls for all successful attacks made with her Dead Shot. Precision damage and extra damage from special weapon qualities (such as flaming) are added only once to the Dead Shot’s total damage. If one or more attack rolls are critical threats, she confirms each critical as normal, and on a confirmation, she multiplies the damage normally. However, any damage reduction the target has is applied once to the total damage of the shot. When making a Dead Shot, the gunslinger can only misfire if all attack rolls result in a misfire. Any missed attack, including the first attack roll, does not negate any subsequent rolls during the Dead Shot. A gunslinger may substitute one attack roll for a single ranged combat maneuver (disarm, sunder, or trip) as part of Dead Shot.

If a gunslinger uses a two-handed firearm to make a dead shot, she uses her hail of bullets attack bonuses. However, if she uses a one-handed firearm, she uses her normal attack bonus.

In addition to her increased skill with firearms, beginning at 5th level, the gunslinger can permanently lower the misfire value of any firearm she has by 1 (minimum 0). Every 4 levels thereafter (9th, 13th, and 17th), she can lower the misfire value by an additional 1 (minimum 0). This improvement also affects the misfire value of alchemical cartridges used in her firearm.

• Arms: On a hit, the target takes no damage from the hit but drops one carried item of the gunslinger’s choice, even if the item is wielded with two hands. Items held in a locked gauntlet are not dropped on a hit.
• Head: On a hit, the target is damaged normally, and is also confused for 1 round. This is a mind-affecting effect.
• Legs: On a hit, the target is damaged normally and knocked prone. Creatures that are immune to trip attacks are immune to this effect.
• Torso: Targeting the torso threatens a critical on a 19–20.
• Wings: On a hit, the target is damaged normally, and begins to fall.

Prerequisite: Grit class feature or Amateur Gunslinger feat, able to create an alchemist bomb (2d6).

Benefit: As long as you have at least 1 grit point, you can load an alchemist bomb into the muzzle of a firearm with the scatter special quality (blunderbuss or dragon pistol) and launch it your firearm’s range, using any attack bonuses you apply to your firearm, such as those provided by the Weapon Focus feat or the Gun Training class feature. If the firearm explodes by misfire, the bomb detonates, regardless of any discoveries that might normally delay it, and inflicts damage in a 5-foot burst equal to the damage of the bomb + the gunslinger’s Intelligence modifier × ½ the damage die of the bomb. This explosion also deals splash damage (see page 202 of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook) to those beyond the 5-foot range and within a 10-foot burst. Splash damage from this explosion is always equal to the bomb’s minimum damage. Those caught in the explosion (including the wielder) and the splash damage can make a Reflex save (DC 10 + your alchemist levels + your Intelligence modifier) for half damage.

Prerequisite: Grit class feature or Amateur Gunslinger feat, able to cast 2nd level arcane spells or 5 ranks in Use Magic Device.

Benefit: As long as you have at least 1 grit point, you can load a wand with a ranged touch attack spell into the muzzle of your firearm, and activate it normally, using any attack bonuses you apply to your firearm, such as those provided by the Weapon Focus feat or the Gun Training class feature. If the firearm explodes by misfire, the wand is destroyed and inflicts damage in a 5-foot burst equal to the number of remaining charges × ½ the spell level of the wand. Those caught in the burst (including the wielder) can make a Reflex save (DC 10 + the spell’s level + the caster’s level) for half damage. If you are a magus with the Wand Wielder arcana, you can take this deed without needing any grit, and thus use your gun as part of Spell Combat.

Prerequisite: Grit class feature or Amateur Gunslinger feat, Challenge class feature.

Benefit: As long as you have at least 1 grit point, you can challenge any opponent while wielding a firearm. You can apply all benefits of your Challenge class feature.

Starting at 1st level, as a standard action, the gunslinger can perform a quick clear action to remove the broken condition from this firearm, as long as that condition was gained by a firearm misfire. At 5th level, the gunslinger can perform this maneuver as a move-equivalent action, and at 9th level as a swift action. Additionally, at 7th level, as a standard action, whenever the gunslinger rolls a misfire with her bonded firearm that has the broken condition, she can keep the firearm from exploding, though it retains the broken condition.

Upon reaching 5th level, once per day, the gunslinger can use her bonded firearm to perform any one deed that she has access to without having to spend or maintain required grit points. This deed is treated like any deed other performed by the gunslinger.

In addition, a gunslinger can add any of the following weapon properties to her chosen firearm as if she has the Craft Magic Arms and Armor feat and if meets the level prerequisites of these abilities: corrosive, corrosive burst, cunning, distance, flaming, flaming burst, frost, greater lucky gun, huntsman, icy burst, lucky gun, reliable gun, seeking, shock, shocking burst, steadfast gun, and thundering. Although the properties duplicate the magical weapon abilities of the same names, the gunslinger can add them through alchemical means or technological engineering. The gunslinger can add these properties to her bonded firearm through the same process as creating magical weapons (see Creating Magical Weapons on page 551 of the Pathfinder Core Rulebook). These abilities can be added to any properties the bonded firearm already has, but duplicate abilities do not stack. Thus, a gunslinger with a bonded pistol must be at least 8th level to add the Reliable Gun magic ability to the pistol (see the Reliable Gun magical weapon property in Ultimate Combat).

If the bonded firearm is broken beyond repair and is not destroyed, it retains all of its bonded firearm properties and can be used to craft a new gun. The magic properties of a bonded firearm, including any magic abilities added to the firearm, only function for the gunslinger who owns it. If a bonded firearm’s owner dies, or the firearm is replaced, the firearm reverts to being an ordinary firearm of the appropriate type.

If a bonded firearm is damaged, it can be restored to full hit points after making the appropriate Craft check and one day of work. If the bonded firearm is lost or destroyed, it can be replaced after 1 week of work and ¼ the cost of crafting a new masterwork firearm. Bonded firearms replaced in this way do not possess any of the additional enchantments of the previous bonded firearm. A gunslinger can designate an existing magical firearm as her bonded firearm. This functions in the same way as replacing a lost or destroyed firearm except that the new magic firearm retains its abilities while gaining the benefits and drawbacks of becoming a bonded firearm.

In addition to the gunslinger’s bonus to damage rolls, she greatly improves her reloading skills and speed. Beginning at 6th level, if the gunslinger has Rapid Reload, whenever she uses the Lighting Reload Deed or is using alchemical cartridges (or both), she can reload a single barrel firearm twice per round. At 11th level, the gunslinger can reload a single barrel three times per round, and at 16th level, up to four times per round. Each reloading action occurs as a free action and must be taken either before or after the gunslinger discharges her firearm to allow the gunslinger to make a full-attack action during her turn.

I think it’s great that you’ve added blunderbuss to the choices, it adds to the flavor building of a particular character. Again, more options at 1st level are good.

“Her starting weapon is battered, and only she knows how to use it properly. All other creatures treat her gun as if it had the broken condition. If it already has the broken condition, it does not work at all for others.”

Very similar to, but better than what was written in the Gunslinger v.1.4.0. pdf linked to the “Gunsliger Alpha Version” thread. I think this works well by granting the gunslinger her firearms, but preventing them from being usable by others. I trust “broken for others” means that no matter what, even if a non-gunslinger uses the mending spell, it never functions properly for anyone, even other gunslingers, but only for the owner gunslinger.

“This starting weapon can only be sold for scrap (it’s worth 4d10 gold pieces when sold). The gunslinger also gains Gunsmithing as a bonus feat.”

Awesome! This total takes care of the reselling issue of the gunslinger’s starter firearms, and allows the gunslinger to be the expert with firearms.
By gaining the Gunsmithing feat for free, the gunslinger can upgrade her rusty firearms to masterwork after paying the costs of masterwork weapons and putting in some work. That’s great! However, I think the Gunsmithing feat should require some Prerequisites for those who are not gunslingers, such as the Amateur Gunslinger feat, ranks in the Craft skill (alchemy or firearms), levels in the Alchemist class, etc. Otherwise, some will take it and start crafting guns for profit.

Also, I would suggest the following be added to the Gunsmith feature.

“ Over time, the gunslinger becomes intimately familiar with the unique traits and nuances of her selected firearm. Beginning at 1st level, as a standard action, the gunslinger can perform a quick clear maneuver to remove the broken condition from a single firearm she is currently wielding, as long as that condition was gained by a firearm misfire. The gunslinger can perform this maneuver as a move-equivalent action at 3rd level, and as a swift action at 5th level.

Additionally, through research and experimentation, the gunslinger has learned how to improve and maintain her firearm’s reliability. At 7th level, the gunslinger can permanently lower her firearm’s misfire value by 1 (minimum 1). At 9th level, whenever the gunslinger rolls a misfire with a gun that has the broken condition, she can keep the gun from exploding, though it retains the broken condition. At 11th level, the gunslinger can again lower her firearm’s misfire value by 1 (minimum 0). However, this improvement to her firearm does not affect the chance of misfire of paper alchemical cartridges.”

Since the gunslinger is a designer, builder, and improver of firearms, it makes logical sense they should be able to do the following without use of magic, or wasting a deed. Level requirements take care of the experience and learning curve as how to do it. I’ve also combined the Expert Loader deed with the Gunsmith class feature. I really think it should be because of his expert knowledge of her own firearm that she knows how to prevent it from exploding when broken, just like she’s the only one that can use it properly, as stated in the first part of this feature, and it just seems to be a natural extension of his Gunsmith knowledge. Might be other things related to this feature too as I go through it.

Another option is for the gunslinger to start each day with grit equal to her Wis modifier, but be allowed to earn a max daily grit equal to ½ her level + her Wis modifier. The next morning she begins again with just her Wis modifier. This would allow her to earn extra grit by performing daring deeds and anything else she can do to regain grit. It would also have no effect on the Extra Grit feat, since it still increases her min grit per day by 2. The more I think about it, I like this option better, but the first is good too. Decisions, decisions...

Each day the gunslinger starts with grit = to her Wis modifier, but can earn up to a max of ½ gunslinger level + Wis modifier. The next day it drops back down to only her Wis modifier. This minimum/maximum can be increased by the Extra Grit feat. This would encourage players to do daring deeds and such to jack up their grit for the day.

It looks like you combined the progression and some of the innovation ideas from the Gunslinger v.1.4.0. The deeds now feel right being total class features instead of optional choices like the rage options for barbarians.

Deadeye
Awesome! Love the 1 grit cost, enables you to attack against touch AC beyond the first range increment, but at the usual -2 cumulative penalty per range increment. Good balancing.

Gunslinger’s Dodge
I like this. Gives the gunslinger the fleet-footed flavor, able to dodge and weave to avoid ranged attacks, even other gunslinger’s shots. I also like the option to prostrate herself to gain some needed AC.

Quick Clear
I like the standard-action version dependant on maintaining grit, and an option to spend grit to make it a move-action. However, I think this should be become part of the Gunsmith class feature and make it improve with level, as shown above.

Gunslinger Initiative
No change. Still a great deed to have.

Pistol-Whip
Good. However, I think as written it should be a “as long as you have grit” deed. I would then add something extra to it that would cost grit. Not sure what though. Maybe add in the Trip attempt from the 1.4.0 pdf or a Knock Prone attempt by spending a grit point, and being able to drop her firearm as a free action. Make it a little more functional, exciting, and more gunslinger-esque.

Utility Shot
Thank you for making this a 3rd level deed, 11th level was WAY TOO HIGH for this. It’s a great deed to allow the gunslinger some utility and a bit of battlefield control. It may even be good as a 1st level deed, if you shuffle deeds as I am proposing throughout this post. I would suggest adding the following to utility shot as well. Although, with the flare cartridge, you can do this without a campfire, but it would add to the gunslinger’s flavour. Anyways, here it is.

• Shower of Sparks: The gunslinger discharges her firearm into a campfire or similar blaze and makes an attack roll against an AC 10. On a hit, you scatter sparking embers into the air in a 5-foot radius. Anyone caught in the radius must make a Reflex save (DC 10 + ½ the gunslinger’s level + the gunslinger’s Dexterity modifier) or gain the blinded condition for 1 round. On a miss, there is a 20% chance the shot ricochets and hits someone within the firearm’s first range increment.

Each roll with it's own possible crit hit, DEX bonus to damage, magical enhancement bonus, weapon properties (such as flaming) but only one bullet, only once chance to misfire (1st roll), and if they miss their initial attack roll, the pickle shot a.k.a Dead Shot was *not* wasted (i.e. you keep going as long as you have attacks, so in effect you hit the target for damage in any of the attacks hit). Then, you only apply DR once to total damage. You roll versus regular AC and not Touch AC.
Based on my playtest, Dead Shot needs to also keep weapon qualities for each attack. Anything less is penalizing the gunslinger in comparison to a bow archer. KISS: Keep It Simple and Stupid.

The true pickleshot does away with any complication: you treat the pickleshot as if you'd be shooting a bullet for each attack you roll. Misfire only if natural one on the first roll. The only advantage that was built into the pickleshot is that you apply DR only once. That's it, simple. No grit required.

The pickleshot, mind you, used regular AC and not Touch AC... My suggestion would be to make Dead Shot deed into the pickleshot described above with the following option:

"Dead Shot is performed against the target's regular AC at all range increments, and can be used at no grit point cost as long as the gunslinger has one grit point left. At the cost of one grit point, however, the gunslinger can use Dead Shot against the target's Touch AC if she is within the first range increment."

Call this, *The_Dill_Pickleshot* if you will, as I feel we are getting closer to the true Dill_Pickle-induced eureka moment I had... :)

Startling Shot
I see you guys changed this to allow purposeful missed shots to gain this effect. However, I would propose that when a gunslinger chooses to miss on purpose to gain the effect, it should cost 1 grit point. Accidental misses can kick in through having 1 grit remaining, but purposeful missing should have a cost, otherwise it can be maintained indefinitely. Or add in some other restriction when choosing to miss.

Targeting
I would suggest including the penalties to attack rolls for each individual body part; arms and legs -2, head -4, torso -2, wing -2, or whatever it should be. Also, An arm attack should take normal damage, not no damage, unless the gunslinger is actually hitting the object in the target’s hand and is shooting it out of its hand.

Bleeding Wound
This is good.

Expert Reloading
Good ability to have, but a lame use of a deed though, especially at 11th level. I’d add this as a quality to the Gunsmith class feature, as shown above.

Lightning Reload
Move to 3rd level; 11th is too late. By 7th, the gunslinger has more than one attack, but I think 3rd levels is where it needs to be so that relaoding can happen in a decent amount ot time.

Evasive
This is good! However, I wonder if this shouldn’t be moved to 11th. Maybe have it improved to improved evasion at 15th?

Menacing Shot
Again, a good deed that allows her to gain some more battlefield control. I’d keep it right at 15th level.

Slinger’s Luck
Gives the gunslinger a flavor of being lucky in the midst of battle.

Cheat Death
Another good one. Obviously another crossover from something similar in the v.1.4.0 pdf.

Death’s Shot[i]
Again, awesome! +10

[i]Stunning Shot
Also a great deed that gives the gunslinger and her allies a great advantage against their enemies. Could be moved to 15th level though, since monks can stun far earlier, even well before 15th level

If the gunslinger selects musketeer, she can choose from the following list whenever she gains a firearm combat style feat: Deadly Aim, Far Shot, Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot. At 6th level, she adds Improved Precise Shot and Vital Strike to the list. At 10th level, she adds Pinpoint Targeting and Improved Vital Strike to the list.

If the gunslinger selects buccaneer, she can choose from the following list whenever she gains a combat style feat: Dazzling Display, Point-Blank Shot, Quick Draw, and Two-Weapon Fighting. At 6th level, she adds Improved Two-Weapon Fighting and Deadly Stroke to the list. At 10th level, she adds Greater Two-Weapon Fighting and Penetrating Strike to the list.

If the gunslinger selects pistoleer, she can choose from the following list whenever she gains a combat style feat: Point-Blank Shot, Quick Draw, Rapid Shot, and Two-Weapon Fighting. At 6th level, she adds Improved Two-Weapon Fighting and Many Shot to the list. At 10th level, she adds Greater Two-Weapon Fighting and Shot on the Run to the list.

If the gunslinger selects blunderbusseer, she can choose from the following list whenever she gains a combat style feat: Point-Blank Shot, Quick Draw, Rapid Shot, and. At 6th level, she adds Bleeding Critical and Many Shot to the list. At 10th level, she adds Deafening Critical and Shot on the Run to the list.

The benefits of the gunslinger’s chosen style feats apply only when she wears light, medium, or no armor. She loses all benefits of her firearm combat style feats when wearing heavy armor. Once a gunslinger selects a firearm combat style, it cannot be changed.

Every four levels thereafter (9th, 13th, and 17th), the gunslinger becomes further trained in another type of firearm. She gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls when using this new firearm. In addition, any bonuses granted to a previous firearm increase by +1 each. For example, when a gunslinger reaches 9th level, she receives a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls with one type of firearm and a +2 bonus on attack rolls and a bonus to damage rolls with the firearm selected at 1st level equal to her Dexterity modifier +1. Firearms that are similar, such as musket and axe musket, are counted as the same type of firearm for bonuses related to gun training.

A gunslinger also adds this bonus to any combat maneuver checks made with these firearms. This bonus also applies to the gunslinger’s Combat Maneuver Defense when defending against disarm and sunder attempts made against firearms selected for gun training.