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are you allowed to use multiple archetypes as long as there swapping doesn't clash?


yes


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azighal wrote:

are you allowed to use multiple archetypes as long as there swapping doesn't clash?

"Clash" is a bit vague. You can "stack" archetypes so long as none of them alter or replace the same class feature.

Relevent recent FAQ.

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Archetype Stacking and Altering: What exactly counts as altering a class feature for the purpose of stacking archetypes?

In general, if a class feature grants multiple subfeatures, it’s OK to take two archetypes that only change two separate subfeatures. This includes two bard archetypes that alter or replace different bardic performances (even though bardic performance is technically a single class feature) or two fighter archetypes that replace the weapon training gained at different levels (sometimes referred to as “weapon training I, II, III, or IV”) even though those all fall under the class feature weapon training. However, if something alters the way the parent class feature works, such as a mime archetype that makes all bardic performances completely silent, with only visual components instead of auditory, you can’t take that archetype with an archetype that alters or replaces any of the sub-features. This even applies for something as small as adding 1 extra round of bardic performance each day, adding an additional bonus feat to the list of bonus feats you can select, or adding an additional class skill to the class. As always, individual GMs should feel free to houserule to allow small overlaps on a case by case basis, but the underlying rule exists due to the unpredictability of combining these changes.

Note that some of the older archetypes lack the explicit language stating that they alter features, so it can sometimes be difficult to determine what they stack with. For example the Kensai Magus gets a new version of Fighter Training, but it never explicitly states that this alters or replaces the old one. So you could read it in such a way that you have both, but it is possible that the authors expected the readers to assume that the new one replaced or altered the old one. (Given the way they resolved the same issue with the Myrmidarch, I suspect that the latter interpretation is more likely to be true.) More recent archetypes use explicit language more consistently.

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