| Christopher Rowe 151 |
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I couldn't find if this had been answered before but the Samurai Archetype Sword Saint replaces the "Mounted Charge" ability with Brutal Slash at 3rd level. Here is the problem that I see.
The samurai doesn't get an ability called Mounted Charge. He gets Mounted Archer at 4th level. So either he gets an ability at 3 that replaces an ability that he usually got at 4 or he gets the Brutal Slash ability at 4 and the level availability listed in the ability is just a typo.
My real question is can a Cavalier take the Sword Saint Archetype? The samurai is an alternate class of the cavalier and they can share Orders. The cavalier has all of the abilities to give up for Sword Saint. Heck, the cavalier is more qualified for the archetype than the samurai because the cavelier has a "charge" ability to give up at 3rd level and the samurai obviously doesn't.
I personally love the idea of a Gendarme Sword Saint Cavalier for the more western themed games. Simply rename Iaijutsu Strike to Focused Strike or Decisive Strike and you are golden.