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I've been grinding my way through the ruleset lately, getting ready for eventually playing a game in P2E. I hit a weird bit of muddiness related to the Swashbuckler that I want to double-check before I make any final decisions for myself.

Opportune Riposte (which I keep trying to write as "Opportune Parry and Riposte because 1st Edition) can generate a strike action as a reaction on the opponent's turn. I've recently wondered if it was subject to the Multiple Attack Penalty and hit something that has confused me slightly. Opportune Riposte does not talk about the MAP in its own entry, but the most comparable effect being Attack of Opportunity does have a specific clause in the entry for dealing with the off-turn attack. Based on that, my first thought was that Riposte would be subject to MAP. HOWEVER - the MAP entry itself states that "The multiple attack penalty applies only during your turn, so you don’t have to keep track of it if you can perform an Attack of Opportunity or a similar reaction that lets you make a Strike on someone else’s turn." Based on that line, I think I should assume that the Riposte does not interact with Multiple Attack Penalty, regardless of the reminder text in AoO.

Is my reading correct that MAP does not apply to the Riposte? Should there be a reminder/clarification in the Riposte entry similar to what AoO gets, or is the MAP entry clear enough?

Something interesting happened in my Saturday game - our GM sprung Mythic on my group! Normally, I am well prepared for the paths that my characters take, but this particular twist caught me off guard, and I have no idea where to go from here.

Two things that make the decisions a little bit harder for me to pick:
1.) My character build is not as easy to fit into a mythic archetype
2.) The obvious answer that came to me first, Champion, is definitely being used by two other people at the table.

The character is a somewhat bog-standard Intimidate-Samurai build, with a few nods to necessity for the campaign's politicking. (Pardon the copy-paste from my working document, I'm short on time)

Order of the Cockatrice
Feats:
H: Persuasive
1: Power Attack
*2: Special - Dazzling Display
3: Intimidating Prowess
5: Weapon Focus: Katana
6(C): Shatter Defenses
7: Feat from “Other Feats”
9: Greater Weapon Focus (Katana)
11: Deadly Stroke
12+: Feat from “Other Feats”

Other Feats: Hurtful, Cornugon Smash, Chain Challenge, Antagonize, Weapon Specialization (Katana), Skill Focus (Intimidate), Toughness?

This build has been sufficiently powerful for the campaign and team I am with so far, so I am not so worried about that element (unless I missed something glaring).

So, my challenge I would like assistance is with this: I need to best match the build, and I need to avoid Champion if at all possible. I don't know how far this will take the mythic Tiers, so I may as well have a plan for all ten!

Thanks in advance.

Just this evening, I finished the Quest for Perfection arc with my Ranger. Lovely arc, very cool reward. However, my Ranger is a Falconer...

I had no idea I was going to get access to this boon, and would really love to be able to use it!