(APG) Character Archetype

[Amuny]

Simple quick question,

If I do a fighter, and would like to have the ability of the Polearm Master Archetype that replace the Bravery class-ability.

Do I have to replace all my other abilities (such as armor and weapon training) for the others of the Polearm archetype, or can I stay with weapon&armor training, or even pick some skill in other archetypes?

Thanks,
Amuny

[Gorbacz]

If you pick an Archetype, you pick the whole package. IIRC, all Fighter archetypes are mutually exclusive.

[DragonBelow]

I think the intention is that you should take them all.

In an ideal world, if they were perfectly balanced, you could mix and match all the different class abilities for a particular class.

I would allow it if I was the GM, with the caveat that it can be revised after the fact if it proved unbalancing.

[Zurai]

You have to take the entire package. Some of the archetypes get more powerful abilities at some levels at the expense of trading off other abilities to less-powerful versions; it would make that balance irrelevant if you could cherry pick.