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Not sure if this is the right forum, but I'll give it a go...
While looking through the Archetype for the Aldori Swordlord fighter found in the Inner Sea Primer a few things caught my attention and are making me think...
1. "The following benefits only apply when a swordlord is using an Aldori dueling sword and carrying nothing in his other hand." Does a buckler count toward carrying something in his other hand since it technically straps to the forearm and is not carried?
2. Defensive Parry: the swordlord gains the +1 bonus to AC and then it increases every four levels yet it states that it only replaces Armor Training 1 and 4. Does the swordlord gain the increase regardless that there are replacements for Armor Training 2 and 3 that would occur at the same levels? Thus allowing the swordlord to gain the benefits of 2 class features at levels 7 and 11?
3. Disarming Strike: only replaces Weapon Training 1. Does the swordlord then get Weapon Training 1 when he would normally be getting Weapon Training 2? Weapon training then is just shifted one step so that at 17th level the swordlord finishes weapon training having only gained Weapon Training 3?
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Not sure if this is the right forum, but I'll give it a go...
While looking through the Archetype for the Aldori Swordlord fighter found in the Inner Sea Primer a few things caught my attention and are making me think...
1. "The following benefits only apply when a swordlord is using an Aldori dueling sword and carrying nothing in his other hand." Does a buckler count toward carrying something in his other hand since it technically straps to the forearm and is not carried?
2. Defensive Parry: the swordlord gains the +1 bonus to AC and then it increases every four levels yet it states that it only replaces Armor Training 1 and 4. Does the swordlord gain the increase regardless that there are replacements for Armor Training 2 and 3 that would occur at the same levels? Thus allowing the swordlord to gain the benefits of 2 class features at levels 7 and 11?
3. Disarming Strike: only replaces Weapon Training 1. Does the swordlord then get Weapon Training 1 when he would normally be getting Weapon Training 2? Weapon training then is just shifted one step so that at 17th level the swordlord finishes weapon training having only gained Weapon Training 3?
1: It's like the duelist or the free hand fighter. A buckler is something, the classes call for nothing... though at least duelist is kind enough to specify no shield. I'd say no buckler, though, since the new Alodri Dueling Mastery from the inner sea guide gives a shield bonus when wielding the blade. You're other hand must be empty. Maybe if a buckler was not readied it'd be okay. You're right to note that a strict reading leaves it unclear, but I feel this is just poor wording intending nothing on the arm in question.
(Besides, who needs a buckler? half the fun of the new Aldori Dueling Mastery feat is full benefits from the duelist class from this weapon, and swordlord/duelist AC can get far, far more disgusting than a buckler would allow.)
2: The given bonus and its increase at every 4 levels is the replacement for armor training I. The increases in no way replace II or III, or it would have said they did. The class specifies what replaces II and III, and those are steel net and counterattack respectively.
3: The Swordlord gets Weapon Training II, III, and IV at their proper levels. The swordlord does NOT have a weapon group for Training I, so he does not gain one at a later level, his first group, at a +1 bonus, comes in at II.