Parry & Riposte, AoOs, Flat-footed, & Combat Reflexes

[Genuine]

Check my thinking, please.

A swashbuckler cannot Riposte while flat-footed, regardless of combat reflexes, as the attack requires an immediate action.

A swashbuckler with Combat reflexes can parry while flat-footed.

A swashbuckler without combat reflexes cannot parry while flat-footed. This is where I'm not certain. You're 'expending a use' of an AoO, not making one. But you arguably don't have any AoOs at all while flat-footed, thus cannot use any of zero.

There seems to be a consensus that things which affect AoO rolls also affect Parry & Riposte, but this still isn't clear in the text.

[Claxon]

I believe you are correct based on some developer post clarifications during the revised playtest edition of the Advanced Class Guide.

I don't remember where the thread was, hopefully someone else knows the one I'm referring to.

I want to say it was John Compton's post.

[Brotato]

Swashbucklers get Uncanny Dodge, so this question is kind of moot past level 1.

EDIT: I'm an idiot who's been looking at some outdated crap. My mistake.

[Ashe]

This is to my knowledge. I played a swash up to level 7 in society.

You need Combat reflexes to take the AoO/Parry You are correct about Riposte.

From PSRD wrote:

You also cannot use an immediate action if you are flat-footed.

Combat reflexes gives you the ability to make AoO even while flat footed, it does not remove the condition