Kenjutsu Disciple (3.5e Alternate Class Feature)

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Kenjutsu Disciple

Not all samurai wear heavy armor and carry banners, some prefer to be duelists perfecting their art. The kenjutsu disciple is a master of sword-fighting, eschewing heavy armor and becoming an unparalleled champion of the blade.

Class: Samurai^Pathfinder

Level: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 15th

Replaces: Armor Proficiency, Mount, Mounted Archer, Weapon Expertise, Banner, Greater Banner

Benefit: A kenjutsu disciple gains the following class features:

Armor Proficiency: A kenjutsu disciple is proficient with only light armor and no shields.

Duelist's Finesse (Ex): A kenjutsu disciple gains Weapon Finesse as a bonus feat and treat the katana as a finesse weapon. Alternatively, the GM may allow the kenjustsu disciple to instead gain Daisho Expertise as a bonus feat.

Sword Parry (Ex): A kenjutsu disciple can parry her opponent's attack and immediately strike back at them. She gains a swashbuckler^Pathfinder’s opportune parry and riposte deed except she does not need panache. She must be wielding a katana in order to parry an attack this way. After a kenjutsu disciple parries an attack, any other attacks made until the end of his turn take a -4 penalty. At 7th, 11th, and 15th levels, the penalty decreases by 1. At 19th level, a kenjutsu disciple can use sword parry without penalty.

A kenjutsu disciple may use her parry ability on a ranged attack, but doing so does not grant her the ability to attack her opponent back as an immediate action.

This ability replaces mount.

Nimble (Ex): At 2nd level, a kenjutsu disciple gains the gunslinger’s nimble class feature, using her samurai level as her gunslinger level.

Weapon Expertise (Ex): When a 3rd level kenjutsu disciple gains weapon expertise she must choose the katana.

Clarity of Battle (Ex): A 4th level kenjutsu disciple gains a +2 bonus on her Will saves while she is under the effect of her challenge. This bonus increases by +1 at 11th and 20th.

This ability replaces mounted archer.

Weapon Training (Ex): At 5th level, a kenjutsu disciple gains the Weapon Training class ability as a fighter except she may only choose the Heavy Blade group and never gains another weapon group. Every four levels thereafter she increases her weapon training bonus by 1.

This ability replaces banner and greater banner.

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