Sublime Boxer (3.5e Class)

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A sublime boxer hits people with her fists and initiates maneuvers. [[Minimum Level::1] Martial Maneuvers Full

Sublime Boxer

A sublime boxer is an unarmed combat-focused martial initiator. Unlike normal initiators, a boxer possesses adrenaline points which she uses for multiple special attacks and defenses and allows her to recover her maneuvers.

Making a Sublime Boxer

Abilities: A sublime boxer needs a good Strength in order to fight in melee with the best. She also needs a good Constitution to be able to endure many attacks and crank up her Fortitude save. A good Wisdom or Charisma helps with a few of her class features. She may need other ability scores, depending on which discipline she focuses in.

Races: Sublime boxers typically arise from stronger and tougher races.

Alignment: Any.

Starting Gold: As rogue.

Starting Age: Simple.

Table: The Sublime Boxer

Hit Die: d12

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Maneuvers Known	Maneuvers Readied	Stances Known
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+1	+2	+2	+0	Adrenaline, Boxing, Stunning Fist	4	4	1
2nd	+2	+3	+3	+0	AC Bonus, Determination	5	4	2
3rd	+3	+3	+3	+1	Shove, Thorned Fist	6	5	2
4th	+4	+4	+4	+1	Riposte	7	5	3
5th	+5	+4	+4	+1	Bonus Feat	8	6	3
6th	+6/+1	+5	+5	+2	Knock Out Punching	9	6	4
7th	+7/+2	+5	+5	+2	Power Punch	10	6	4
8th	+8/+3	+6	+6	+2	Body of Steel, Harsh Stun	11	7	5
9th	+9/+4	+6	+6	+3	Bonus Feat, Ferocity	12	7	5
10th	+10/+5	+7	+7	+3	Crashing Strike	13	7	6
11th	+11/+6/+1	+7	+7	+3	Sidestep	14	8	6
12th	+12/+7/+2	+8	+8	+4	Improved Riposte	15	8	7
13th	+13/+8/+3	+8	+8	+4	Bonus Feat	16	8	7
14th	+14/+9/+4	+9	+9	+4	Knock Out	17	9	8
15th	+15/+10/+5	+9	+9	+5	Improved Crashing Strike	18	9	8
16th	+16/+11/+6/+1	+10	+10	+5	Body of Adamantine	19	9	9
17th	+17/+12/+7/+2	+10	+10	+5	Bonus Feat	20	10	9
18th	+18/+13/+8/+3	+11	+11	+6	Improved Ferocity	21	10	10
19th	+19/+14/+9/+4	+11	+11	+6	Primed Up	22	10	10
20th	+20/+15/+10/+5	+12	+12	+6	Superior Riposte	23	11	11
Class Skills (4 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Escape Artist (Dex), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (Local) (Int), Listen (Wis), Martial Lore (Int), Move Silently (Dex), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Ride (Dex), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Speak Language (None), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str), Tumble (Dex).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the sublime boxer.

If a sublime boxer has the weapon finesse feat, she may base the DCs of her class features on her dexterity instead of her strength.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A sublime boxer is proficient with all simple and martial weapons; she is also proficient with light armor, but not shields.

Maneuvers: You begin your career with knowledge of four martial maneuvers. The disciplines available to you are Anima River, Iron Heart, Setting Sun, and Tiger Claw.

Once you know a maneuver, you must ready it before you can use it (see Maneuvers Readied below). A maneuver usable by the sublime boxer is considered an extraordinary ability unless otherwise noted in its description. Your maneuvers are not affected by spell resistance, and you do not provoke attacks of opportunity when you initiate one unless the maneuver says that you do. You learn additional maneuvers at higher levels, as shown on Table: Sublime Boxer. You must meet a maneuver's prerequisites to learn it. See the table to determine the highest-level maneuver you can learn.

Upon reaching 4th level and every even-numbered sublime boxer level after that (6th, 8th, 10th, and so on), you can choose to learn a new maneuver in place of one you already know. In effect, you lose the old maneuver and exchange it for the new one. You can choose a maneuver of any level you like, as long as you observe your restriction on the highest-level maneuvers you know; you need not replace the old maneuver with a new maneuver of the same level. For example, upon reaching 10th level, you could trade in a single 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th-level maneuver for a maneuver of 5th level or lower, as long as you meet the prerequisites of the new maneuver. You can swap only a single maneuver at any given level.

Maneuvers Readied: You can ready all four maneuvers you know at 1st level, but as you advance in level and learn more maneuvers, you must choose which maneuvers to ready. You ready maneuvers by focusing for 5 minutes. The maneuvers you choose remain readied until you decide to focus again and change them. You need not sleep or rest for any long period of time in order to ready your maneuvers; any time you spend five minutes in thought, you can change your readied maneuvers.

You begin an encounter with all your readied maneuvers unexpended, regardless of how many times you might have already used them since you chose them. When you initiate a maneuver, you expend it for the current encounter, so each of your readied maneuvers can be used once per encounter (unless you recover them, as described below).

Sublime boxers can recover one maneuver as a swift action by expending one adrenaline point. If her adrenaline points are ever maxed through combat, she instantly regains all of her expended maneuvers immediately.

Stances Known: You begin play with knowledge of one 1st-level stance from any discipline open to you. At 2nd level and each even-numbered level thereafter, you can choose additional stances. Unlike maneuvers, stances are not expended, and you do not have to ready them. All the stances you know are available to you at all times, and you can change the stance you currently use as a swift action. A stance is an extraordinary ability unless otherwise stated in the stance description.

Unlike with maneuvers, you cannot learn a new stance at higher levels in place of one you already know.

Adrenaline (Ex): Whenever a sublime boxer is hit by or hits a creature she is actively fighting, she gains a single point of adrenaline. She may have a maximum number of adrenaline points equal to her character level + 3. At the beginning of each round of combat, she loses one adrenaline point. The sublime boxer gains half her class level in adrenaline points at the start of combat. Additionally, a sublime boxer may expend up to half her class level in adrenaline points as part of an unarmed attack to deal +2 points of damage per adrenaline point spent with that attack.

Boxing (Ex): A 1st-level sublime boxer gains the Pugilist and Codex Unarmed Strike feats as bonus feats. A sublime boxer also uses her class level as monk level for the purpose of qualifying for feats. Her sublime boxer level stacks with any actual levels in monk for this purpose.

Stunning Fist (Ex): A 1st-level sublime boxer gains Stunning Fist as a bonus feat, except she has no daily uses; instead, she uses it by spending 3 adrenaline points. The DC of her stunning fist is based on either her Strength or her Wisdom, whichever is better.

AC Bonus (Ex): A 2nd-level sublime boxer adds either her Constitution or her Wisdom modifier to her AC, whichever is better, as long as she wears light or no armor.

Determination (Ex): A 2nd-level sublime boxer gains a single adrenaline point whenever she is targeted by a [mind-affecting] effect, two if it also is a [fear] effect. Additionally, a sublime boxer adds her Charisma modifier to her will save for as long as she has at least a single adrenaline point.

Shove (Ex): A 3rd-level sublime boxer gains Improved Bull Rush, Improved Trip, and Improved Feint as bonus feats, even if she does not meet the prerequisites, but can only benefit from these feats when she is performing an unarmed strike. Her unarmed strike becomes a trip weapon.

Thorned Fist (Ex): A 3rd-level sublime boxer gains the Thorned Fist feat as a bonus feat.

Riposte (Ex): A 4th-level sublime boxer gains the ability of a ring of riposte; however, it only applies to her unarmed strikes. This does not stack with actually wearing a ring of riposte.

Bonus Feat (Ex): At 5th level, the sublime boxer gains a [Fighter] bonus feat she meets the prerequisites for. She gains another bonus feat at 9th level and each 4 levels thereafter.

Knock Out Punch (Ex): A 6th-level sublime boxer gains the Knock Out Punch feat as a bonus feat.

Power Punch (Ex): A 7th-level sublime boxer is able to make an extremely powerful punch. By spending 5 adrenaline points, she can make a single unarmed attack as a standard action. This attack is made with a +2 bonus to hit. If her attack hits, she may deal damage as if she had struck three times and immediately make a bull rush against the target. If successful, she does not have to move with the target, as it will blast them away with explosive force. When your BAB becomes +11, you may deal damage four times. When your BAB becomes +16, you may deal damage five times. If your attack is a critical hit, all the damage is multiplied as if they were individual critical hits.

Body of Steel (Ex): An 8th-level sublime boxer becomes immune to fatigue, [fear] effects, and staggering.

Harsh Stun (Ex): An 8th-level sublime boxer can now stun creatures normally immune to stunning or Fortitude saves (such as most undead and constructs).

Ferocity (Ex): A 9th-level sublime boxer can, once per day, take a standard action as an immediate action whenever she would be made unconscious or dead.

Crashing Strike (Ex): A 10th-level sublime boxer gains crashing bull rush as a bonus feat. If she already possesses it, she may select another feat she meets the prerequisites for instead.

Sidestep (Ex): A 11th-level sublime boxer with at least 5 adrenaline points does not provoke attacks of opportunity for moving.

Improved Riposte (Ex): A 12th-level sublime boxer's riposte now deals an extra 100% damage instead of 50%.

Knock Out (Ex): Whenever a 14th-level sublime boxer kills or knocks a creature unconscious with her unarmed attack, she gains a number of adrenaline points equal to the creature's hit dice.

Improved Crashing Strike (Ex): At 15th level, whenever you successfully use the crashing bull rush feat against a creature, you also knock that creature prone.

Body of Adamantine (Ex): A 16th level sublime boxer becomes immune to critical hits, death effects, energy drain, negative levels, and level loss, stunning, and exhaustion.

Improved Ferocity (Ex): A 18th-level sublime boxer can, once per day, take a full round's worth of actions as an immediate action whenever she would be made unconscious or dead. At the start of her round of action, her adrenaline points are maxed and she recovers all maneuvers.

Primed Up (Ex): A 19th-level sublime boxer can gain 1d4+1 adrenaline points as an immediate action.

Superior Riposte (Ex): A 20th-level sublime boxer's riposte now deals an extra 200% damage instead of 100%.

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