Archetypes

Not content with providing amusing and occasionally instructive performances, the demagogue seeks to inflame and ignite his audience, driving them toward a specific purpose with carefully chosen words and tones that may spark momentous change.

ReplacesInspire Courage, Lore Master, Suggestion +1

Not all bards inspire others with their performances.

ReplacesWeapon and Armor Proficiency, Suggestion, Mass Suggestion +7

Piecing together clues and catching the guilty with sheer cleverness, the detective is skilled at divining the truth.

ReplacesInspire courage, Inspire greatness, Inspire heroics +3

A composer of sonorous laments for the dead and elaborate requiems for those lost yet long remembered, dirge bards master musical tools and tropes that must appeal to the ears and hearts of both the living and the dead.

ReplacesJack-of-all-trades, Well-versed, Versatile performance +1

In some cultures, the professional entertainer is a prestigious role.

ReplacesThe normal bard armor and weapon proficiencies, Bardic knowledge

A magician dabbles in performance, but sees it as a means to tap into universal energies and channel them.

ReplacesInspire Courage, Dirge of Doom, Frightening Tune +6

Combining performance with stealth, trickery, and guile, the sandman uses cleverness to keep others off-balance.

ReplacesInspire courage, Suggestion, Inspire greatness +7

Far from civilization, furious tribes have their own war-singers, work-chanters, and lore-keepers, savaging enemies with song and sword alike.

ReplacesFascinate, Suggestion, Jack of all trades +2

The sea singer calls the blue waters his home, and is much in demand among sea captains wishing good fortune for their crew and hull as they ply the tradewinds far and wide.

ReplacesCountersong, Inspire competence, Suggestion +4

Words can harm, but they also heal.

ReplacesVersatile performance, Frightening tune, Deadly performance

They say that words can cut deeper than any blade, and the sound striker proves this true.

ReplacesInspire competence, Suggestion

Whether acrobat, troubadour, or thespian, the street performer mixes with the masses, singing for his supper.

ReplacesInspire courage, Inspire competence, Inspire greatness +4

The cavalier is defined not only by his dedication to his order or his skill on the battlefield, but also by the special relationship he maintains with his mount.

ReplacesMount, Expert Trainer

Cavaliers serve many roles on the battlefield, from bold leaders and shock troops to dashing knights and mounted juggernauts.

ReplacesTactician, Banner, Greater tactician +2

The gendarme cares less for the finer points of tactical precision than he does for the exhilaration of the charge: the rush of wind through the visor of his helmet, the feel of his couched lance, the satisfying shriek of armor giving way before his weapon's force as the point drives past metal into his foes.

ReplacesTactician, Greater Tactician, Master Tactician +2

Certain cavaliers are trained not as advance combatants, but as loyal guards, standing as firm defenders in the face of threats to their chosen charge.

ReplacesCavalier's charge, Mighty charge, Demanding challenge

Those who study the perfection of strategy and tactics know that picking the battlefield can grant advantages that only overwhelming numbers of allies can eclipse.

ReplacesChallenge, Cavalier's Charge, Mighty Charge +1

Some cavaliers are entrusted by their masters with the care and use of expensive and powerful oddities—firearms.

ReplacesMount, Expert Trainer

Not all cavaliers are content to ride at the head of a charge, leading from the front and facing down their enemies directly.

ReplacesMount, Banner, Mighty Charge +1

Some cavaliers make a lifelong mission out of their exceptional ability to direct troops on the battlefield, combining tactical insight with a preternatural skill at improving the teamwork of their allies in order to win the day.

ReplacesExpert Trainer, Greater Banner, Bonus Feat