Spear Fighter

A spear fighter is not proficient with heavy armor or tower shields. Instead, he gains Dodge as a bonus feat, even if he doesn't fulfill the prerequisites, but he can't use this feat while wearing heavy armor or using a shield. This alters the fighter's armor proficiencies.

At 2nd level, the spear fighter gains a +1 bonus on Acrobatics checks to avoid attacks of opportunity. This bonus increases by 1 for every 4 levels he has beyond 2nd. This replaces bravery.

At 3rd level, a spear fighter learns to parry his opponents' attacks with his spear. This functions as a swashbuckler's opportune parry and riposte deed except as noted below. The spear fighter must use a weapon from the spears weapon group to perform the parry. He doesn't need panache to parry an attack or to make an attack against a creature whose attack he has parried; instead, he takes a cumulative -4 penalty on all attacks (including further parry attempts) until the end of his next turn. At 7th, 11th, and 15th levels, the penalty decreases by 1. At 19th level, a spear fighter can use spear parry without penalty. This replaces armor training 1, 2, 3, and 4, and armor Mastery.

At 5th level, a spear fighter must choose the spears weapon group for the weapon training class feature.

At 20th level, a spear fighter must choose a weapon from the spears weapon group for his weapon mastery class feature.