8/4/2019 Blade Singer
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Bladesingers are elves who have blended art, swordplay, and
arcane magic into a harmonious whole. In battle, a bladesinger’s
lithe movements and subtle tactics seem beautiful, belying their
deadly martial efficiency. Bladesingers have a treasured place in
elf society, balancing the joys of art and magic with the skill of
masterful fighting, and so bladesingers are well-respected by
other elves. They usually serve as itinerant guardians and
champions of the elf community at large rather than tying
themselves to one particular settlement.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A bladesinger is proficient in
simple weapons and in a single one-handed martial or exotic
bladed melee weapon of his choice. A bladesinger is not
proficient with armor or shields and suffers normal arcane spell
failure chance when casting magus spells while armored.
Diminished Spellcasting: A bladesinger may cast one fewer
spell of each level than normal. If this reduces the number to 0,
he may cast spells of that level only if his Intelligence allows
bonus spells of that level.
Bladesong (Ex): At 1st level, when a bladesinger is wielding his
chosen weapon, he gains the canny defense ability. This is
identical to the duelist prestige class ability of the same name,
save that his chosen weapon may be of any type.
Weapon Focus (Ex): At 1st level, a bladesinger gains Weapon
Focus with his chosen weapon as a bonus feat.
Fighter Training (Ex): Starting at 7th level, a bladesinger counts
his magus level -3 as his fighter level for the purpose of qualifying
for feats (if he has levels in fighter, these levels stack), but forfeits
the benefit of such feats with weapons other than his favored
weapon. This ability replaces knowledge pool.
Lesser Spellsong (Ex): At 7th level, a bladesinger when wielding
his chosen weapon in one hand (and nothing in the other), the
bladesinger can take 10 when making a Concentration check to
cast defensively. This ability replaces medium armor.
Greater Spellsong (Ex): At 13th level, a bladesinger gains
proficiency with light armor. A bladesinger can cast magus spells
while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcanespell failure chance. Like any other arcane spellcaster, a
bladesinger wearing medium armor, heavy armor, or using a
shield incurs a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in
question has a somatic component. This ability replaces heavy
armor.
Song of Fury (Ex): At 16th level, when wielding his chosen
weapon in one hand (and nothing in the other) and using the full
attack action, the bladesinger can make one extra attack in a
round at her highest base attack, but this attack and each other
attack made that round take a –2 penalty. This penalty applies
for 1 round, so it affects attacks of opportunity the bladesinger
might make before her next action. This ability replaces
counterstrike.
Weapon Mastery (Ex): At 20th level, a bladesinger gains
weapon mastery with his favored weapon, as the fighter classability. This ability replaces true magus.
Magus Arcana: The following magus arcana complement the
bladesinger archetype: accurate strike, concentrate, critical
strike, hasted assault, quickened magic, still magic, spell shield.