(Original Concept by Bardess) All swashbucklers are braggarts more or less, and all bards as well; but a boastful gallant combines the swordplay and wordplay of both. Poetry, love, and glory are her lifeblood. Cheerful and romantic at heart, she deeply believes that seeing her beloved’s face and composing verses in his and her own bravery’s praise can give her the strength to defeat a hundred foes single–handedly. The thing is, that’s usually the case. Primary Class: Swashbuckler. Secondary Class: Bard. Alignment: Any. Hit Dice: d10. Bonus Skills and Ranks: The boastful gallant select three bard skills to add to her class skills in addition to the normal swashbuckler class skills. The boastful gallant gains a number of ranks at each level equal to 6 + Int modifier. Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The boastful gallant is proficient with all simple and martial weapons, plus the dueling sword and the whip. She is also proficient with light armor, and with bucklers. Performance Deeds: In addition to swashbuckler’s deeds, the boastful gallant gains a number of performance deeds that function like a bard’s bardic performances. Unlike swashbuckler deeds, performance deeds require the boastful gallant to spend panache points each round to be maintained. A boastful gallant can only perform deeds or performance deeds of her level or lower. Starting a performance deed is a standard action (including spending the panache point), but it can be maintained each round as a free action. Changing a performance deed from one effect to another requires the boastful gallant to stop the previous performance deed and start a new one as a standard action. A performance deed cannot be disrupted, but it ends immediately if the boastful gallant is killed, paralyzed, stunned, knocked unconscious, or otherwise prevented from taking a free action to maintain it each round. A boastful gallant cannot have more than one performance deed in effect at one time. At 7th level, a boastful gallant can start a performance deed as a move action instead of a standard action. At 13th level, a boastful gallant can start a performance deed as a swift action. Each performance deed has audible components, visual components, or both. A boastful gallant replaces five swashbuckler deeds with the following performance deeds.
In addition, a boastful gallant replaces 2 swashbuckler deeds for the following new deeds.
Performance Panache (Ex): More than just a daring duelist, a boastful gallant is a quintessential performer. She can inspire herself and her allies to greater heights of heroism through her music and song, or demoralize her foes with her tenacity. At the start of each day, a boastful gallant gains a number of performance panache points equal to her Charisma modifier (minimum 1). This number goes up or down throughout the day, but usually cannot go higher than her maximum, though feats and magic items can affect this maximum. At each level after 1st, a boasting gallant gains 1 additional point of performance panache per day. Each round, the boasting gallant can spends her performance panache points to perform any one of her performance deeds. The boastful gallant must sing, dance, play an instrument, or otherwise use the Perform skill in some way to use her performance deeds. A boastful gallant regains performance panache points in the same ways as a swashbuckler can regain panache points. A boastful gallant can also regain performance panache points by rolling a natural 20 on a Perform check. This ability otherwise functions as bardic performance and panache. Well-Versed (Ex): At 4th level, a boastful gallant gains the bard’s well-versed ability. This ability replaces the bonus feat gained at 4th level. Performance Weapon Training (Ex): At 5th level, a boastful gallant gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls with melee weapons with the performance weapon quality. While wielding a performance weapon, she gains the benefit of the Improved Critical feat. These attack and damage bonuses increase by 1 for every 4 levels beyond 5th level (to a maximum of +4 at 17th level). This ability only affects weapons inherent with the performance quality, any ability or feat that imbues other weapons with the performance quality (such as Performance Weapon Mastery) do not count towards this ability. This ability replaces swashbuckler weapon training. Bonus Feats: A boastful gallant adds performance feats and any feat that enhances the bardic performance ability (such as Extra Performance) to the types of feats she can choose as a bonus feat. Jack of All Trades (Ex): At 12th level, a boastful gallant gains the bard’s jack of all trades ability. This ability replaces the bonus feat gained at 12th level. Performance Weapon Mastery (Ex): At 20th level, when a boastful gallant threatens a critical hit with a melee weapon with the performance quality, the critical is automatically confirmed. Furthermore, the boastful gallant gains the Performance Weapon Mastery feat and is no longer is restricted in what weapons may be used for his Performance Weapon Training. This ability replaces swashbuckler weapon mastery. NEW DARES The boastful gallant may select a dare in place of a normal feat gained through level progression or a bonus feat. She can choose the following new dares.
Table: Boastful Gallant
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