Complete Warrior - A Player's Guide to Combat for All Classes

1 Complete Warrior A Player s Guide to Combat for All ClassesANDY COLLINS, DAVID NOONAN, ED STARKADDITIONAL DESIGNJESSE DECKERDEVELOPMENT TEAMMICHAEL DONAIS (LEAD), ANDREW J. FINCH, RICHARD BAKER, DAVID ECKELBERRYEDITORSDALE DONOVAN, KIM MOHANMANAGING EDITORKIM MOHANDESIGN MANAGERED STARKDEVELOPMENT MANAGERANDREW J. FINCHDIRECTOR OF RPG R&DBILL SLAVICSEKVICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLISHINGMARY KIRCHOFFPROJECT MANAGERMARTIN DURHAMPRODUCTION MANAGERCHAS DELONGART DIRECTORDAWN MURINCOVER ARTISTWAYNE REYNOLDSINTERIOR ARTISTS BRENT CHUMLEY, ED COX, WAYNE ENGLAND, REBECCA GUAY-MITCHELL, JEREMY JARVIS, DOUG KOVACS, GINGER KUBIC, JOHN AND LAURA LAKEY, DAVID MARTIN, DENNIS CRABAPPLE MCCLAIN, MATT MITCHELL, STEVE PRESCOTT, WAYNE REYNOLDS, DAVID ROACH, MARK SMYLIE,BRIAN SNODDY, RON SPENCER.

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5 2003 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Printed in the , CANADA, ASIA, PACIFIC, & LATIN AMERICAW izards of the Coast, Box 707 Renton WA 98057-0707 Questions? 1-800-324-6496 EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERSW izards of the Coast, BelgiumT Hofveld 6d1702 Groot-BijgaardenBelgium+322-467-3360620- 17664-001-EN 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Printing: December 2003 Visit our website at OFCONTENTSC ontentsIntroduction .. 4 Martial Characters .. 4 The Complete Warrior .. 4 Chapter 1: Classes .. 5 Hexblade .. 5 Game Rule Information .. 6 Samurai.. 8 Game Rule Information.

6 9 Swashbuckler .. 11 Game Rule Information .. 11 Variant: Paladins and Rangers Without Spellcasting .. 13 Variant Paladin .. 13 Variant Ranger .. 13 Chapter 2: Prestige Classes .. 14 Picking a Prestige Class .. 14 The Martial Prestige Classes .. 15 Bear Warrior .. 16 Bladesinger .. 17 Cavalier .. 19 Dark Hunter .. 20 Darkwood Stalker .. 23 Dervish .. 25 Drunken Master .. 27 Exotic Weapon Master .. 30 Eye of Gruumsh .. 31 Frenzied Berserker .. 34 Gnome Giant-Slayer .. 36 Halfl ing Outrider .. 38 Hulking Hurler .. 40 Hunter of the Dead.

7 42 Invisible Blade .. 44 Justiciar .. 47 Kensai .. 49 Knight of the Chalice.. 53 Knight Protector .. 55 Master Thrower .. 58 Master of the Unseen Hand.. 60 Mindspy .. 62 Nature s Warrior .. 63 Occult Slayer .. 66 Order of the Bow Initiate .. 68 Purple Dragon Knight .. 70 Rage Mage .. 72 Ravager .. 73 Reaping Mauler .. 75 Ronin.. 77 Spellsword .. 79 Stonelord .. 81 Tattooed Monk .. 82 Thayan Knight .. 85 War Chanter .. 87 Warshaper .. 89 Chapter 3: Supplemental Rules .. 92 Feats .. 92 Choosing Feats .. 92 General feats .. 96 Divine Feats.

8 106 Tactical Feats.. 108 Weapon Style Feats.. 112 New Spells.. 114 New Domains .. 114 Hexblade Spells .. 115 New Spell Descriptions.. 116 Guardian Familiars.. 118 Acquiring a Guardian Familiar.. 118 Spark Guardian .. 119 Gauntlet Guardian .. 120 Blade Guardian.. 120 Skills .. 121 Perform (Weapon Drill) (Cha) .. 121 Knowledge .. 122 Sleight of Hand .. 122 Chapter 4: Fantasy Warfare .. 123 Two Views of Fantasy Warfare .. 123 Historical Warfare .. 123 Modern-Inspired Warfare .. 124A Mercenary Campaign .. 126 Mercenary Mini-Adventures.

9 130 Sporting Combat .. 130 Jousts .. 130 Gladiatorial Matches .. 131 Archery Contests.. 132 Conjurers Chess .. 132 Alabaster Cup .. 133 Magic Items .. 133 New Armor Special Abilities.. 133 New Specifi c Armor Descriptions.. 134 New Weapon Special Abilities .. 134 New Specifi c Weapon Descriptions .. 135 New Wondrous Items .. 135 New Special Materials .. 136 Warriors in the Campaign .. 137 Warrior Campaigns .. 137 Spellcasting .. 137 Magic Items .. 137 Surviving in a Warrior Campaign .. 138 Warrior Organizations .. 139 Ise Zumi Monastery.

10 139 The Knight Protectors .. 140 Order of the Bow .. 141 Order of the Chalice .. 141 Purple Dragons .. 143 The Ravagers .. 143 Deities and Warriors .. 145 Using the Deities from the Player s Handbook .. 145 The Warrior Pantheon .. 148 The Epic Warrior .. 149 Becoming an Epic-Level Warrior .. 149 Epic-Level Prestige- Class Characters .. 150 Epic Feats .. 151A Warrior and His Weapons .. 153 Exotic Weapons .. 154 Exotic Weapon Descriptions .. 155 Primitive Weapons .. 158 Improvised Weapons .. 158 Numbered TablesTable 1 1: The Hexblade .. 6 Table 1 2: Hexblade Spells Known.