At higher levels you can instead make the target Int: Dump to 8. I keep hoping someone can come up with a new way to get Dimensional Assault before level 11 but the only ways that have survived so far are feat retraining & a samsaran abusing the mystic past life to get dimension door as a level 3 spell from the summoner spell list. EDIT: It was mentioned, though the race suggestion still stands. Abundant Step or Dim Door would normally be standard actions, but the feat lets you activate them as a swift so that you can then do the rest of the full round. Classes. I use the tengu race to get 3 primary natural attacks (claw/claw/bite), which helps with not having a full BAB. We found ways to avoid nonlethal damage. Which puts it about on par with when many classes receive such full attack on a move abilities. Power Attack You must teleport at least 5 feet each time you teleport. The feat does not say as part of a cleave, or when cleaving, it just says whenever you reduce an opponent to 0 or less hp, you can cleave someone "within reach". Alas a synthesist summoner level 9 cannot have dimensional dervish without feat retraining because they have to wait to level 7 to get a feat to pick up dimensional agility, level 9 for a feat to get dimensional assault and (like any other summoner) level 11 for the free feat to get dimensional dervish. Feather Fall Dimensional Agility; Dimensional Assault; base attack bonus +6 Benefit. Birthplace: Starnberg, Bayern, Deutschland (Germany) Immediate Family: Son of Ludwig Karl Maria von Bayern, Prinz von Bayern and Princess Irmingard of Bavaria. Druid 1: Spell Focus (Conjuration), Augment Summoning Monks cant use armor, so I recommend getting someone in your party to cast Mage Armor on you. A Theologian Cleric of Cayden Cailean seems like a decent option. though i shouldnt have listed combat trick (it might confuse folks), i does help alleviate the lack of general rogue combat stuff. //-->. A whirling dervish does not gain any panache for dropping a foe below 0 hit points unless that foe is an evil outsider or undead, or if the damage she dealt was nonlethal. google_color_bg="D6E9F8"; This is the perfect battle dance for holding your ground against tough odds, as it grants you a +6 dodge bonus to Armor Class and Reflex saves, and it also allows you to heal one point of damage per bard level. Check out our other SRD sites! I agree, the archetype is written ambiguously. Also, Rogue can mean Ninja as well, if anyone were inclined to build this. A whirling dervish gains the following deeds. ability, stunning fist gets better as you advance. Prerequisites: Ability to use the abundant step class feature or cast dimension door, Dimensional Agility, Dimensional Assault, base attack bonus +6. Bleeding Attack The key here is whether or not using a wand counts as casting a spell. Shift is not dimension door or abundant steps, and dimensional agility has as a requirement "[a]bility to use the abundant step class feature or cast dimension door." Bleeding Attack In that case, I would personally just do without Natural Spell. In my opinion, this is the best option for several reasons: It does say it will only grant one such . With hours/level duration even a low level wizard can cover you for the full adventuring day. reliable. To me the only difference is SotEG has more description and that it qualifies for the dimensional agility. Well, first, you can still do your Dimension Door while Wildshaped, since it's a SLA. That's 10th level at the earliest, and the next feat is available at 11th level. This is as big as it's gonna get. For anyone unaware, the dimensional dervish feat lets you teleport during a full attack. Magus can skip the need for it entirely (Dimension Door stops you from taking further actions, not ongoing ones). Your best bet will often be to pick one or two styles and stick to it. Flanking starts from the moment you make an attack until the start of your next turn. Going that route I strongly recommended going into one of the arcane casting full BAB prestige classes (edritch knight is a good choice), at least until your spell casting covers more than 1 or 2 DDs per day. 30 ft only (as said) (dimensional agility at 9th when you get DimDoor, dimensional assault at 11th, dimensional dervish at 13th, and then dimensional savant at 13th via the Feat advanced talent). All Classes at Level 9 Rudy, that build is all kinds of fantastic. The DR is cute, and you become immune to things like foreign weapons) and a couple of other odds and ends like hand axes, If your pet Wizard is stingy with his spell slots, drop 1000 gold pieces to buy him a Pearl of Power 1 so you can both share Mage Armor from one slot. need this much speed. Advice Search Thread Search this Thread: 177cheese Jun 10, 2015, 10:12 pm What build would make for an interesting and effective Dimensional Dervish character? A horizen walker gets dimension door as a spell like ability a bunch of times per day. Pathfinder Player Companion: Advanced Class Origins 2014, Paizo Inc.; Authors: Dennis Baker, Ross Byers, Tom Phillips, Stephen Radney-MacFarland, and Owen K.C. Wholeness of Body (Ex): At the end of google_color_text="5E6A72"; Feats I do like the Magus Spelldancer archetype Whoops my mistake, I meant if you're human you can have all 3 feats by Level 3 if you're a Human. The first is the fleet ability, which replaces bardic knowledge and lore master. Cha: Dump to 7. Travel Domain cleric qualifies for Agility at 7 and doesn't need to multiclass to make a decent melee character. With fractional BAB you'd still only have +9 at 18 though. The other PrC that comes to mind, for after Druid 10, is Exalted. So far the winner is Wizard 7/Fight 1/EK Synthesist Summoner is actually rather good at getting these feats. At 4th level, a whirling dervish can use her Dexterity modifier instead of her Strength modifier on melee damage rolls when using her swashbuckler finesse. staggered (only one action per turn), google_color_bg="FFFFFF"; movement effects slow it Check for yourself at this handy site: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/bard. This table is taken from the 3.5 rules. The dervish may not get the full benefits of Power Attack, but with arcane strike and inspire courage, shes going to be looking at comparable damage numbers in the long run. If your do, you can teleport up to twice your speed (up to the maximum distance allowed by the spell or ability), dividing this teleportation into increments you use . Stephens, and Russ Taylor. If you take the next feat dimensional savant, you can use it to give yourself flanking (including providing yourself Outflank). Heres a sample build that focuses on using a single scimitar and the Dervish Dance feat mentioned above. How many combats per day are you fighting? However, these abilities are still secondary to the Monks primary function effectively makes 50% of spells and spell-like abilities not affect you, iterative attacks. My original answer, Esper, waslet's not assume a 15 minute adventuring day. Travel clerics (either theologians or preferred spell clerics) can get it by 11th as well. The sansetsukon can also be used to disarm, but when you stop using it as your primary weapon replace it with something lighter like a double-chicken saber (for the slashing damage). It reads like 3.5 cleave. Now, that having been said, "within reach" before you move would probably be the intent, but with dimensional dervish feats, you're moving as part of a full attack action FAQ States Bodyguard is not an AOO. but if it counted seprately then it should be worded thus: "you active Dimensional door as a swift action then take a full-attack action, Dimensional Dervish: You can take a full-attack action, activating abundant step or casting dimension door as a swift action. Could go either way, I guess. If there's a faster way to get it, lemme know. great, but a bonus against enchantments and compulsions can save you from | True20 SRD Skills: The Monk skill list has several They are all fine choices, though, depending on what you want to do. You must teleport at least 5 feet each time you teleport. most important ability. Fastest and most Effective way to Dimensional Dervish. Thank you for clearing this up! Hit Points: d8 hit points is hard for a Plus Fading Leap is a lower level. I personally don't have a problem with the way its worded, but that could just be me. Enlarge Person. Monk works too, but overall, the entire feat chain is intended to be a late-game option. That'd let you take Dim Agility at 7. A GM might rule that shift can be used to qualify for the dimensional agility as a house rule, but it would be a house rule. If you plan to use weapons, be sure to pick up some damage enhancements. The effect is a spell-like ability that scales with your character level instead of a caster level. New Pages | Recent Changes | Privacy Policy, Swashbuckler Archetypes - Samurai Sheepdog, Everyman Gaming, LLC - Swashbuckler Archetypes, Flaming Crab Games - Swashbuckler Archetypes. This deed replaces deadly stab. It contributes to your melee attacks and damage, shuriken Since your WIS-dependent from Druid, you should get many uses. I always wanted to play one, but I can never quite settle on a class. Thats it for all of the battle dances, but the dervish still has some other abilities to look at. flanking with yourself eliminates the need for others with sneak attack as well! A magus can benefit from d.dervish better than f.hook charge because with dervish you can bouncy around the field hitting anyone/everyone once (possibly debuffing along the way depending on your build) for great field control where as any spell you cast via spell combat will only allow 1 move instead of one between each attack. Merciful (Ex) Something to use those skill ranks for. 2Weapon Fighting, dual wielding waki's So is Total Defense + Bodyguard fine then? That being the case I now think the archetype's actually poorly written, as it's unclear how to handle a few things. If you do, you can teleport up to twice your speed (up to the maximum distance allowed by the spell or ability), dividing this teleportation into increments you use before your first attack, between each attack, and after your last attack. to offset the monks lack of armor. Prerequisites: Ability to use the abundant step class feature or cast dimension door, Dimensional Agility. Need the Wisdom for the one trick pony. Dervishes trade their rapier and whip proficiencies for proficiency with the kurkri and scimitar, largely for purposes of flavor, though this does allow them to take the Dervish Dance feat from the Inner Sea World Guide (which grants the ability to use Dexterity for both attack and damage rolls when using a scimitar in one hand with nothing in the other). Horizon Walker 2: Dimensional Assault Combat Trick Improved Critical. If I had caught this before I probably wouldn't have written the guide, as I don't like "guessing" what the archetype's designer intended.
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