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D&D General A D&D Swashbuckler Class
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sevenbastard
Legend
I think swashbuckler is an attitude you can apply to many classes. I've ran fighters, rouges, and with some reskining a monk as swashbucklers.
Honestly the monk worked well. I just call them Panache Points and narrated my fury of blows as a series of improvized attacks (bottle smash, chair kicked into them, ect) and not martial arts stuff and reskin a few more things and the DM was fine with it.
Honestly the monk worked well. I just call them Panache Points and narrated my fury of blows as a series of improvized attacks (bottle smash, chair kicked into them, ect) and not martial arts stuff and reskin a few more things and the DM was fine with it.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
The reason the rogue gets a swashbuckler subclass is it needs a bit of help to play that way, whereas fighter (ranger, monk etc) has all the tools to play that way straight out of the box. The bard, being a full caster in 5e, is never really going to be a good fit for the archetype.
The swashbuckler is an example of class bloat in 3e/PF. They added class after class just to sell splat books, but the swashbuckler class was not very good and didn't do anything you couldn't do better with existing classes.
The swashbuckler is an example of class bloat in 3e/PF. They added class after class just to sell splat books, but the swashbuckler class was not very good and didn't do anything you couldn't do better with existing classes.
LuisCarlos17f
Legend
The Swashbuckler can't be only a warrior without a heavy armor. An archetype has to offer enough variety for different subclasses.
7th Sea could show some example of swordmanship schools as possible subclasses.
Some times I imagine swashbuckler and gladiator classes like martial adepts (3.5 Tome of Battle: Book of nine Swords) with "martial maneuvers" (reloadable almost-at-will special attacks).
Other point is some players could want a multiclass swashbuckler+arcane spellcaster, but that would be more an update of duskblade class (from 3.5 PH II).
Paul Farquhar
Legend
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Corinnguard
Hero
There was a Dragon magazine article during the 3e era where you could make a Swashbuckler from any of the classes in D&D. The article offered suggestions on which feats and prestige classes you would need to give a particular class that swashbuckler feel.
Indagare Nogitsune
Explorer
Ugh. Now it should. What is it with links not wanting to copy?
Indagare Nogitsune
Explorer
I hadn't thought of those at the time, but you're right they'd be what folks are familiar with now.
I'm not sure how vast the difference is. To me, it's a person fighting with a single sword and performing acrobatics. The possible differences in either additional weapons or style issues (such as being masked) are things that could be easily addressed with subclasses to that effect.
jgsugden
Legend
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mellored
Legend
Just going to point out that Buckler is litterally in their name. Because the original ones used Bucklers.
They removed them for the movies because it was harder to see the actors face (part of shields making it harder to stab their face).
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