Chaosmancer
Legend
Errol Flynn, Zorro, the Musketeers, and other Swashbucklers are supposed to be Fighters.
The Buckler in Swashbuckler is a Shield Rogues dont get proficiency in.
Interesting point. Counter-point, not a single one of those characters (except maybe the original Three Musketeers, because I haven't read the book) are EVER portrayed with a shield. Yes, yes, that was the original meaning for the term. And yes, yes, they were duelists so they were fighters.
But Zoro is a criminal, spy, and vigilante. He is a rogue, who just has flashy sword fights. Pirates are often built with swashbuckler as the subclass, because they are criminals and thieves... and have flashy sword fights. Honestly they FIT the rogue really well, with how they are shown in pop culture.
Swashbuckling should have been a fighting style with a die increase and +1 to attack with finesse weapons..But that's too close to 4e.
Also they forgot to put bucklers in the game.
They did not forget, they chose not to include them. Please stop making every decision they made seem like some grand error on their part.