Tower Shield Specialist

Tower Shield Specialist Class Progression

Tower Shield Specialist is a Fighter's archetype in Owlcat Pathfinder Games.

Description[]

Many fighters believe the tower shield is a tool suitable only for troops on the battlefield, claiming it is too large and bulky to use in skirmishes or within dungeon corridors. Tower shield specialists defy those notions, using their massive shields with startling skill and incredible effect. They use these seemingly clumsy shields to perform deft maneuvers that confound their enemies.

Differences from Fighter class:

Features added	Features removed
Burst Barrier at level 2, 6, 10, 14, 18 Tower Shield Training at level 3, 7, 11, 15 Tower Shield Specialist at level 5 Tower Shield Defense at level 9 Total Cover at level 13 Tower Shield Evasion at level 16 Tower Shield Improved Evasion at level 20	Bravery at level 2, 6, 10, 14, 18 Weapon Training at 5, 9, 13, 17 Weapon Mastery at level 19

Gameplay[]

Alignment: Any
Hit Die: d10
Hit Points: 6/level + Constitution modifier
Skill Ranks Per Level: 2 + 1/2 Intelligence modifier
Class Skills: Athletics, Knowledge (World), Lore (Nature), Persuasion
Proficiencies: Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons, Light Armors, Medium Armors, Heavy Armors, Shields (including Tower Shields)
Spellcasting: none

Progression Table[]

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Features
1	+1	+2	+0	+0	Bonus combat feat
2	+2	+3	+0	+0	Bonus combat feat, Burst Barrier +1
3	+3	+3	+1	+1	Armor training 1, Tower Shield Training 1
4	+4	+4	+1	+1	Bonus combat feat
5	+5	+4	+1	+1	Tower Shield Specialist
6	+6/+1	+5	+2	+2	Bonus combat feat, Burst Barrier +2
7	+7/+2	+5	+2	+2	Armor training 2, Tower Shield Training 2
8	+8/+3	+6	+2	+2	Bonus combat feat
9	+9/+4	+6	+3	+3	Tower Shield Defense
10	+10/+5	+7	+3	+3	Bonus combat feat, Burst Barrier +3
11	+11/+6/+1	+7	+3	+3	Armor training 3, Tower Shield Training 3
12	+12/+7/+2	+8	+4	+4	Bonus combat feat
13	+13/+8/+3	+8	+4	+4	Total Cover
14	+14/+9/+4	+9	+4	+4	Bonus combat feat, Burst Barrier +4
15	+15/+10/+5	+9	+5	+5	Armor training 4, Tower Shield Training 4
16	+16/+11/+6/+1	+10	+5	+5	Bonus combat feat, Tower Shield Evasion
17	+17/+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+5
18	+18/+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+6	Bonus combat feat, Burst Barrier +5
19	+19/+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+6	Armor mastery, Tower Shield Training 5
20	+20/+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+6	Bonus combat feat, Tower Shield Improved Evasion

Base Features[]

A tower shield specialist gains most of the features of a fighter. Instead of a fighter's Bravery, Weapon Training and Weapon Mastery class features, a tower shield specialist gains the following features.

	Burst Barrier
	At 2nd level, a tower shield specialist can use his shield to screen himself from burst spells and effects, gaining a +1 bonus on Reflex saves against them while employing a tower shield. This bonus increases by +1 for every four levels after 2nd (to a maximum of +5 at 18th level).
	Tower Shield Training
	At 3rd level, a tower shield specialist gains armor training as normal, but while he employs a tower shield, the armor penalty is reduced by 3 and the maximum Dexterity bonus allowed by his tower shield increases by 2. The benefit increases every four levels thereafter as per standard armor training; if the tower shield specialist is not employing a tower shield, the benefits to armor training revert to the normal bonuses. The feature's effects stack with regular Armor Training and does not require to have Tower Shield equipped. (Last Version bug was seen:2.1.7b) (Kingmaker)
	Tower Shield Specialist
	At 5th level, when a tower shield specialist employs a tower shield in combat, he does not take the -2 penalty on attack rolls because of the shield's encumbrance.
	Tower Shield Defense
	At 9th level, while using a tower shield, a tower shield specialist gains his shield bonus against touch attacks.
	Total Cover
	At 13th level, while using a tower shield, a tower shield specialist cannot be flanked.
	Tower Shield Evasion
	At 16th level, while using a tower shield, the tower shield specialist gains evasion, as the rogue class ability. If he makes a successful Reflex saving throw against an attack that normally deals half damage on a successful save, he instead takes no damage.
	Tower Shield Improved Evasion
	At 20th level, the shield specialist gains improved evasion, as the rogue advanced talent, while using a tower shield. This works like evasion, except that while the tower shield specialist still takes no damage on a successful Reflex saving throw against attacks, he henceforth takes only half damage on a failed save.