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Path of War

The Warlord

Lead Developer:

Chris Bennett

Interior Design:

Erik Nowak

Interior Layout:

Jeremy Smith

Interior Artwork:

Joe Shawcross, Storn Cook, Toby Gregory

Publisher:

Jeremy Smith

Special thanks to the legions of fans who helped playtest the material in this book and offered new and innova-

tive ideas to include.

Based on the original roleplaying game rules designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and inspired by the

third edition of the game designed by Monte Cook, Jonathan Tweet, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, and Peter Adki-

son.

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Path of War

A Note From The Author

Welcome to the warlord!

Thank you for taking the time to check out the

Path of War

and

the warlord base class: a martial disciple who will win battles with

the strength of daring attitude and reckless approach to combat.

The warlord is also a leadership-oriented class, leading by example

and from the front of the army, aiding his allies and strengthening

them with his daring-do and will to win.

The

Path of War

marches on and the warlord will be at the fore-

front of it! Happy gaming and thank you for your support!

Regards,

Chris “ErrantX” Bennett

Lead Designer for the Path of War

Dreamscarred Press

Once used, a maneuver is considered expended, not

unlike a prepared spell for spellcasters. But where the

difference between a spell and a martial maneuver lies

is the martial disciple’s ability to recover that expended

maneuver for use again and again over the course of the

day.

All characters have the potential to learn these maneu-

vers, either by being a martial disciple or by being some-

one who has taken up martial training in addition to

their class’ normal training. Martial disciples are those

who have taken the stalker, warder, or warlord classes,

and all others must learn martial maneuvers through

training (such as by taking feats) or through specific

training in their class (by taking up an archetype). Once

learned, a character is forever a martial initiator, a war-

rior with skills beyond the abilities of most others of his

kind, and the potential to master these arts lies before

him along the

Path of War.

Introduction

If you’ve played one of the martial classes, you might

wonder why spellcasters get all the cool new toys. Sure,

playing a fighter or rogue or monk can be fun, but they

pretty much always have the same options - melee attack,

ranged attack, full attack. There are occasionally things

to make those interesting, such as cleave or grapple, but

those options aren’t always the best option.

So why should spellcasters and manifesters get all the

fun abilities?

Path of War

is here to give fun, but bal-

anced, options to the martial classes so that role-playing

interactions aren’t the only time you get to do cool things

with your character!

A New Method Of Battle

What is the Path of War?

To put it simply, the

Path of War

is a new way to look

at martial combat in the

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

At its basic roots, the

Path of War

allows for martially-

inclined characters to harness new abilities to aid them

in combat. These new abilities are known as maneuvers,

a specific technique that allows a martial disciple to en-

act a powerful attack, erect a defense against an attack,

or improve his overall fighting ability or the abilities of

others. By initiating these in combat, the martial disciple

has a powerful edge that can even rival the powers of

the spellcasters of the world.

Maneuvers are grouped into disciplines, with each

discipline having a group of associated weapons that fit

the use of that discipline. In addition, disciplines have

an associated skill that is often used with many of the

maneuvers themselves.

So, there is a question that begs to be asked: Why make

a new book of martial maneuvers? Well, from the days of

3.5, there was a certain book that did drive a wedge into

many gaming tables as it challenged the philosophies of

many who sat around it. “Was it okay to give fighters

spells?” they’d say. Some would say yes, some would say

no. Almost everyone had an opinion on the matter. Since

the inception of the maneuver system in 2006, many

people still use the parent book that inspired this work

in the every day games and with good reason to; it was a

great new set of options. Some didn’t like it, and as those

who would agree with the utility of this book would say

it’s because “they don’t want fighter to have nice things.”

The

Path of War

is designed to give nice things to every-

one and to bring a ton of new options to every class that

relies on their strength of arms to survive an adventure.

The

Path of War

offers a number of new things that

could fit into any campaign setting, from classes and

archetypes, feats, items and monsters, to organizations

that are fundamentally connected to cultures of martial

disciples that have learned, developed, and spread disci-

plines of maneuvers to their members for mutual ben-

efit. By adding the

Path of War

to your campaign, you’re

adding an exciting wealth of new opportunities and op-

tions to the Pathfinder game system, breathing new life

in to combat as well as into classic monsters that will

suddenly have new tricks that veteran players will enjoy

as much as new players. Martial disciples are here at last

for the Pathfinder game system, and they’re determined

to change the face of combat forever.

Path of War

Classes

Path of War

introduces new classes using the maneu-

ver-based combat system. Detailed below is the warlord

class, a combination of combatant and leader.

efits from discipline choices and their gambits.

GAME RULE INFORMATION

Warlord

Dynamos on the field of combat, warlords walk the

line of victory and ruin through their determination to

achieve glory. Where some may talk tactics, the warlord

dives in. Where some may fight in strategic units, the

warlord shines alone as an inspirational beacon on the

field of combat; to be a warlord is to be a lord of war.

Adventures:

Warlords adventure for many reasons,

but one reason that will always be prominent is the de-

sire to test their skill against the world’s most dangerous

opponents, to show their strength to themselves and to

the world. Others may do this for profit, others for fun,

others for revenge, but it is always certain that a warlord

seeks the glory and honor only a battle well-fought can

bring.

Characteristics:

Brash arrogance and an irrepress-

ible nature are hallmarks of the warlord. A devil-may-

care warrior, many warlords are as fearless as they are

fierce, and they both love life and live their lives to the

fullest. Hedonists in some extreme cases, the warlord is

drawn to combat as a moth to the flame.

Alignment:

Any. Warlords can come from any and

all ethical backgrounds, though they do tend more to-

wards a chaotic alignment. Lawfully aligned warlords

are rarer, and tend to compose their impulses through

strict discipline.

Religion:

While not overly religious, some warlords

follow gods of war and battle with temperaments simi-

lar to their own.

Background:

Warlords come from families with

strong warrior traditions, from barbaric tribes and from

academies that produce the strongest warriors. One

thing that sets them apart is their reckless nature and

the inspirational presence they possess.

Races:

Humans and half-elves are prominent warlord

races due to both possessing an impetuous nature. Half-

orcs become very fearsome warlords in their own right,

and dwarves are known for their ferocity when defend-

ing their homes.

Other Classes:

Warlords get on well with fighters,

rangers, and barbarians as their martial nature

makes them amicable, but paladins and

warders tend to chafe under their reck-

lessness. Wizards and especially bards

and sorcerers get on quite well with

them, and clerics find them to be tolerable.

Role:

Striker. As a very aggressive class, the warlord

seeks to bring martial power to the field in the form of

overwhelming force and ferocity. Additionally, warlords

make excellent leaders, as they provide some passive

benefits from their class features as well as active ben-

Abilities:

Strength and Charisma are incredibly im-

portant to a warlord, as without Strength the warlord

is weaker in combat and without Charisma many of his

abilities will not function, as Charisma is the warlord’s

primary initiator attribute. Constitution is important for

vital hit points. Intelligence and Dexterity take up the

bottom of importance, for both skill points and defense

(or ranged combat).

HD:

d10

Starting Age and Wealth:

As fighter.

Class Skills

The warlord’s class skills (and the key ability for each

skill) are: Acrobatics (Dex), Climb (Str), Craft (Int), Di-

plomacy (Cha), Handle Animal (Cha), Intimidate (Cha),

Knowledge (engineering) (Int), Knowledge (history) (Int),

Knowledge (martial) (Int), Perception (Wis), Ride (Dex),

Sense Motive (Wis), Survival (Wis), Swim (Str).

Skill Points per Level:

4 + Int modifier

Path of War

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the warlord.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency:

Warlords are profi-

cient with all simple weapons and martial weapons, and

with light and medium armor, and with bucklers.

Maneuvers:

A warlord begins his career with knowl-

edge of six martial maneuvers. The disciplines available

to him are Golden Lion, Primal Fury, Scarlet Throne, So-

lar Wind, and Thrashing Dragon. Once he knows a ma-

neuver, he must ready it before he can use it (see Maneu-

vers Readied, below). A maneuver usable by warlords

is considered an extraordinary ability unless otherwise

noted in its description. His maneuvers are not affected

by spell resistance, and he do not provoke attacks of op-

portunity when he initiates one. He learns additional

maneuvers at higher levels, as shown above. The war-

lord must meet a maneuver’s prerequisite to learn it. See

Systems and Use chapter.

Upon reaching 4th level, and at every even numbered

warlord level after that, he can choose to learn a new

maneuver in place of one he already knows. In effect, the

warlord loses the old maneuver in exchange for the new

one. He can choose a new maneuver of any level he likes,

as long as he observes his restriction on the highest-level

maneuvers he knows, the warlord need not replace the

old maneuver with a maneuver of the same level. The

warlord can swap only a single maneuver at any given

level. A warlord’s key initiator attribute is Charisma.

Maneuvers Readied:

A warlord can ready four of

his six starting maneuvers, but as he advances in level

and learns more maneuvers, he must choose which ma-

neuvers to ready. He readies his maneuvers by going

through weapon drills for 10 minutes. The maneuvers

he chooses remain readied until he decides to repeat

this again and change them. Warlords do not need to

sleep or rest for any long period of time to ready their

maneuvers; any time he spends 10 minutes in practice,

he can change his readied maneuvers. He may not ready

any individual maneuver more than once. He begins an

encounter with all readied maneuvers unexpended, re-

gardless of how many times he may have already used

them since he chose them. When the warlord initiates

a maneuver, he expends it for the current encounter,

so each of his readied maneuver can be used once per

encounter (until they are recovered, see below). Once a

maneuver is readied, he may only use it once it until has

been recovered by a gambit or recovered through some

other means (see below).

For a warlord to recover expended maneuvers, he

must perform one of two types of actions: a gambit ac-

tion in which he gambles on his performance in battle

(see Warlord’s Gambit below), or he may spend a stan-

dard action to recover a single readied maneuver of his

choosing.

Stances Known:

Warlords begin play with knowledge

of one stance from any discipline open to warlords. At

the indicated levels (see class table), the warlord selects

an additional new stance. Unlike maneuvers, stances are

not expended and he does not have to ready them. All

the stances he knows are available to him at all times,

and he can change the stance he is currently using as a

swift action. A stance is an extraordinary ability unless

otherwise stated in the stance description. Unlike with

maneuvers, the warlord cannot learn a new stance at

Table 1: The Warlord

Level

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

11th

12th

13th

14th

15th

16th

17th

18th

19th

20th

Base Attack

Bonus

Fort

Save

+10

+11

+12

Ref

Save

Will

Save

+6/+1

+7/+2

+8/+3

+9/+4

+10/+5

+11/+6/+1

+12/+7/+2

+13/+8/+3

+14/+9/+4

+15/+10/+5

+16/+11/+6/+1

+17/+12/+7/+2

+18/+13/+8/+3

+19/+14/+9/+4

+20/+15/+10/+5

Special

Warlord’s gambit, gambit (2), bonus feat

Tactical presence (indomitable)

Warleader, force of personality

Tactical flanker, gambit

Tactical presence (rallying), battle

prowess +1

Dual boost 1/day, bonus feat

Tactical presence (free action)

Tactical assistance, gambit

Tactical presence (victorious)

Bonus feat

Dual tactical presence

Battle prowess +2, dual boost 2/day,

gambit

Improved warleader

Bonus feat

Warlord’s presence

Gambit

Master warleader

Bonus feat, dual boost 3/day

Battle prowess +3

Dual stance, gambit

Maneuvers

Known

Maneuvers

Readied

Stances

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