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Whisperer

A mix of physical power and dexterous technique with arcane abilities, the dragondancer brings magical strikes in the form of dragon attacks to tear and destroy its opponents.

Through dance they summon aspects of dragons, in both strength and magic, and use them to hit opponents with mystical arts. They long for the power of dragons and thanks to the imitation of their movements they achieve similar results to those of a sorcerer. Despite this, dragondancers are not born but made through rigorous study and training, such as monks, though a drop of draconic blood helps a long way in the learning of dragondance, as its expression comes more from the strength of conviction rather than peace of the mind.

Making a Whisperer

Dragondancers are martial characters at heart, with some additional tools to help in other roles. They excel at melee combat, have some field-control abilities and some ranged options.

Abilities: Beside using Strength, Constitution and some Dexterity, dragondancers appreciate having an high Charisma score.

Races: Almost any race may become a dragondancer, but those that value physical prowess and mental fortitude are more often found among the dragondancers, this includes humans, elves, orcs and their half-breed.

Alignment: Any

Starting Gold: 4d4 x 10 (100 gp).

Starting Age: Moderate.

Table: The Whisperer

Hit Die: d10

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special
		Fort	Ref	Will
1st	+0	+0	+0	+2	Whispers, Whispered Secrets
2nd	+1	+0	+0	+3	Combat Defense
3rd	+1	+1	+1	+3
4th	+2	+1	+1	+4
5th	+2	+1	+1	+4
6th	+3	+2	+2	+5	Swordplay
7th	+3	+2	+2	+5	Multiduel
8th	+4	+2	+2	+6
9th	+4	+3	+3	+6
10th	+5	+3	+3	+7	Dual Stance
11th	+5	+3	+3	+7
12th	+6/+1	+4	+4	+8
13th	+6/+1	+4	+4	+8
14th	+7/+2	+4	+4	+9	Master of Stance
15th	+7/+2	+5	+5	+9
16th	+8/+3	+5	+5	+10
17th	+8/+3	+5	+5	+10
18th	+9/+4	+6	+6	+11
19th	+9/+4	+6	+6	+11
20th	+10/+5	+6	+6	+12	Eternal Duel
Class Skills (6 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Autohypnosis (Wis), Bluff (Cha), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Heal (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (any) (Int), Listen (Wis), Perform (Cha), Psicraft (Int), Profession (Wis), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Speak Language (None), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Use Magic Device (Cha).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the whisperer.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: Whisperers are proficient with three simple weapons of their choice and with light armors and shields.

Whispered Secrets (Ex): Whisperers have gathered an insane amount of secret lore, no matter how irrelevant. A whisperer may make a special whispered secret check with a bonus equal to his whisperer level + his chosen attribute modifier to see whether it knows some relevant information about any obscure or secret information. (If the whisperer has 5 or more ranks in the Knowledge skill relevant to the situatio, it gains a +2 bonus on this check.)

A successful whispered secrets check will not reveal the powers of a magic item but may give a hint as to its general function. A whisperer may not take 10 or take 20 on this check; this sort of knowledge is essentially random. For all intended purposes this counts as the bardic knowledge feature.

DC	Type of Knowledge
10	Common, known by at least a substantial minority drinking; common legends of the local population.
20	Uncommon but available, known by only a few people legends.
25	Obscure, known by few, hard to come by.
30	Extremely obscure, known by very few, possibly forgotten by most who once knew it, possibly known only by those who don't understand the significance of the knowledge.

Martial Training: All fencers have received a deep formal training the art of swordmanship and so they can apply their class features only to swords, not other weapons. They are also treated as if having the feats Combat Expertise, Improved Disarm, Improved Disarm, Improved Feint, Improved Trip, Combat Reflexes, Power Attack, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder, Quick Draw, Two-Weapon Fighting, and Weapon Finesse and gain their benefits.

Fencer levels also count as fighter levels for the purpose of meeting requirements.

Stance: The base for any fight is the footwork (and blade position) and fencers know it well. When in combat, as a move action, they may enter, or change, a stance to gain various benefits:

• Defensive: When in this stance, a fencer may choose to either fight defensively or perform a total defense. It rolls duelist dice, at least one, and adds the result (if using the total defense it gains also a fixed +4 or +6 if it has 5 or more ranks in Tumble) to the AC as a dodge bonus, keeping it until the end of its next turn. In the next turn, all the other effects of the chosen maneuver apply normally.

• Offensive: This kind of stance is bold, with the sword raised high, or directly pointed to the opponent's face. The fencer increases the weapon critical range by one point (after any other similar effects) and may roll duelist dice as a bonus to the roll for confirming the critical hit.

• Open: Even bolder than an offensive stance, this guard leaves the fencer purposefully open to attacks to gain the upper hand. When the opponents attacks, the fencer may roll duelist dice, one per attack. The enemy gains a bonus to the attack and the damage equal to the result, but the fencer may strike in retaliation immediately after the attack. If the enemy strikes successfully the fencer exits this stance.

• Tricky: This stance allows the fencer to use its special maneuvers more effectively. In this stance the fencer may add one or more of its duelist dice for the round to a combat maneuver.

Combat Defense: Starting at 2nd level

Swordplay (Ex): From level 6, when the fencer becomes able to make an additional strike when using a full-attack, it can choose to perform combat maneuvers that expend an attack from the routine using any of its attacks with its bonus, even if it would be technically after the first attack (essentially being able to move the bonuses on its attack routine as it wants. For example, at this level, it may use the +1 bonus to perform a bull-rush, and only then attack with its +6 bonus.

Multiduel (Ex): At 7th level and higher, a fencer may choose additional targets for its duel ability. It may apply its duel effects to two targets (but the number of duel dice per round it has access to doesn't change), chosen when expending the use. At level 10th it may target three, three at level 13th, four at level 16th and a maximum of five at level 19th.

Eternal Duel (Ex): By level 20, the fencer isn't limited by its duel uses anymore and it's always considered under the effect of a duel.

Additional Options

Feats

• Extra Secret Technique