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[[File:Tower Shield Specialist Class.png|thumb|Tower Shield Specialist Class Progression]] {{intro|an [[Archetype]] of the [[Fighter]] [[class]]}} ==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. ==Base Features== A tower shield specialist gains most of the features of a [[fighter]]. Instead of a fighter's [[Fighter#Bravery|Bravery]], [[Fighter#Weapon Training|Weapon Training]] and [[Fighter#Weapon Mastery|Weapon Mastery]] class features, a tower shield specialist gains the following features. {|class="wikitable" {{ClassFeature|Burst Barrier|ShieldOfDawn.png| 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). }} {{ClassFeature|Tower Shield Training|EntropicShield.png| At 3rd level, a tower shield specialist gains [[Fighter#Armor Training|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. {{bug||The feature's effects stack with regular [[Armor Training]] and does not require to have [[Tower Shield]] equipped.|ver=2.1.7b|g=km}} }} {{ClassFeature|Tower Shield Specialist|TrueStrike.png| 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. }} {{ClassFeature|Tower Shield Defense|ShieldOfDarkness.png| At 9th level, while using a [[tower shield]], a tower shield specialist gains his shield bonus against [[touch attack]]s. }} {{ClassFeature|Total Cover|JudjemntProtection.png| At 13th level, while using a [[tower shield]], a tower shield specialist cannot be [[flanked]]. }} {{ClassFeature|Tower Shield Evasion|CheetahSprint.png| At 16th level, while using a [[tower shield]], the tower shield specialist gains [[Rogue#Evasion|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. }} {{ClassFeature|Tower Shield Improved Evasion|CheetahSprint.png| At 20th level, the shield specialist gains improved evasion, as the [[Rogue talents#Advanced Rogue Talents|rogue advanced talent]], while using a [[tower shield]]. This works like [[#Tower Shield Evasion|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. }} |} ==Progression Table== {{ProgressionTable|4|yes|no|no |[[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]] |[[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]], '''[[#Burst Barrier|Burst Barrier +1]]''' |[[Fighter#Armor Training|Armor training 1]], '''[[#Tower Shield Training|Tower Shield Training 1]]''' |[[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]] |'''[[#Tower Shield Specialist|Tower Shield Specialist]]''' |[[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]], '''[[#Burst Barrier|Burst Barrier +2]]''' |[[Fighter#Armor Training|Armor training 2]], '''[[#Tower Shield Training|Tower Shield Training 2]]''' |[[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]] |'''[[#Tower Shield Defense|Tower Shield Defense]]''' |[[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]], '''[[#Burst Barrier|Burst Barrier +3]]''' |[[Fighter#Armor Training|Armor training 3]], '''[[#Tower Shield Training|Tower Shield Training 3]]''' |[[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]] |'''[[#Total Cover|Total Cover]]''' |[[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]], '''[[#Burst Barrier|Burst Barrier +4]]''' |[[Fighter#Armor Training|Armor training 4]], '''[[#Tower Shield Training|Tower Shield Training 4]]''' |'''[[#Tower Shield Evasion|Tower Shield Evasion]]''', [[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]] | |[[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]], '''[[#Burst Barrier|Burst Barrier +5]]''' |[[Fighter#Armor Mastery|Armor mastery]], '''[[#Tower Shield Training|Tower Shield Training 5]]''' |'''[[#Tower Shield Improved Evasion|Tower Shield Improved Evasion]]''', [[Fighter#Bonus Combat Feat|Bonus combat feat]]}} [[Category:Archetypes]]
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