Prerequisite: Requires a Dexterity or Strength score of 13 or higher. Requires the Dueling Fighting Style to use.
You've wholly devoted yourself to the study of swordsmanship, learning the art from a master of blade. Relentless in your training, you tested and honed your skill through duels and battles until the blade became a part of you.
You gain the following benefits from your unwavering dedication:
- Increase your Strength or Dexterity by 1, to a maximum of 20.
- Once per turn as a free action, you may switch between Sword Stances while only wielding a sword (Longsword, Shortsword, Greatsword, Scimitar).
- Offensive Stance: +1 bonus to attack rolls & +1 to damage rolls when wielding a sword (or +2 damage for two-handed swords).
- Defensive Stance: +1 bonus to AC & Saving Throws.
- Critical Stance: -1 to AC & Saving Throws, movement speed is zero, but Critical Hits with swords occur on a roll of 18-20.
You only benefit from a stance while in combat and may assume a stance when you roll initiative unless you are surprised. You may only assume and hence benefit from one stance at a time.
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