Armiger

If the armiger possesses a sphere-specific drawback, she may use a talent granted by a customized weapon to buy off that drawback. if the armiger gains a base sphere from a customized weapon, with the GM's permission she may apply a drawback to that sphere to gain a bonus talent as normal for a drawback. The drawback and bonus talent must be set at the time the weapon is customized. Such a drawback may be bought off when that weapon grants an additional talent.

The armiger gains Armor Training from the Equipment sphere as a bonus talent. If the armiger already possesses this talent or otherwise possesses proficiency with heavy armor, she instead gains an Equipment talent of her choice.

The armiger may choose unarmed strikes or a natural weapon as a customized weapon, training to quickly switch away from her other weapons. She may make unarmed strikes or a natural attack her active weapon as a free action or any time she stows her active weapon. Additionally, the armiger gains her choice of the Open Hand sphere or the Boxing sphere (or a talent from either of those spheres if she already possesses the base sphere) as a bonus talent. The armiger’s unarmed strike counts as a single weapon for the purpose of customization and thus can only be part of a single weapon set.

The armiger gains a Champion feat of her choice as a bonus feat. She must meet the prerequisites of the feat. This prowess can be gained multiple times.

You learn how to outfit your weapons with clockwork dials and mechanisms that also act as minor supernatural ritual charms. Whenever you successfully damage an opponent with one of your customized weapons while using a melee attack action, you may expend your martial focus to force the opponent to succeed on a Will saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 your class level + your practitioner modifier) or be slowed (as the Time sphere alter time effect) for 1 round.

The armiger gains the Subterfuge sphere as a bonus sphere. Whenever she stows an active weapon and draws another customized weapon, she may spend martial focus to use fast disguise as part of the action to draw a new weapon.

The armiger gains the Customized Bond feat as a bonus feat. She must meet the feat’s prerequisites to select this prowess.

The armiger gains Deadly Aim, Piranha Strike, or Power Attack as a bonus feat. She may take this prowess up to three times, selecting a different feat each time. She does not need to meet the prerequisites for the selected feat.

Whenever the armiger stows an active weapon and draws another customized weapon, she may change her approach as part of the same action.

The armiger gains the Great Focus feat as a bonus feat.

The armiger chooses two exotic weapons; she may customize those weapons and is considered proficient with them when they are customized.

The armiger gains her enhanced customization bonus as a competence bonus to Will saves while wielding a customized weapon.

Once per round, when the armiger stows her active weapon, she may reallocate essence as part of the same action.

The armiger may add a +1 competence bonus to CMD and saves against all maneuvers and effects that targets her active weapon. This bonus increase by +1 at class level 5 and every 5 class levels thereafter. Additionally, she may ignore the broken condition on her customized weapons. This ability does not allow the armiger to benefit from any abilities that allow her to give the broken condition to a weapon to trigger them unless she chooses to suffer the normal penalties of the broken condition on that weapon until it is repaired.

The armiger may choose improvised weapons as a customized weapon set, grabbing objects from the environment to wield in a pinch. She may grab and wield a suitable unattended object as an improvised weapon as a free action any time she stows her active weapon. Additionally, the armiger gains the Barroom sphere (or a talent from that sphere if she already possesses the base sphere) as a bonus talent. Any improvised weapon benefits from the talents granted by the improvised weapon customization set, though she may only have a single such set.

When spending a move action to move as part of rapid assault, the armiger’s movement does not provoke attacks of opportunity from a single creature of her choice that was affected by the attack action that triggered the rapid assault.

The armiger gains the Beastmastery sphere as a bonus talent. The armiger can attune her customized weapons to her animal allies by training and working with her animal allies. As part of customizing a weapon, the armiger can attune that customized weapon to one animal ally. Each customized weapon can only be attuned to a single animal ally, but an animal ally can be attuned to more than one customized weapon.

While the armiger has the animal-attuned customized weapon as her active weapon, the attuned animal ally also counts as possessing the animal-attuned customized weapon’s combat talents for all purposes, including skill ranks, and is aware of how to use these talents. The animal ally must be able to see or hear the armiger in order to use the animal-attuned customized weapon’s combat talents. The animal ally uses Wisdom as their practitioner modifier if it does not already possess a practitioner modifier. The animal ally cannot gain or benefit from combat talents it could not ordinarily possess (such as the Beastmastery or Leadership spheres) or any combat spheres the creature could not perform normally (such as using Alchemy (formulae) talents or the Trap sphere).

If the animal ally would benefit from a sphere or talent that allows them to maintain or perform an action for a period of time, such as readying a Boxing sphere counter punch, Guardian sphere patrol, or sustaining a Warleader tactic, the animal ally can continue to use those talents even if the animal-attuned customized weapon is not the armiger’s active weapon. The animal ally loses access to those talents at the start of the armiger’s next turn.

When spending a move action to move as part of rapid assault, the armiger may divide her movement up between the triggering action and the granted bonus attacks. This movement provokes attacks of opportunity as normal. Additionally, if she does not have a move action available, the armiger may still move up to her speed as if she spent a move action. Doing so makes the armiger staggered on her next turn even if she would normally be immune to the staggered condition.

When the armiger uses a customized weapon to damage a creature, all attacks made against that creature until the start of her next turn count as being of all the special materials of the previous attacks since the beginning of her turn. Additionally, if a weapon used possesses a special ability (such as the holy weapon ability) or enhancement bonus that allows it to bypass the target’s damage reduction, subsequent attacks also count as having that ability or bonus for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.

When using the rapid assault ability, the armiger may total the damage from all attacks before applying damage reduction, hardness, and energy resistance.

The armiger gains a competence bonus to initiative equal to 2 + the bonus granted by her enhanced customization class feature while wielding a customized weapon. Additionally, she may draw a customized weapon set as part of rolling initiative; doing so allows this benefit to apply to the initiative roll.

The armiger gains either the Sniper sphere or Barrage sphere as a bonus talent. She may take this prowess twice, selecting a different sphere each time.

When damage would cause the armiger or an ally within her current active weapon’s reach to be knocked unconscious or killed, as an immediate action she may expend her martial focus to instead direct the damage to an active weapon. The original target takes no damage, but the weapon receives only half its normal hardness. The armiger cannot use this option with natural attacks or unarmed attacks.

The armiger may allow her cohorts to use her customized weapons. When the cohort wields the weapon, it may benefit from the talents granted by that weapon, though must still meet any prerequisites for any granted talent. The cohort also treats the weapon as masterwork and gains the benefits of enhanced customization for that weapon. Each cohort requires one hour of training with a customized weapon and may only be trained with one at a time.

The armiger gains Shield Training from the Equipment sphere. If the armiger already possess the Shield Training talent, she instead may select any talent from the Equipment sphere as a bonus talent.

Any feat the armiger possesses that specifies a particular weapon or weapon group (such as Weapon Focus or Improved Critical) also applies to all of her customized weapons.

The armiger may choose one customized weapon. This weapon grants an additional talent. This prowess may be taken more than once; each time it applies to a different customized weapon.

The armiger’s customized weapons may grant skill talents in place of combat talents. For each of the armiger’s customized weapons, she selects a single skill. While wielding that customized weapon, the armiger adds her enhanced customization bonus to skill checks attempted with that skill. This prowess may be selected a second time, in which case the armiger also gains the skill unlock with the selected skill while wielding her corresponding customized weapon. The armiger may use her operative modifier as her practitioner ability modifier, or vice versa.

Choose one of the following feats: Advanced Magical Training, Basic Magical Training, or Extra Magic Talent. The armiger gains the chosen feat as a bonus feat. The armiger must meet all the prerequisites of the chosen feat. This prowess may be taken up to three times.

For the purpose of being able to perform a technique, an armiger is considered to have all of the talents from all of their customized weapons at the same time.

Rather than having a single repertoire of techniques, the armiger has a unique repertoire of techniques for each of their customized weapons. Any feat or effect which increases the number of techniques the armiger may have in their repertoire applies to each of the armiger’s repertoires. In addition, the armiger may draw or stow a technique script as part of the same action to draw or stow a customized weapon.

By studying ancient magic and crafting techniques, the armiger learns to customize his arsenal in more fantastic and unusual ways. The armiger gains the ability to apply modifications to his customized weapons. Applying a modification can be done in the same time it takes the armiger to customize a weapon, and each customized weapon can only have one modification applied to it at any given time. The armiger can apply any modification he meets the minimum level for. A modification applied to a custom weapon with the double weapon quality applies to both ends. The armiger must have the customized weapons class feature to gain this prowess.

The armiger can select from the following initial modifications:

• Flexible Materials: The customized weapon gains the trip weapon special feature and grants a +2 circumstance bonus on disarm combat maneuvers made using the weapon.
• Grapnel Attachment: The armiger customizes his weapon to fire a built-in grappling hook. The grappling hook is attached to a 30-foot-long chain. The armiger can attack with the grappling hook as a special attack action, making a ranged touch attack against the target. On a successful hit, the grappling hook deals no damage, but functions as though it had the grapple weapon special feature, except it requires only a hit (not a critical hit). The grapple ends if the armiger moves more than 30 feet away from the grappled creature. The customized weapon cannot be used to make attacks until the grappling hook has been reloaded (as a standard action). The length of the chain increases by 5 feet at level 5, and every 5 thereafter, and the armiger increases the maximum distance he can stand from the grappled target by the same amount.
• Lethality Repurposing: The customized weapon can be used to deal lethal or nonlethal damage without taking a penalty on your attack roll.
• Odd Curves and Edges: Choose bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing. The customized weapon deals the chosen damage type in addition to any damage types it normally deals.

At 6th level, the armiger gains access to the following modifications:

• Aerodynamic: The customized weapon may be thrown easily despite its shape. The customized weapon gains a range increment of 10 feet and can be thrown up to 5 range increments. If the customized weapon already has a range increment, instead increase the weapon’s range increment by 10 feet instead. This modification can only be applied to melee weapons.
• Extending Framework: The customized weapon can extend or retract to be wielded at ranges normal weapons couldn’t. As a swift action, the armiger can extend or retract the customized weapon. When a customized weapon is extended, it gains the reach quality. When a customized weapon is retracted, it loses the reach quality. For example, an armiger adds the extending framework modification to a customized weapon lance, which allows him to retract his lance and remove the reach quality, and can then extend the customized weapon lance to restore the reach quality.
• Shielding: You treat the customized weapon as a buckler, gaining a +1 shield bonus to AC as normal for a buckler. You lose this bonus (and stop treating the customized weapon as a buckler until the start of your next turn) if you attack with the weapon or wield another weapon in the same hand, unless you possess an ability to retain your shield bonus when making a shield bash attack, such as the Shield sphere Bashing Shield talent or the Improved Shield Bash feat. Making an attack with this weapon may count as making a shield bash if beneficial. When making a shield bash with the customized weapon, reduce the damage as if the shield bash was one size smaller.
• Weightless: The customized weapon is unusually light, and can be wielded with greater precision than normal. The weapon is treated as a light melee weapon when determining whether it can be used with Weapon Finesse, as well as with any feat, spell, or special weapon ability that can be used in conjunction with light weapons.

At 12th level, the armiger gains access to the following modifications:

• Dense Weighting: The customized weapon is treated as an appropriate weapon for sundering any type of object. Whenever a creature is hit by a customized weapon with this modification, they take a -2 penalty to their CMD against bull rush, reposition, and trip combat maneuvers until the end of its next turn or until after the creature is subject to a maneuver (whichever comes first). This penalty does not stack with itself.
• Liquimetal Blanch: The customized weapon’s surface shimmers and shifts, almost like liquid. Each round, the first time the customized weapon would deal damage to a creature that has material- based damage reduction, the customized weapon bypasses that damage-reduction as if made from that material until the beginning of your next turn. For example, the armiger strikes a creature with DR/silver with his customized weapon longsword with this modification. The weapon immediately hardens to be treated as silver until the end of the round. If the armiger would make an attack of opportunity against a creature with DR/cold iron during that same round, the customized weapon would not change to cold iron. This does not affect the weapon’s normal ability to bypass material-based damage reduction. A cold iron longsword with this modification will always bypass cold iron.
• Parrying Edge: The customized weapon is easier for the armiger to block attacks with. When you fight defensively or use Combat Expertise while wielding the customized weapon, your AC bonus increases by 1. In addition, attacks of opportunity made with the customized weapon deal an additional amount of damage equal to your practitioner modifier (minimum 1). This additional damage is precision damage, and is not multiplied on a critical hit. An enemy can only take precision damage from this modification once each round.

The armiger may change one talent granted by a customized weapon with ten minutes of practice. The new talent must be a valid choice to be granted by that weapon. Once per day, she may use this ability as a move action.

The armiger gains the ability to use the veilshifting ability of a 3rd-level vizier 1/day. The armiger may select this prowess multiple times, each time gaining an additional use of this ability per day (to a maximum of once per day per 4 armiger levels).

The armiger gains the Leadership sphere as a bonus talent. If the armiger already possesses this sphere, she instead gains a Leadership talent of her choice

Aura faint Enhancement; CL 5th
Slot ring; Price 18,000 gp; Weight 1 lb.

This silvery-white ring is etched with elemental symbols. A character with the enhanced customization feature may divert one point of the bonus from their enhanced customization feature to instead grant a weapon the equivalent value in special abilities (choosing from the list of special abilities an armorist may add to their summon and bound weapons). For example, a character could divert a point in order to grant that weapon the flaming special ability. However, this does not allow a weapon to exceed a +10 overall bonus, and the user cannot add a special ability to a weapon that already has that special ability. The special ability given to each customized weapon is set when the user customizes their weapons (a process that normally takes 8 hours) and may be changed each time the user customizes their weapons. The character does not have to make the same choices for each weapon. Characters cannot benefit from more than one ring of flexibility.

Construction Requirements
Craft Apparatus, Enhancement sphere (Energy Enhancement (enhance), Greater Enhance Equipment); Cost 9,000 gp

Aura faint Dark; CL 3rd
Slot wrists; Price 18,000 gp; Weight 1 lb.

This pair of bracelets is dull and unassuming. While worn, they allow the bearer to store their customized weapons within their shadow. This functions like the Shadow Stash talent of the Dark sphere, except the storage is limited to the user’s customized weapons (regardless of size or weight) and is only accessible when using the quick change ability. Additionally, the shadow armory can store up to 50 units of ammunition per character level, plus the appropriate holders (such as quivers for arrows), and can swap those in and out as a free action whenever the user would equip an appropriate ranged weapon. Beyond providing safe storage for weapons, the shadow armory can cling to weapons when they leave it. The first time each round that a character uses quick change, the next attack with the weapon taken out of the shadow armory bypasses one point of damage reduction (except DR/- or epic), plus one additional point of damage reduction at 5th character level and every five levels thereafter.

Construction Requirements
Craft Apparatus, Dark sphere (Shadow Stash); Cost 9,000 gp

Aura faint Creation and Illusion; CL 3rd
Slot hands; Price 18,000 gp; Weight 2 lbs.

These heavy metal gauntlets are extremely popular with armigers who have received significant training in their class. Three times per day, plus one additional time per day at 10th level and every five levels thereafter, a creature with the rapid assault ability may activate these gauntlets to create momentary duplicates of their customized weapons when making a rapid assault. Instead of making an additional attack at their highest base attack bonus, they may force foes they are targeting with their rapid assault to attempt a Reflex save (against the user’s normal combat sphere DC). Foes who fail this saving throw are struck as if they had been hit by the user’s attack, while foes who succeed at their save take half damage from the attack and suffer no additional effects. The target’s square and all squares around them are treated as difficult terrain for one round, after which the duplicates vanish. The partially-illusory weapons created by this item are not suitable for any other purpose once created, and any given weapon will vanish early if any creature attempts to use it.

Construction Requirements
Craft Marvelous Item, Creation sphere, Illusion sphere; Cost 9,000 gp