Style Shifter

A style shifter is not proficient with medium armor or shields. This alters the shifter’s armor proficiencies.

A style shifter is considered to have Improved Unarmed Strike for the purposes of feat prerequisites and can apply the effects of feats that have Improved Unarmed Strike as a prerequisite to her shifter claws. This alters shifter claws.

A style shifter gains access to style aspects. A style aspect provides benefits only while the style shifter is in the style feat stance associated with the appropriate aspect (such as Boar Style with Form of the Boar). He can shift into his style aspect for a number of minutes per day equal to 3 + his shifter level. The duration need not be consecutive but must be spent in 1-minute increments. A style shifter can shift into a style aspect as a free action as part of entering a style feat’s stance. Otherwise, shifting into a style aspect is a swift action, while ending the effect is a free action that can be taken only on the style shifter’s turn. He can shift between any aspects he has during the duration without additional cost. This replaces shifter aspect, chimeric aspect, greater chimeric aspect, and final aspect.

At 1st level, 5th level, and every 5 levels thereafter, a style shifter gains a bonus style feat. He does not need to meet the prerequisites of the feat. Starting at 5th level, he can choose to instead gain a wildcard style slot. Whenever he enters one or more styles, he can spend his wildcard style slots to gain feats in those styles’ feat paths (such as Panther Claw if he enters Panther Style) as long as he meets their prerequisites. Each time he changes styles, he can also change these wildcard style slots.

At 6th level, a style shifter gains the ability to turn into other creatures. This functions as a druid’s wild shape ability, except he does not gain the ability to turn into an elemental. The shifter’s effective druid level is equal to his class level. He can use this ability for a number of hours per day equal to 1/3 his effective druid level. This duration does not need to be consecutive, but must be spent in 1-hour increments. For abilities that function based on uses of wild shape, each hour of form of the wild counts as a use. This alters wild shape.

A style shifter has access to the following style aspects. Form of the Boar : Once per round when you hit a single foe with two or more unarmed strikes, you can tear flesh. When you do, you deal an additional 1 point of bleed damage with the attack. At 8th level, when you tear flesh, the target becomes sickened for 1 round. At 15th level, whenever you confirm a critical hit, you can attempt an Intimidate check to demoralize a target within 30 feet as an immediate action. Form of the Crane : You reduce the penalty on attack rolls for fighting defensively by 1, to a minimum penalty of 0. At 8th level, when an attack misses you, you can move 5 feet as an immediate action without provoking attacks of opportunity. At 15th level, when an attack misses you, you can move up to half your speed as an immediate action without provoking attacks of opportunity. Form of the Dragon : You gain a +1 dodge bonus to your AC for each ally you charge through when charging, up to a total equal to your Dexterity modifier (minimum +0). At 8th level, your unarmed strike’s damage die increases by one step against shaken targets. At 15th level, whenever you confirm a critical hit against a shaken target, the target becomes frightened for 1 round. Form of the Monkey : You gain a bonus on damage rolls while prone equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum +0). You can crawl up to half your speed as a move action. At 8th level, whenever a creature provokes an attack of opportunity from you, that creature is considered flatfooted against your attack. At 15th level, whenever you take a 5-foot step, you are treated as if you were still in your original space for the purposes of flanking others until the start of your next turn (though you can’t use this aspect to provide flanking for yourself), and you can crawl up to your full speed as a move action. Form of the Panther : You gain a bonus to damage rolls for retaliatory unarmed strikes made with Panther Style equal to your Wisdom modifier (minimum +0)