New HLA's for Swashbucklers Options

[Sikret]

Swashbucklers will no longer have access to "Use Any Item" HLA. Instead, I decided to add other HLA's for them. So far, four HLA's are added:

They already had access to one warrior HLA; so, I decided to add three more (though the total numbers of these new HLA's they can pick are fewer than the numbers a warrior can pick):

- Hardiness
- Critical Strike
- Resist Magic

I also added one new HLA:

- Acrobatic Combat

Description:

By using this ability, a high level swashbuckler can improve his agility and fighting expertise (in both defense and attack) to an extraordinary level. Acrobatic Combat grants +6 bonus to AC and +3 bonus to THAC0 for 5 rounds.

Suggestions for more new HLA's are welcome.*

Thanks.

* Ideas for new HLA's should be original (not copied or taken from other mods).

This post has been edited by Sikret: Oct 21 2008, 10:06 AM

Reason for edit: Fixing typos

[G-Force]

New HLA suggestion:


Taunt


Most swashbucklers have a connection to the sea often being pirates as well, and as anyone can tell you most "men of the sea" have developed a very, very foul language.
Some high level swashbucklers have have developed this "skill" into a weapon.

What does it do:

Basically once per day/battle he can use taunt one 1 enemy.

If its a spell caster: it's spell will be interrupted should he be casting one, furthermore he will actually attempt to melee the swashbuckler for a few rounds.

If its a melee oriented creature: it will ignore whatever its doing and try to harm the swashbuckler( this way you can save a party member who is about to die) for a large many rounds, however there is a slight chance that this may backfire. If the insult is to great the monster may go berserk giving the creature all the bonuses that berserk gives. (or perhaps a custom more powerfull berserk)

Coupled with the high natural AC of the Swashbuckler, and later a tanking ability (like acrobatic combat) this should be a very interesting skill.

To balance things out there of course should be a (high)saving throw for the monsters.
The actual duration of the spell propably need some testing.

Appearance:

If successful some kind of variation of the confusion/chaos symbol above the monsters head would be nice.

as for the "casting" nothing fancy, just a text bubble( like when lilacor speaks) quoting (perhaps famous movie) insults.