Horrifically Overpowered Class Features for Pathfinder 1e Base Classes - The Samurai (Patreon)

We began with core classes in the Horrifically Overpowered Fighter Class Features article, which covers why I still do Horrifically Overpowered products and articles, and gives the Horrifically Overpowered Class Feature feat to access these class features. We're going through alternate and abse classes, and have reached the Samurai.

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Horrifically Overpowered Samurai Class Features 

You access these class features with the Horrifically Overpowered Class Feature feat (see the Fighter article, or Index).

(Just waiting for the people to tell me this should all be standard Samurai game rules. Art by warmtail.)

Horrifically Overpowered Samurai Class Skills [Horrifically Overpowered]: Knowledge (history, local, nobility) and Perform (oratory) are class skill for you, allowing you to know your place ins society and history and retell the great epics and create and recite haiku. You gain a bonus rank in each of these skills every time you gain a Samurai level (though you cannot exceed the normal maximum of 1 rank per character level).

You have learned all that a perfect Samurai must know, and have the focus to excel at any of them given the time to properly prepare yourself. With one hour of meditation or ceremony (such as the tea ceremony, or creating an appropriate haiku), you can gain bonus ranks in any Samurai class skill equal to your class level (though you cannot exceed the normal maximum of 1 rank per character level). If you later choose to gain bonus ranks in a new class skill this way, you lose the bonus ranks in one of the class skill you gained bonus ranks in earlier.

Horrifically Overpowered Samurai Class Weapon & Armor Proficiencies [Horrifically Overpowered]: When using a weapon you gained proficiency with through the Samurai class and hitting a foe with DR or hardness you cannot bypass, you ignore an amount of that DR or hardness equal to your Samurai class level. If using such a weapon and you hit the AC of a creature that uses some other method for your attack to not affect them (such as blur, or mirror image, or being ethereal or invisible), you have a chance to hit and damage them as if that method of avoiding you attack did not exist. This chance is equal to 60%, +2% per Samurai level you possess.

Horrifically Overpowered Challenge (Horrifically Overpowered): Your mount gains all the benefits of your challenge, even if you aren't mounted. You gain three additional uses of challenge per day. You gain a +5 bonus to attack rolls against the target of your challenge. Challenge also applies to your ranged attacks. You do not take a penalty to AC when using challenge, and gain a +2 bonus to your AC from attacks against the target of your challenge and a +2 bonus to saving throws the target of your challenge forces you to make.

Horrifically Overpowered Mount (Horrifically Overpowered): At 1st level, you gain one of the following benefits:

*Anti-Archetypical: Your mount gains two of the following companion archetypes without meeting its prerequisites or giving up any of its abilities: Aberrant Companion, Ambusher, Apex Species, Augmented Companion, Auspice, Bodyguard, Bully, Charger, Daredevil, Deathtouched Companion, Draconic Companion, Elemental Companion, Feytouched Companion, Precocious Companion, Racer, Totem Guide, Tracker, Verdant Companion, Wrecker.

*Beast Speaker and Beast Speaker Mastery as bonus feats you do not need to meet the prerequisites for. For these feats your effective druid level is your samurai level +6. These feats only apply to your mount, not another companion. You cannot select sun hawk.

*Beast Rider, Bully Breed, Pack Tactics, Share Healing, and Take This as bonus feats you do not need to meet the prerequisites for.

*Celestial Servant as a bonus feat you do not need to meet the prerequisites for. Your mount actually gains the half-celestial template.

*Corpse Companion as a bonus feat you do not need to meet the prerequisites for. Your companion's Charisma is equal to your highest ability score. This feat only apply to your mount, not another companion.

*Evolution Pool: Your mount gains an evolution pool with a number of evolution points equal to half your samurai level (minimum 1).

*Fiendish: Your mount gains the half-fiend template.

*Gene-Touched Companion. Your mount gains the starting, 4th-, and 8th-level abilities. This feat only apply to your mount, not another companion.

*Mighty: Your mount gains the Advanced template. At 3rd level and every odd level thereafter, your mount gains one of the following feats as a bonus feat it does not have to meet the prerequisites for: Devotion Against the Unnatural, Disruptive Companion, Ferocious Beast, Ferocious Feint, Forceful Charge, Improved Forceful Charge, Intercept Blow, Jumper, Narrow Frame, Reflexive Interception, Stable Gallop, Sure-Footed, Tenacious Hunter, Valliant Steed, Well-Trained.

*Monstrous Companion as a bonus feat you do not need to meet the prerequisites for. For this feat your effective druid level is your samurai level +6. This feat only apply to your mount, not another companion.

*Mythic Companion as a bonus feat. Both you and your mount receive this feat.

*Skaveling Companion as a bonus feat you do not need to meet the prerequisites for. The save DC for its screech is its normal DC or 10 +1/2 your effective druid level for companions + your highest ability score modifier. This feat only apply to your mount, not another companion.

*Totem Beast as a bonus feat you do not need to meet the prerequisites for. Your companion receives two animal aspects, and you can select whet they are each day when you regain uses of your daily abilities. This feat only apply to your mount, not another companion

*Vampiric Companion as a bonus feat you do not need to meet the prerequisites for. Select one kind of vampire. Your vampiric companion gains abilities as if you were a vampire of that type. This feat only apply to your mount, not another companion.

Horrifically Overpowered Order (Horrifically Overpowered): You gain a second order. You do not need to meet any of the prerequisites or requirements of your second order. You do not have to follow the edicts of your second order. You never lose any abilities as a result of violating an edict.

Horrifically Overpowered Resolve (Horrifically Overpowered): Double your total resolve. Additionally, each use of resolve is boosted as follows:Determined: The condition is removed permanently.Resolute: You succeed at the saving throw.Unstoppable: You recover a number of HP equal to your Samurai level.

Horrifically Overpowered Weapon Expertise: This ability applies to all the listed weapons, you do not have to select one. You gain an additional combat feat at 6th level, and every three Samurai levels thereafter.

Horrifically Overpowered Mounted Archery (Horrifically Overpowered): You do not take any penalties to ranged attacks due to your mount moving. You can take a full attack action for ranged attacks on your mount while it takes a move, double move, or run.

Horrifically Overpowered Great Resolve (Horrifically Overpowered): You gain 4 additional Resolve. When you use this ability, you also heal a number of HP equal to your Samurai level, and gain a +3 morale bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws until the end of your next turn.

Horrifically Overpowered Honorable Stand (Horrifically Overpowered): You are immune to all fear effects. While using your honorable stand, you are immune to the bull rush, disarm, grapple, reposition, and sunder combat maneuvers. When you make a saving throw while using honorable stand, you can wait to see if the save succeeds or fails before deciding if you wish to use a Resolve to reroll the saving throw.

Horrifically Overpowered Demanding Challenge (Horrifically Overpowered): You are immune to all fear effects. While using your demanding challenge, each round you automatically treat the target as if you had succeeded at a Diplomacy or Intimidate check (your choice) with the Antagonize feat.

Horrifically Overpowered Greater Banner (Horrifically Overpowered): You can wave your banner as a standard action, move action, swift action, or immediate action. An ally can only benefit from each kind of action banner waving once per day. The ability works on all allies able to see your banner.

Horrifically Overpowered True Resolve (Horrifically Overpowered): Using true resolve takes just 2 Resolve. It leaves you at 1 HP, and conscious.

Horrifically Overpowered Last Stand (Horrifically Overpowered): This ability applies to HP damage from any source, though any effect a spell, hazard and so on has other than HP damage affects the Samurai normally.

Writers Note: If you are enjoying this article, you may also enjoy my (non-Horrifically Overpowered) articles on cavalier-paladins, dragon knights, and Unicorn Animal Companions.