Note: This archetype makes use of rules from Path of War by Dreamscarred Press.
Discordant crusaders are warrior zealots who choose
to blend both good and evil into one style, using the
strength of one to supplement the fury of the other.
Maneuvers
The dueling focus within the discordant
crusader allows for a split focus of his talents as well
as his ambiguously moral state. By embracing the tools
and techniques of both good and evil, he may fulfill his
mission without regard to conventional morality. A
discordant crusader loses access to the Piercing Thunder
discipline and adds Black Seraph and Silver Crane to his
list of available disciplines. He otherwise learns, readies,
initiates maneuvers as a standard zealot.
This ability alters maneuvers.
Moral Ambiguity (Ex)
A discordant crusader decides the nature of his own path, for good or ill. Starting at
1st level, the discordant crusader can initiate maneuvers
with the Good and Evil descriptors regardless of his
alignment, and regular use of these maneuver does not
threaten to change his alignment.
Grey Aura (Su)
Starting at 4th level, as long as the
discordant crusader is psionically focused, his alignment
cannot be discerned by spells and effects as long as his
class level is higher than the effect’s caster level. In
addition, whenever he deals profane damage, he can
expend his psionic focus as a free action to instead deal
an equal amount of sacred damage. Alternatively, he can
use this ability when he deals sacred damage to instead
deal an equal amount of profane damage.
This ability replaces the mission ability gained at 4th
level. A discordant crusader never gains a mission.
Paired Weapons (Su)
Starting at 5th level, a
discordant crusader treats all Black Seraph discipline
weapons as Silver Crane discipline weapons, and vice
versa.
This ability replaces defiance.
Divided Focus (Ex)
At 6th level, a discordant crusader gains Discipline Focus (Black Seraph) and Discipline
Focus (Silver Crane) as bonus feats, even if he does not
meet their prerequisites.
This ability replaces the conviction gained at 6th level.
Twofold Fire (Su)
Starting at 8th level, a discordant crusader gains the ability to augment his strikes
from the Black Seraph and Silver Crane disciplines by
spending power points. A discordant crusader can
spend a maximum number of power points augmenting
a maneuver equal to one plus one additional power
point for every four initiator levels he possesses (up to a
maximum of 6 at 20th level). If the zealot has the ability
to augment his maneuvers in other ways, such as from
another class feature or the maneuver itself, this cannot
be combined with the augments granted by this ability;
he must choose which augmentation type to use when
initiating the maneuver. The discordant crusader can augment his Black Seraph and Silver Crane strikes in one
or more of the following ways:
• For every power point the discordant crusader
spends, this strike deals an additional 1d6 points of
profane damage (if a Black Seraph strike) or sacred
damage (if a Silver Crane strike).
• For every 3 power points the discordant crusader
spends, his target takes a –4 penalty to their AC (if
a Black Seraph strike) or to their attack rolls (if a
Silver Crane strike) for one minute. A successful
Will save (DC 10 + the strike’s level + your initiation
modifier) negates this penalty. These penalties do
not stack with themselves if the discordant crusader
hits an opponent with multiple augmented strikes,
although a creature can suffer from both penalties
simultaneously.
This ability replaces the mission augments gained at
8th level.
Twinned Avatar (Su)
At 16th level, the discordant
crusader can enter a two stances, one each from the Black
Seraph and Silver Crane Disciplines, with a single swift
action. Doing so is taxing for the discordant crusader,
and he can only maintain the stances together for a
number of rounds equal to 3 + his initiation modifier.
These rounds do not need to be consecutive, but after he
reaches this maximum he must wait an equal number of
rounds before he can use this ability again. At 20th level,
the discordant crusader can maintain a Black Seraph
and a Silver Crane stance together indefinitely.
This ability replaces metaphysical transcendence.
