Limit Dragoon

As a limit warrior, the limit dragoon best make sure to stay buddies with a healer, as he’ll be taking plenty of damage, which he actually needs if he wishes to use Limit Breaks. Limit dragoons are incredible jumpers, and pair up with or against dragons nicely thanks to their abilities.
Abilities: You benefit from a high Constitution for more hit points. The more damage you take the more you can use your Limit Breaks. Strength is also important to deal more damage and for higher jumps. A small amount of Limits use your Wisdom score.
Races: Limit dragoons aren’t a really common class, with only humans, elves and kobolds having a noteworthy number amongst them. A small number of Thri-Kreen Limit Dragoons have become true legends among the people of the desert.
Alignment: Most dragoons have a tendency towards lawfulness, and some lean towards neutrality, mostly because they worship Bahamut, Tiamat and Sardior, but they can be of any alignment.
Starting Gold: 5d4x10 (125 gp).
Starting Age: As Ranger

Class Skills
The limit dragoon’s class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Acrobatics (Dex), Athletics (Str), Bluff (Cha), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (arcane) (Int), Perception (Wis), Ride (Dex), Survival (Wis), Use Magic Device (Cha).
Skills Per Level : 4 + Int

Hit Dice: d12

Level	BAB	Fort	Ref	Will	Special	Limits Known	Highest Limit Level
1st	+1	+2	+0	+2	Lancet (+1d6), Limit Gauge, Leap of Faith	1	1
2nd	+2	+3	+0	+3	Dragon Companion (1 HD), Draconic Vigor	2	1
3rd	+3	+3	+1	+3	Lancet (+2d6), Uncanny Dodge	2	1
4th	+4	+4	+1	+4	Dragon Companion (2 HD)	3	2
5th	+5	+4	+1	+4	Lancet (+3d6)	3	2
6th	+6/+1	+5	+2	+5	Dragon Companion (3 HD)	4	2
7th	+7/+2	+5	+2	+5	Improved Uncanny Dodge, Lancet (+4d6)	4	2
8th	+8/+3	+6	+2	+6	Dragon Companion (4 HD)	5	3
9th	+9/+4	+6	+3	+6	Lancet (+5d6)	5	3
10th	+10/+5	+7	+3	+7	Dragon Companion (5 HD), Safe Landing	6	3
11th	+11/+6/+1	+7	+3	+7	Lancet (+6d6)	6	3
12th	+12/+7/+2	+8	+4	+8	Dragon Companion (6 HD), Stalwart	7	4
13th	+13/+8/+3	+8	+4	+8	Lancet (+7d6)	7	4
14th	+14/+9/+4	+9	+4	+9	Dragon Companion (7 HD)	8	4
15th	+15/+10/+5	+9	+5	+9	Lancet (+8d6)	8	4
16th	+16/+11/+6/+1	+10	+5	+10	Dragon Companion (8 HD)	9	5
17th	+17/+12/+7/+2	+10	+5	+10	Lancet (+9d6)	9	5
18th	+18/+13/+8/+3	+11	+6	+11	Dragon Companion (9 HD)	10	5
19th	+19/+14/+9/+4	+11	+6	+11	Lancet (+10d6)	10	5
20th	+20/+15/+10/+5	+12	+6	+12	Berserk, Dragon Companion (10 HD)	11	6

Weapon Proficiencies: Limit dragoons are proficient with all simple weapons, the short sword and all martial reach or polearm weapons. They're also proficient with all light, medium and heavy armour, but not shields.

Limit Gauge:
Limit dragoons use their Limit Break ability by depleting their Limit Gauge. Your Limit Gauge begins at zero. As you take damage, you add whatever amount of damage you took to your Limit Gauge. For example, if Kain takes 14 damage, he would add that to whatever he already had in his Limit Gauge. The maximum amount that your Limit Gauge can go to is your level times 10, to a max of 200 at level 20. Your limit gauge refreshes back to zero at each dawn, regardless of whether you've rested or not.
When you use your Limit Breaks, subtract the cost of the Limit Break from your total. For example, Kain uses a second level Limit Break, which costs 10 points. If he had 42 points before using it, he now has 32. You only count damage taken in battle towards your Limit Gauge, not damage from other sources. Therefore, you don't add damage taken from a fall or bashing your head into a wall.

Limits Known:
A limit dragoon begins play knowing only one Limit Break. He learns another Limit Break at every even numbered level. He can use any Limit Break he knows at any time as long as he can pay for it from his Limit Gauge. First level Limits cost 5 points, second level Limits cost 10, third level Limits cost 20, fourth level Limits cost 40, fifth level Limits cost 80, and sixth level limits cost 160.

Highest Limit:
Limit dragoon know only first level Limit Breaks when they begin play. At every fourth level, the highest level they can use is increased by one (Level 2 at Class Level 4, 3 at level 8, 4 at level 12, 5 at level 16, and 6 at level 20). When a Limit Dragoon member learns a new Limit Break, he can choose the highest level he knows or any Limit Break lower.

Leap of Faith:
A limit dragoon adds his class level to any Athletics checks made to jump and all jumps made by a limit dragoon count as running jumps. In addition, armour check penalties no longer apply to his Athletics checks.

Lancet:
A limit dragoon can, as a full round action, make an Athletics check to jump high into the air and attack an opponent within an amount of feet of his starting position equal to his base land speed. However, he can only do this while wielding a polearm weapon two-handed and he must have a target to use Lancet. He deals +1d6 lancet damage for every 10 points of his Athletics check result. In order to perform the Lancet, his Athletics check must be sufficient to move the distance and over any enemies or obstances in the way.

For instance, if Kain got a Acrobatics check result of 36, he would deal an extra +3d6 lancet damage to his opponent. The maximum extra Lancet damage dice starts at 1d6 and increases by 1d6 every odd limit dragoon level. The limit dragoon still has to make an attack roll to see if he hits his target.

This lancet damage, like sneak attack, is not multiplied on a critical hit. For the purpose of Lancet, Athletics checks made for high jumps count as Athletics checks made for long jumps. Lancet counts as a charge for any effects that would affect a charge. However, opponents do not get attacks of opportunity against you when you use lancet, nor do you get a bonus on attack rolls or a penalty to AC.

Dragon Companion:
At second level a limit dragoon gains a special dragon spirit as a companion. The dragon companion is of Small size and resembles a specific kind of dragon that your order is allied with. Choose one true dragon whose alignment is within one step of yours. You and your dragon companion gain a +2 bonus on all Cha-based checks made against that kind of dragon. Your dragon companion starts out with 1 dragon Hit Die and gains 1 dragon Hit Die once you reach your fourth limit dragoon level, and every 2 limit dragoon levels thereafter. The starting stats for the dragon companion use your own stat array, arranged in any order you choose.

The dragon companion has a movement speed of 30 ft and a fly speed of 50 ft with average maneuverability. It has a natural armour bonus to AC of +2. The dragon companion has low-light vision, darkvision out to 60 feet, natural attacks of a true dragon of its size, and a breath weapon that deals 1d6 points of damage per HD of the dragon (but only 1d4/HD if sonic). Choose one energy type (acid, cold, electricity, fire, sonic). The breath weapon deals damage of this type. The breath weapon is a line of 5ft + 5 ft per HD of the dragon or a cone of 5ft + 5 ft per 2 HD of the dragon (choose one). The dragon companion can use its breath weapon once every 1d4 rounds and the save DC equals 10 + dragon companion’s HD + dragon companion’s Con mod. If the dragon companion ever dies, it can be regained by praying and searching for one for 24 hours, like the druid's animal companion.

Every time your dragon companion gains a Hit Die, it gains a special ability. You may choose from the following list of traits. Unless otherwise specified each trait may only be taken once:

Draconic Vigor:
Starting at second level, a limit dragoon draws strength from his dragon companion to keep fighting in battle. As long as the dragon companion is alive the limit dragoon heals 2 damage for each successful attack he makes in combat. This healing increases by 1 at 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter. When using his lancet ability this healing is doubled.

Uncanny Dodge:
Starting at third level, a limit dragoon can react to danger before his senses would normally allow him to do so. He retains his Dexterity bonus to AC (if any) even if caught flat-footed or struck by an invisible attacker. However, he still loses his Dexterity bonus to AC if immobilized.
If a limit dragoon already has uncanny dodge from a different class (a limit dragoon with four levels in rogue, for example), he automatically gains improved uncanny dodge (see below) instead.

Improved Uncanny Dodge:
A limit dragoon of seventh level or higher can no longer be flanked; he can react to opponents on opposite sides of him as easily as he can react to a single attacker. This defense denies characters to sneak attack him by flanking him unless the attacker has at least four more HD than the target does.

Safe Landing:
Upon attaining level ten, you can treat large falls as though they were nothing. For every level you have in limit dragoon, you can fall an extra five feet without taking damage. A level 16 limit dragoon would treat falls 80 feet shorter than they actually are, for example.

Stalwart :
At twelfth level and higher, a Limit Dragoon can resist magical and unusual attacks with great willpower or fortitude. If he makes a successful Will or Fortitude save against an effect that normally would have a lesser effect on a successful save, he instead can opt to completely negate the effect. An unconscious or sleeping Limit Dragoon does not gain the benefit of stalwart.

Berserk:
Upon reaching level 20, a limit dragoon doubles the amount of damage they recieve when adding it to their Limit Gauge. For example, if Zack takes 54 damage from an attack, he adds 108 points to his Limit Gauge.

PLAYING A LIMIT DRAGOON
"A fire burns within my soul. The roaring fire of a dragon."
A limit dragoon is not a very common figure in everyday society, but they are easily recognizable. In that manner, one could compare them to paladins, but with an allegiance to dragons rather than The Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia. To people not an enemy, the limit dragoons are heroic figures that can provide great aid. Several orders of dragoons exist, each allied with a certain kind of dragon, such as the Order of the Platinum Scale, which is allied with gold, silver and bronze dragons, and the Order of Black Horn, which is an evil order allied with the chromatic dragons. Members of these orders often wear armour in the colours of their dragon allies, sometimes even dragonscale armour to further their connection with the draconic. Some evil limit dragoons choose for their dragon companion to have five heads as a sign to show their devotion to Tiamat.
Other Classes: You get along with all sorts of other classes. Limit dragoons like to stay friendly with clerics who can constantly heal their wounds so that they can fill up their Limit Gauges without having to worry about being too low on HP. You also enjoy the company of magic users whose magic abilities can provide some good assistance, especially sorcerers because you feel a kinship with them due to their link with dragons. And of course you also don’t mind the help other combat classes can provide you to take a foe down.
Combat: Limit dragoons stay in the front lines, voluntarily taking the brunt of damage so they can fill up their Limit Gauge. You use your evasive abilities to avoid taking too much damage if you start to get low on health or if your Limit Gauge is full. Your Limit Breaks are useful for dealing larger amounts of damage than normally to end the battle more quickly.
Advancement: If your focus is on Limit Breaks, a good idea might be to go for the whole 20 levels for the Berserk ability. It will ensure that you can use Limits as often as you want. Otherwise, combat should be your main focus, with support coming from your dragon companion. Barbarian is always a good choice so you can rage to gain extra strength and hit points. Some ranger levels with dragons as a favoured enemy would combine great with the limit dragoon.

NPC Reaction
Common folk can easily recognize a limit dragoon by their dragon companion. Most people fear or respect limit dragoons for their connection with dragons, and the ones that are allied with chromatic dragons are especially feared due to their great cruelty and cunning. Some charismatic dragoons turn out to be great leaders and often rule lands bordering dragon territories, either because they are allied with the dragons, or because they fight against them.

LIMIT BREAK DESCRIPTIONS

Level 1 Limit Breaks cost 5 points out of your Limit Gauge reserves.
Acidic Strike:
Deal an extra 1d8 acid damage with each attack this round.
Breathe:
You can breathe water for 1 round/level.
Cold Strike:
Deal an extra 1d8 cold damage with each attack this round.
Dash:
Triple your base movement rate for this round.
Extend Strike:
Double your weapon's reach for this round.
Fire Strike:
Deal an extra 1d8 fire damage with each attack this round.
Land:
As an immediate action you may use this limit break to cancel out all falling damage, no matter the height.
Lesser Fusion:
You merge together with your dragon companion. You gain the draconic template. The fusion lasts for 1 minute per Limit Dragoon level. This is a supernatural ability.
Refreshing Wind:
As a standard action, you can heal yourself of 1d10 damage.
Scurry:
Your climb speed increases to your base land speed for 1 round/level.
Shoving Strike:
As a standard action, you can attempt to push an opponent 30' away with a normal attack at your highest attack bonus. The opponent is allowed a Fortitude saving throw against DC (10 + 1/2 your character level + your STR modifier).
Sonic Strike:
Deal an extra 1d6 sonic damage with each attack this round. This extra damage ignores an object's hardness.
Static Strike:
Deal an extra 1d8 electric damage with each attack this round.
Stunning Strike:
As a standard action, you can attempt to stun your opponent in the form of an attack at your highest attack bonus. The DC for your stun attempt is (10 + 1/2 your class level + your WIS modifier) against their Fortitude save. If successful, the opponent is stunned for one round.
Super Jump:
You can make an extraordinary jump this round. Your jump counts as a running jump, and you gain a +20 to your check.

Level 2 Limit Breaks cost 10 points out of your Limit Gauge reserves.
Ancient Circle:
Yourself and all allies within 30 feet gain DR 5/- against any attacks from enemies with the Dragon type for the remainder of the encounter. Against other creature types, this lasts for one round.
Battle Fortification:
Gain 5 temporary hit points per level. These HP last for 1 round/level. When you take damage, it's taken from your temporary HP first. This does not heal damage you've taken already. You gain only half the points from damage taken from these temporary HP for your Limit Gauge (round down). If you have the Berserk class feature, you gain points on a one for one basis.
Blade Rush:
You dash forward 20 feet in a straight line, hitting any enemies in the way. Any enemies you target must be within your reach along the line you rush through. You attack at your highest base attack bonus, rolling once for all attacks. You do your normal weapon damage for the attack. After you rush past them, you backflip back to your original position in battle without provoking. This is a full-round action.
Break:
You ignore the first 10 points of any object's hardness that you attack in this round.
Dragon Killer:
You gain an untyped bonus to damage equal to your WIS modifier against enemies with the Dragon type for the remainder of the battle. Against other creature types, this lasts for one round.
Feral Attack:
After making a charge this round, you can still make a full attack.
Grand Sever:
For this round, you gain the benefits of Cleaving Finish and Greater Cleaving Finish, even if you don't have the feats.
Hasten:
You gain the benefits of Haste for two rounds.
Overpowering Strike:
The first attack you do this round deals double damage. This only multiplies damage that would be multiplied on a critical hit, and the multiplier stacks additively with a critical.
Rigorous Combatant:
You gain a +5 insight bonus to all damage rolls for this round.
Virile Battler:
Gain a +3 insight bonus to all attacks for this round.

Level 3 Limits cost 20 points out of your Limit Gauge reserves.
Accelerated Assault:
You can move then attack and keep moving. You can continue to move and attack for however many attacks you have left in the round as long as you have some movement left. You can move up to your normal movement rate. Enemies still get an attack of opportunity on you if it applies, though you can tumble normally.
Ace Ambition:
Move yourself to the top of the initiative order.
Adrenaline Boost:
Gain a +6 bonus to STR, DEX, and CON for 1 round/level.
Blade Blast:
As a standard action, you send a bead from your weapon that explodes when it hits a target within 30 feet. The explosion deals 1d6 damage/level (to a max of 15d6) to the target and all adjacent targets. The targets are allowed a Reflex save for half damage against a DC of (10 + 1/2 your class level + your WIS modifier).
Bulwark Defense:
You gain a +4 insight bonus to your AC for 1 round/level.
Defy the Earth:
For 1 round/level, you gain a fly speed equal to your base land speed. Additionally you get a bonus on your jump checks equal to half your base land speed.
Emergency Aegis:
Gain a +10 bonus to your natural AC until the end of your next turn. You can use this as an immediate action in response to danger.
Fate:
From the moment that you use this Limit until the beginning of your next turn you can reroll any failed roll, once per roll. If you fail again, you must accept the roll.
Intuitive Sight:
You gain blindsense out to 20 feet for 1 round/level.
New Gravity:
You can treat any surface as though it's a floor. When you step on a wall, for instance, your new gravity lets you walk along it at your normal base speed and you need not make climb checks. This lasts for 1 round/level.
Restore:
You heal yourself of 3d10 damage. This is a standard action.
Safeguard:
You gain damage reduction of 6/- for 1 round/level.
True Score:
You gain a +20 insight bonus to the first attack made in this round.

Level 4 Limits cost 40 points out of your Limit Gauge reserves.
Aural Burst:
Deal an extra 5d6 points of sonic damage with each attack this round. This extra damage ignores an object's hardness.
Berserker:
When you use this Limit Break, all damage you take counts double towards your Limit Gauge for the remainder of the battle. If you have the Berserk class ability, then damage is tripled for your Limit Gauge.
Blazing Punishment:
Deal an extra 5d8 fire damage with each attack you do this round.
Charged Retribution:
Deal an extra 5d8 electric damage with each attack you do this round.
Cold Suffering:
Deal an extra 5d8 cold damage with each attack you do this round.
Dimensional Step:
As an immediate action, you may use dimension door, as the spell, on yourself with a caster level equal to your HD. This does not prevent you from taking further actions, but if you still have a standard and a move action available, you are staggered until the start of your next turn. If you end up adjacent to an opponent when you use this ability, you may make an attack as a free action against that opponent. They are flat-footed against this attack.
Double Drive:
You gain two extra attacks this round at your highest attack bonus.
Eager Strike:
For this round, you double the critical range of your weapon. This stacks with the effects of keen weapons or the Improved Critical feat.
Fostered Fortress:
You bolster yourself for the worst. For 1 round/level, you're immune to death effects and disintegration. You also gain +2 to Will saves.
Improved Ancient Circle:
As Ancient Circle, but the DR increases to 10
Lacerate:
You deal an extra 3d8 damage with each attack you do this round. This counts as weapon damage, and is multiplied on critical hits and Vital Strike, but is not affected by size increases.
Offsetting Offense:
You make an attack of opportunity against every attack made against you until the beginning of your next turn.
Sight:
You gain true seeing for 1 minute/level.

Level 5 Limits cost 80 points out of your Limit Gauge reserves.
Aid:
You heal adjacent allies, including yourself, of 6d8 points of damage. This is a standard action.
Dragon Lord:
You become immune to any breath attacks for the remainder of this encounter. You also gain Improved Evasion for 3 rounds.
Ego Crusher:
With each successful strike this round, you deal an additional 1d4 Charisma damage.
Elude Defense:
Your weapon strikes true, bypassing all damage reduction your opponents have for the remainder of this battle.
Greater Fusion:
You merge together with your dragon companion. You gain the half-dragon template, including wings regardless of your size, which also grants you a +10 bonus on checks to jump. The fusion lasts for 1 minute per Limit Dragoon level. This is a supernatural ability.
Hammer It In:
Make an Athletics check for Lancet as normal and resolve Lancet as normal. Then make another Athletics check. If this check exceeds your previous check by 5 or more, you perform Lancet again, but the maximum damage decreases by 1 die. Keep making these checks until you fail or roll a natural 20 for your Athletics check. On a 20 you deal critical damage and stun your oponent for a number of rounds equal to the number of attacks before the natural 20 occured. A Fortitude save DC (10 + 1/2 your character level + your STR modifier) negates the stun.
Mind Crusher:
With each successful strike this round, you deal an additional 1d4 Intelligence damage.
Rounding Rend:
You spin around, attacking all opponents within reach. You attack each target twice, once at your highest attack bonus and another with a -10 penalty. This is a standard action.
Sniping Blitz:
Your weapon is eager to attack opponents from afar. You can make a full attack against one opponent from 400 feet away. This is a full-round action.
Soul Crusher:
With each successful strike this round, you deal an additional 1d4 Wisdom damage.
Syphon Sword:
You heal yourself an amount of damage equal to the damage that you deal this round.
Tormenting Triad:
You gain an additional three attacks this round, each at your highest attack bonus.

Level 6 Limits cost 160 points out of your Limit Gauge reserves.
Countless Cuts:
You double the number of attacks you get this round. You also double any additional attacks from haste or similar effects.
Ferocious Frenzy:
Your Limit Gauge fills up to full after using this Limit (essentially, it just fills your Limit Gauge to it's maximum, but you have the 160 points first). For the remainder of the battle, all limits cost half their normal cost.
Lucky!:
Each time you make an attack this round, flip a coin. If it comes up heads, you make another attack at the same attack bonus and flip the coin again, continuing until you flip tails. When you flip tails, you do not get an extra attack and you move to your next attack, if you have any left available.
Ruining Strike:
You add an additional 30 points to all damage rolls you make this round.
Self Stasis:
You're immune to all effects, both helpful and harmful, until the end of your next turn. This is an immediate action that you can use out of your initiative in response to danger.
Sure Death:
All attacks you make this round gain a +20 bonus to attack rolls.
Time Flies:
Your dragon companion increases two size categories in size, gains +8 Str, +4 Con, +2 Int, +2 Wis, +2 Cha, fly speed increases by 100 ft and maneuverability decreases to clumsy. It's breath weapon gains 4 extra damage dice. If it has swim or burrow speeds it doubles those speeds and also gains tremorsense out to 15 ft. This transformation lasts for 3 rounds. This is a supernatural ability.
Umbra Ego:
You split yourself into two for this round. Each version of yourself has half the hit points you had before the split. If one of you dies, the other becomes the permanent you. Each of you can perform any Limit Breaks you know in addition to this one for this round. After 1 round, the clone disappears and you reclaim any HP that they had left. If you or your clone was healed, you do not get more HP than your maximum amount.

NEW FEATS

A Stick has Two Ends
You have trained with reach weapons a lot, and learned to make good use of both ends.
Benefit: You may use reach weapons as double weapons. The second end deals damage as a club and threatens 5 ft around you.

Alley-Oop!
Prerequisites: Lancet class feature, Dex 13
Your teammates know you well enough to know when they may need to provide an extra boost in height.
Benefit: When making an Athletics check to jump, including for a Lancet, if you pass directly through an ally's' threatened area (including the area above them) they may boost your jump as an immediate action. This allows you to make a new check and travel from the point you were boosted. Each time you are boosted the total distance you may jump that round increases by 1/2 your land speed.
Special: For someone to assist you with this, you must have used Lancet in at least 5 encounters with them.

All the Way Through
Through a strong and more well-positioned leap and aim of your weapon, you create a lot of gore as you pierce your enemy’s body.
Prerequisite: Lancet +5d6, Power Attack
Benefit: By taking a -20 penalty on your Athletics check, your successful Lancet deals 1d4 Con damage to your target in addition to the normal damage. You can’t use this feat more than once per day on the same target.

Bouncing Off the Walls
Prerequisite: Lancet class feature, New Gravity limit break
When making grand leaps in confined spaces, you use your momentum and the walls to your advantage.
Benefit: When you have the New Gravity limit break active, if you make a Lancet attack, the bonus increases by one die type when leaping from a wall or ceiling (+1d8 instead of +1d6). If the ceiling is more than 30 feet above your target, increase the die type by two.

Distant Lancet
With a little bit of a start, you managed to hit from further away
Benefit: You can, as part of your Lancet, move up to your movement speed in a straight line towards your target before making your jump. You get a +4 bonus on your Athletics check and can hit your target if it is within a distance of twice your base land speed away from the position you were at when you jumped.
You can only use this feat while wearing light or no armour.

Draconic Bond
Prerequisites: Dragon companion class feature, level 3rd
Benefit: Your dragon companion gains an additional hit die, to a maximum of your character level. This does not grant it any additional special abilities, but otherwise counts as a hit die for all effects such as breath weapon, base attack bonus, or ability prerequisites.
Special: You may take this feat multiple times, but your dragon companion's hit dice can not exceed your character level.

Dragoon Arcanist
Prerequisites: Dragon companion class feature, must have a familiar, level 3rd
Benefit: Your familiar leaves you and instead your dragon companion gains the benefits your familiar would get. If your effective sorcerer/wizard level for purposes of determining the strength of your familiar increases, so do the benefits your dragon companion gets. Your dragon companion additionally gains 1 hp per Limit Dragoon level you have and you gain a +3 bonus to Perception checks while your dragon companion is within 5 ft of you.

Dragoon of Nature
Prerequisites: Animal companion class feature, dragon companion class feature, level 3rd
Benefit: Your animal companion leaves you and instead your dragon companion gains the benefits your animal companion would get. If your effective druid level for purposes of determining the strength of your animal companion increases, so do the benefits your dragon companion gets. The dragon companion uses the animal companion hit dice if it is higher, and they count as dragon hit dice, but it does not change its breath weapon or special abilities.

Extra Limit Known
Prerequisite: At least one Limit Known
Benefit: You gain an additional limit known, up to the maximum level you currently have available.

Knock Out the Magic
Your weapon has been infused with the magic in the blood of those it has pierced, which you can use to your advantage.
Prerequisite: Lancet +4d6, Knowledge (arcane) 1 rank
Benefit: By taking a -20 penalty on your Athletics check, your successful Lancet lowers a target’s spell resistance by 5 (minimum 0) for 10 rounds if you hit. If you use this feat a second time on a target before 10 rounds have elapsed, the duration resets, but the penalty does not stack.

Made Holey
Your aim is amazing and you can strike precisely to impede your targets more.
Prerequisite: Lancet +4d6
Benefit: By taking a -15 penalty on your Athletics check, your successful Lancet imposes a -4 penalty to the target's Strength and Dexterity for eight hours.

Archetypes

Dragoon of Order

A Dragoon of Order is one who gives up some of their draconic connection and instead bonds with a Cavalier Order.

This archetype replaces the Dragon Companion class feature and all hit dice increases to the Dragon Companion.

Challenge: At first level the Dragoon of Order gains the Challenge ability. Once per encounter, as a free action, the Limit Dragoon may challenge an enemy he can see within 60 feet. He announces in some way his intent to slay the target, and the Challenge lasts for the encounter. A challenged target generates twice as much limit gauge when damaging the Limit Dragoon, and his Order and Draconic Vigor adds additional abilities to it (see below). You gain an additional use of Challenge per encounter at levels 6, 12, and 16. You may only have one target challenged at a time. The Dragoon of Order may take feats or use items that affect the Cavalier/Samurai challenge ability, and uses Wisdom in place of Charisma for any related effects. They do not otherwise gain any other function or effect of those abilities.

Order: At second level the Dragoon of Order gains the Order ability. Each Order adds an additional effect to their Challenge ability, and comes with new features as they advance in level. The Order ability that is normally gained at level 15 is instead gained at 14. Any Order ability that affects the Cavalier's mount or other class features the Dragoon lacks will instead need to be changed on a case by case basis.

Draconic Vigor: A Dragoon of Order gains strength from fighting his chosen foe. Starting at second level, a Limit Dragoon heals 2 damage for each successful attack he makes in combat against a challenged foe. This healing increases by 1 at 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter. When using his lancet ability this healing is doubled. This alters and replaces the Draconic Vigor ability.

Martial Dragoon

A Martial Dragoon trains to use combat spheres at the cost of their dragon companion.

Proficiencies: Martial Dragoons are proficient with simple weapons, as well as light armor and all martial reach or polearm weapons. In addition, if this is this character's first level in any class, they may select a martial tradition of their choice.
This modifies weapon and armor proficiencies.

Lancet: The Martial Dragoon's Lancet counts as an attack action instead of a charge. It also counts as jumping for the purpose of the Athletics sphere.
This alters Lancet, but does not make it incompatible with other archetypes which replace Lancet.

Combat Training (Ex): A Martial Dragoon is considered an adept practitioner, gaining spheres and talents as appropriate. Martial Dragoons use Constitution as their practitioner modifier.
This replaces Dragon Companion and all hit dice increases to it.

Martial Vigor: Starting at second level, a Martial Dragoon has a remarkable ability to sustain themself in battle. They heal 2 damage for each successful attack they make in combat. This healing increases by 1 at 5th level and every 5 levels thereafter. When attacking a battered target with an attack action or attack of opportunity, this healing is doubled.
This replaces Draconic Vigor.

Motion Lancet: At 7th level, the Martial Dragoon gains the Athletics sphere as a bonus talent, and may choose to provoke attacks of opportunity when using their Lancet ability, such as for the purposes of (motion) talents, and may use their Athletics in place of Acrobatics for avoiding attacks of opportunity. Athletics used in this way does not add any bonuses specific to jumping, such as from a high base speed.
This replaces Improved Uncanny Dodge.

Making a Limit Dragoon

LIMIT BREAK DESCRIPTIONS

Archetypes

Dragoon of Order

Martial Dragoon