Staff Acrobat Archetype

You can perform amazing acts in and out of combat when you have a spear, staff, or polearm.

Staff Acrobat Dedication (Feat 2)

Archetype

Dedication

Archetype Staff Acrobat

Prerequisites trained with at least one of the following weapons: staff, bo staff, or any weapon in the spear or polearm group (referred to in this archetype as “your staff”); Dexterity 16; trained in Acrobatics and Athletics

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When you High Jump, Leap, or Long Jump while wielding your staff, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to any Athletics check required and add 5 feet to the distance you can Leap vertically and horizontally. You can Shove and Trip even if you don’t have a free hand, provided you are wielding your staff. Finally, when you roll a success on a check to Balance while wielding your staff, you get a critical success instead.

Special You cannot select another dedication feat until you have gained two other feats from the staff acrobat archetype.

4th Level Staff Acrobat Feats

Bullying Staff (Feat 4)

Archetype

Archetype Staff Acrobat

Prerequisites Staff Acrobat Dedication

Requirements You are wielding your staff.

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You can attempt to Shove or Trip creatures up to two sizes larger than you. If you have master proficiency with your staff, you can attempt to Shove or Trip creatures up to three sizes larger than you.

6th Level Staff Acrobat Feats

Staff Sweep [A] (Feat 6)

Archetype

Flourish

Archetype Staff Acrobat

Prerequisites Staff Acrobat Dedication

Requirements You are wielding your staff.

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You sweep your foes away with your staff. Roll an Athletics check to Shove or Trip, and compare the result to the appropriate DCs of up to two foes, each of whom must be within your reach and no more than 5 feet apart.

8th Level Staff Acrobat Feats

Levering Strike [AA] (Feat 8)

Archetype

Archetype Staff Acrobat

Prerequisites Staff Acrobat Dedication

Requirements You are wielding your staff.

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Make a Strike with your staff. As long as you don’t critically fail, the target becomes flat-footed and takes a –2 circumstance penalty to its DC against Shove, Trip, and Tumble Through attempts until the start of your next turn.

10th Level Staff Acrobat Feats

Whirlwind Stance [A] (Feat 10)

Archetype

Stance

Archetype Staff Acrobat

Prerequisites Staff Acrobat Dedication; expert proficiency in your staff

Requirements You are wielding your staff, which must have the parry trait.

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You use your staff as a defensive implement as well as an offensive one. You gain a +2 circumstance bonus to AC as long as you remain in this stance.

14th Level Staff Acrobat Feats

Pivot Strike [AA] (Feat 14)

Archetype

Attack

Open

Archetype Staff Acrobat

Prerequisites Staff Acrobat Dedication

Requirements You are wielding your staff.

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You Leap and then Strike using your staff. You gain a circumstance bonus to damage for the Strike equal to twice the number of weapon damage dice. Regardless of whether your Strike hit, you can then attempt to Shove or Trip the target.