While many knights and soldiers dread the long, dull stretches of time spent guarding their kingdom’s borders, the Border Knight relishes this task. Skilled in tracking and monitoring large expanses, the border knight is a vital part of any smoothly run kingdom. In combat, the border knight is able to use the terrain to his advantage, finding geographical insights he and his allies can manipulate.
Armor Proficiencies
The border knight is proficient with light and medium armor, and with bucklers.
This replaces the border knight’s armor proficiencies
Long Sight
The border knight has incredibly keen sight developed from searching the horizon for refugees or invaders. He halves any penalties he takes to Perception checks based on distance
Border Training
The border knight trains with local militia and is deployed by a governing body. He does not gain an order.
Border Knowledge
The border knight’s time spent in vast stretches of wilderness grants him insight into the wilds. He gains Knowledge (geography) and Knowledge (nature) as class skills. Additionally, he gains an insight bonus equal to 1/2 his level when making Knowledge (geography) skill checks about an area he has been in for at least one week.
Geographical Insight (Ex)
The border knight learns to use the geography of his patrol route to enhance the combat effectiveness of himself and his allies. Each morning, he may spend up to 1 hour patrolling an area, then gains a number of uses of geographical insight equal the number of times he has patrolled the same area (maximum twice his level).
The border knight may spend a geographical insight as a standard action to increase the bonuses gained on attack rolls or to AC due to battlefield position (such as flanking, higher ground, or cover) by +1 for 1 minute. The bonus and duration of this ability increase by +1 for every 5 levels beyond the 1st (maximum 5 minutes and +5 at 20th level).
This replaces tactician
Track (Ex)
At 2nd level, the border knight adds 1/2 his level on Survival skill checks made to follow tracks.
Patrol Route
At 8th level, the border knight gains Combat Patrol as a bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites.
Terrain Tricks (Su)
At 9th level, the border knight learns one of the following terrain tricks. Activating a terrain trick is a swift action. This replaces greater tactician
In the Trees (Su): The border knight may spend a use of geographical insight to grant himself or an ally who can see and hear him concealment for 1 round. The miss chance from this concealment is increased by 5% for every +1 granted by his geographical insight.
Rock Outcropping (Su): The border knight may spend a use of geographical insight to cause a face of his own square or the square of an ally who can see and hear him to provide cover for 1 round.
To the Wall (Su): The border knight may spend a use of geographical insight to grant himself or an ally Press to the Wall as a bonus feat for 1 round, that ally need not meet the feat's prerequisites.
High Ground (Su): The border knight may spend a use of geographical insight to cause the ground beneath himself or an ally to rise 5 feet for 1 round. This grants a higher ground bonus on attack rolls against creatures of the same size category or smaller and prevents the target from being flanked by creatures of the same size category or smaller.
Improved Terrain Tricks (Su)
At 15th level, the border knight learns a new terrain trick and can his tricks last 2 rounds instead of 1.
Master of the Land (Su)
At 17th level, the border knight learns a new terrain trick. Additionally, the border knight always gains a minimum number of geographical insights equal to 1/2 his level when patrolling.
This replaces master tactician
The border knight is proficient with light and medium armor, and with bucklers.
This replaces the border knight’s armor proficiencies
Long Sight
The border knight has incredibly keen sight developed from searching the horizon for refugees or invaders. He halves any penalties he takes to Perception checks based on distance
Border Training
The border knight trains with local militia and is deployed by a governing body. He does not gain an order.
Border Knowledge
The border knight’s time spent in vast stretches of wilderness grants him insight into the wilds. He gains Knowledge (geography) and Knowledge (nature) as class skills. Additionally, he gains an insight bonus equal to 1/2 his level when making Knowledge (geography) skill checks about an area he has been in for at least one week.
Geographical Insight (Ex)
The border knight learns to use the geography of his patrol route to enhance the combat effectiveness of himself and his allies. Each morning, he may spend up to 1 hour patrolling an area, then gains a number of uses of geographical insight equal the number of times he has patrolled the same area (maximum twice his level).
The border knight may spend a geographical insight as a standard action to increase the bonuses gained on attack rolls or to AC due to battlefield position (such as flanking, higher ground, or cover) by +1 for 1 minute. The bonus and duration of this ability increase by +1 for every 5 levels beyond the 1st (maximum 5 minutes and +5 at 20th level).
This replaces tactician
Track (Ex)
At 2nd level, the border knight adds 1/2 his level on Survival skill checks made to follow tracks.
Patrol Route
At 8th level, the border knight gains Combat Patrol as a bonus feat, even if he does not meet the prerequisites.
Terrain Tricks (Su)
At 9th level, the border knight learns one of the following terrain tricks. Activating a terrain trick is a swift action. This replaces greater tactician
In the Trees (Su): The border knight may spend a use of geographical insight to grant himself or an ally who can see and hear him concealment for 1 round. The miss chance from this concealment is increased by 5% for every +1 granted by his geographical insight.
Rock Outcropping (Su): The border knight may spend a use of geographical insight to cause a face of his own square or the square of an ally who can see and hear him to provide cover for 1 round.
To the Wall (Su): The border knight may spend a use of geographical insight to grant himself or an ally Press to the Wall as a bonus feat for 1 round, that ally need not meet the feat's prerequisites.
High Ground (Su): The border knight may spend a use of geographical insight to cause the ground beneath himself or an ally to rise 5 feet for 1 round. This grants a higher ground bonus on attack rolls against creatures of the same size category or smaller and prevents the target from being flanked by creatures of the same size category or smaller.
Improved Terrain Tricks (Su)
At 15th level, the border knight learns a new terrain trick and can his tricks last 2 rounds instead of 1.
Master of the Land (Su)
At 17th level, the border knight learns a new terrain trick. Additionally, the border knight always gains a minimum number of geographical insights equal to 1/2 his level when patrolling.
This replaces master tactician