The discipline of Golden Lion is a practice passed between war leaders, chieftains, generals, and militia leaders over the generations, meant to bring a group of warriors together into one cohesive unit. Golden Lion is a discipline that only greatly benefits a warrior who believes strongly in teamwork. The larger the group, the more who can benefit from the skilled leadership of a dedicated commander. Golden Lion benefits its practitioners indirectly, by aiding their allies instead. Because of this association with team work and working in groups with many differing people, the associated skill for this discipline is Diplomacy, and its associated weapon groups are heavy blades, hammers, and pole arms.
Associated Skills: Diplomacy
Associated Weapon Groups: Heavy blades, hammers, and pole arms
Martial Tradition: Descendants of the Golden Council
Title Veil: The Warlord
Style Feats:
Combo Feats:
1st Level Golden Lion Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Demoralizing Roar | Boost | Any target struck by you in melee is shaken for 1 round. |
| Encouraging Roar | Boost | For one round, all allies gain a +2 morale bonus to all attacks and damage. |
| Hunting Party | Strike | Make an attack, grant an adjacent ally an attack of opportunity against the same enemy. |
| Pride Leader’s Stance | Stance | Initiator and allies within 20 ft. gain a +4 morale bonus to saves vs fear and demoralization effects. |
| Pride Movement | Boost | Grant an adjacent ally a move action. |
| Tactical Strike | Strike | Make an attack, grant nearby ally the ability to move up to 10 ft. |
2nd Level Golden Lion Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Call to Action | Strike | Attack inflicts an additional 2d6 points of damage, grant adjacent ally an immediate move action. |
| Defending the Pride | Boost | Grant all allies within 60 ft. a +4 bonus to AC for one round. |
| Distracting Strike | Strike | Make attack against a target, inflicting an additional 2d6 points of damage and leave the foe flat-footed until his next turn. |
| Pyrite Strike | Strike | Strike inflicts an additional 1d6 points of damage and moves an opponent 5 ft. in a direction of your choosing. |
| Warning Roar | Counter | Make an opposing Diplomacy check to negate an enemy’s attack on a nearby ally. |
3rd Level Golden Lion Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Circling the Prey | Boost | Grant all allies within 60 ft. a free 5 ft. step. |
| Golden Commander Stance | Stance | All allies within 30 ft. of your position may gain flanking if they are adjacent to an ally when engaged in melee. |
| Kill the Wounded | Strike | Target of this strike takes an additional 2d6 points of damage on attacks made upon him by allies. |
| Pack Pounce | Strike | Make an attack while adjacent to an ally, gain a +5 damage per ally adjacent to that enemy (Max +15). |
4th Level Golden Lion Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charge of the Battle Cat | Strike | Make a charge attack which does not provoke attacks of opportunity, the charge inflicts an additional 4d6 points of damage and has a chance to knock target prone. |
| Direct the Pride | Boost | Target adjacent ally who has not acted this turn, move his initiative directly after yours for this turn, the following turn he returns to his former initiative. |
| Golden Lion Charger | Stance | When charging, gain an additional +2 bonus to attack and never provoke attacks of opportunity for charging. |
| Golden Swipe | Strike | Melee attack inflicts an additional 6d6 points of damage and moves the opponent 10 ft. in a direction of your choosing. |
5th Level Golden Lion Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Discipline of the Pride | Boost | Grant all allies within 30 ft. one feat that you possess for three rounds. |
| Guard the Pride | Counter | Grant an adjacent ally +4 circumstance bonus to AC for one round as an immediate action. |
| Roar of Battle | Strike | Make an attack that inflicts an additional 6d6 points of damage, all other allies that attack the target inflict an additional 3d6 points of damage on successful attacks. |
| Strategic Blow | Strike | Make a successful melee attack on a target, strike inflicts 8d6 points of additional damage and grants an ally within 10 ft. of the disciple a move action. |
6th Level Golden Lion Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Endurance of the Strong | Counter | When an ally within 30 ft. is struck in combat and injured, the disciple may make an immediate shout of inspiration to restore some of the ally’s flagging strength, restoring twice the disciple’s initiator level in hit points. |
| Golden General’s Attitude | Stance | Grant a morale bonus to attack and damage rolls, and saves against fear effects to all allies within 60 ft. vs fear, +1 for every 4/initiator levels. |
| Harry the Prey | Strike | Make an attack, all allies within 30 ft. may make an immediate attack against any foe they are capable of attacking. |
| Lion’s Feast | Boost | For one round any enemies that are slain in combat within 20 ft. of you grant any adjacent allies to you temporary hit points equal to twice the creature’s Hit Dice. |
7th Level Golden Lion Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Golden General’s Victory | Boost | Upon felling a foe, all allies within 60 ft. are healed a number of hit points equal to the disciple’s initiator level. |
| Orichalcum Swipe | Strike | Melee attack inflicts an additional 12d6 points of damage, target makes up to a full move in a direction of your choosing. |
| War Lion’s Charge | Strike | Make a charge attack against a foe which does not provoke attacks of opportunity, if successful the attack inflicts an additional 14d6 points of damage and potentially stuns the opponent for one round. |
8th Level Golden Lion Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha’s Roar | Boost | The disciple releases an awesome call and grants a +4 morale bonus to all allies’ saving throws for the round and increases the DC’s of allies abilities by 4. |
| Lion Lord’s Agony | Strike | Strike inflicts additional damage equal to the hit point damage the disciple has received. |
| Triumphant Lion’s Leadership | Stance | While in this stance, the initiator and allies within 10- ft. of the disciple, gain +1d6 points of damage for every foe that the disciple has defeated during the encounter (max +5d6). |
9th Level Golden Lion Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lord of the Pridelands | Untyped | You and your allies gain +2 to hit, damage, AC, and saves for each and every ally within 60-ft for one round (maximum +10). |