Disciples of the Silver Crane are men and women for whom the power of the celestial and divine flow into the arts of their blade. The Silver Crane is a goodly discipline that is inspired by the teachings of good aligned outsiders. It focuses on strong strikes designed to combat evil, celestial insights, and combat-predictions to defeat foes and enable the initiator and his allies to endure the hardships of battle against the forces of evil. Upon learning the art of Silver Crane, the disciple becomes in tune with the flows of the celestial realm, gaining heavenly insights into combat as if the angels themselves were granting insight to the warrior in battle. The Silver Crane discipline’s associated skill is Perception, and its associated weapon groups are bows, hammers, and spears.
A character may also choose to strike incorporeal foes with strikes made from this discipline as if they were made manifest, including fiends and other entities who currently possess a creature. To strike a possessing creature, the body they inhabit must be also struck, but all damage from the attack is inflicted upon the possessing fiend without harming the host.
Associated Skills: Perception
Associated Weapon Groups: Bows, hammers, and spears
Martial Tradition: Empyreal Guardians
Title Veil: The Benevolent
Style Feats:
Combo Feats:
Special Note: The discipline of Silver Crane is to be considered a supernatural discipline and all abilities within are considered supernatural abilities and follow the rules and restrictions of such. All abilities in this discipline carry the [Good] descriptor.
| Sacred Damage
Sacred damage comes from attacks that are heavily infused with the power of sheer Good and carry this holy power over as a form of harmful energy to evil-aligned beings. Sacred damage deals full damage to incorporeal targets, and deals damage as if the weapon were good-aligned. As it is not a weapon damage type, it automatically bypasses all damage reduction. |
(Editor's Note: Previously, sacred damage dealt an extra 50% damage to evil-aligned targets. This has since been changed in errata to function as shown in the above box. Some maneuvers and feats may work differently after this change.)
1st Level Silver Crane Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crane Step | Boost | Make a free 5-ft step. |
| Enduring Crane Strike | Strike | Successful melee attack heals the initiator or ally within 30-ft 1d6 points of damage. |
| Eyes of the Crane | Stance | When making Perception checks or rolls against concealment, roll twice and use the better of the two rolls, and may use detect evil as a spell-like ability at will. |
| Flashing Wings | Strike | Melee attack that dazzles an opponent and inflicts +1d4 damage. |
| Silver Crane Waltz | Stance | Gain a +4 bonus to initiative checks and +2 to Reflex saves and to AC, increasing every eight levels. |
| Silver Strike | Strike | Roll two attack rolls; use the better of the two rolls to determine result. |
2nd Level Silver Crane Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blazing Crane’s Wing | Boost | Add 2d6 points of damage to attacks against undead or evil outsiders. |
| Blessed Pinions | Strike | Melee attack deals an additional 2d6 sacred damage, strikes incorporeal creatures or possessing creatures without harming the host. |
| Defensive Step | Counter | Make Perception check opposing opponent’s attack roll, if successful make a free 5-ft step to evade the attack. |
| Emerald Displacement Strike | Strike | Make a successful attack, target suffers 20% miss chance and Perception penalties. |
3rd Level Silver Crane Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Exorcism Strike | Strike | Melee attacks inflicts an additional 6d6 sacred damage to undead and evil outsiders; chance to daze. |
| Silver Crane’s Blessing | Boost | Upon a successful attack, initiator or ally within 30-ft is healed 2d6 plus initiation modifier points of damage. |
| Silver Knight’s Blade | Strike | Attack inflicts an additional 4d6 points of damage, heals that damage to initiator or nearby ally. |
| Stance of the Silver Crane | Stance | Weapons wielded by the initiator gain the holy weapon quality, and the initiator radiates a protection from evil. |
4th Level Silver Crane Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sacred Pinions | Strike | Melee attack deals an addition 5d6 sacred damage, strikes incorporeal or possessing creatures and stuns them for 1d4 rounds. |
| Sapphire Displacement Strike | Strike | Make a successful melee attack, target suffers 50% miss chance. |
| Silver Crane Resurgence | Counter | Initiator or ally within 30-ft may re-roll a save with +4 sacred bonus. |
| Silver Crane’s Leap | Boost | Move up to normal movement speed without provoking attacks of opportunity. |
5th Level Silver Crane Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argent Knight’s Banner | Strike | Make a successful charge attack, inflicts an additional 8d6 points of damage, heals initiator and all allies within 30-ft for 5d6 hit points. |
| Emerald-Tipped Feathers | Counter | Gain DR 20/evil against a single attack. |
| Silver Crane’s Spiral | Strike | Make a single attack at full attack bonus +2 against each adjacent enemy. |
| Stance of the Crane Knight | Stance | Gain a fly speed equal to twice your base speed and DR 10/evil, radiate light. |
6th Level Silver Crane Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argent King’s Scepter | Strike | Make a successful melee attack, inflicts an additional 12d6 points of damage, heals initiator 60 points of damage. |
| Holy Pinions | Strike | Melee attack deals an additional 10d6 sacred damage, strikes incorporeal or possessing creatures and makes them corporeal for one minute. |
| Silver Crane Endurance | Stance | Initiator gains fast healing 5. |
| Silver Crane’s Mercy | Boost | Upon successful attack, initiator or ally within 30-ft is healed 9d6 points of damage. |
7th Level Silver Crane Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond Displacement Strike | Strike | Make a successful melee attack, target is rendered blind and deaf permanently. |
| Diamond-Tipped Feathers | Counter | Gain DR 30/evil for one attack or negate one condition upon the initiator. |
| Holy Rush | Boost | Teleport yourself to a nearby ally’s adjacent square within 50-ft. |
8th Level Silver Crane Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benediction of the Silver Crane | Boost | Upon a successful attack, initiator and all allies within 30-ft. are healed for 12d6 points of damage. |
| Celestial Pinions | Strike | Melee attack that strikes incorporeal creatures, inflicts an additional 15d6 points of sacred damage or slays incorporeal creatures. |
| Diamond Wings of the Imperial Crane | Stance | Gain spell resistance and a +4 sacred bonus to saves, effects resisted heal the initiator. |
9th Level Silver Crane Maneuvers[]
| Maneuver | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Strike of Silver Exorcism | Strike | Melee attack inflicts +80 sacred damage, or +120 damage to/slays undead or evil outsiders. |