Introduction
Gunslingers and Swashbucklers depend heavily on their Grit/Panache pools, and when their pool runs out they lose a lot of excellent options and passive abilities. Because of this, it’s generally best for Gunslingers/Swashbucklers to keep one point at all times. Dares help to mitigate the cost of that last point by introducing new options to quickly regain one Grit/Panache point.
Dares are taken in place of Gunslinger/Swashbuckler Bonus Feats, so they should be roughly equal in effectiveness.
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- : Bad, useless options, or options which are extremely situational. Nearly never useful.
- : OK options, or useful options that only apply in rare circumstances. Useful sometimes.
- : Good options. Useful often.
- : Fantastic options, often essential to the function of your character. Useful very frequently.
Dares
(Ex): Evasion is fantastic, and this can be very easy to abuse if you have a friendly Blaster. Have your party members throw effects with low DCs on top of you, and your Grit/Panache could come back before your next turn.
(Ex): This is a nice boost to your AC when your other abilities can’t function, but requiring 3 consecutive misses makes it difficult to rely upon.
(Ex): Critical hits are one of the ways in which a Gunslinger can normally regain Grit. Unfortunately, adding 1 to your crit range will very rarely matter. Improved Critical is strictly better, and it always applies.
(Ex): If someone sees you use this and calls you a coward, they are absolutely correct. However, getting 100 feet away from your closest enemy should be trivially easy, which lets you get back into combat faster.
