LP's Samurai Class

Description

The complete Pathfinder First Edition Samurai, rebuilt for Kingmaker as a full base class.

Levels 1–20 with the real class table: Challenge, Resolve, Weapon Expertise, Banner, and the samurai Orders (Warrior and Ronin), each with their own challenge benefits and abilities. Two archetypes change how the class plays: the Sword Saint duelist builds around the Iaijutsu Strike, and the Yojimbo is a true bodyguard who designates a ward, intercepts blows meant for her, and shares his resolve to keep her standing.

Status: beta. The class is fully playable 1–20; high-level abilities (9+) are implemented but have seen less playtesting. Bug reports welcome — see the instructions below.

Main features

• []Full PF1 Samurai class, levels 1–20: Challenge with order benefits, Resolve (reroll saves, stay conscious, cheat death), Weapon Expertise, Banner and Greater Banner, Demanding Challenge, Honorable Stand, Last Stand[/]

  []Orders of the Warrior and the Ronin, each with unique 2nd/8th/15th-level abilities[/]

  []Sword Saint archetype: Iaijutsu Strike alpha damage from a sheathed blade, with upgrades through 20[/]

  []Yojimbo archetype: Designate Ward, Intercept (spend AoOs to turn blows aside), shared Resolve protection, per-kind Armor Expertise, and a Guard the Ward AI stance — while on auto-attack he stays at his ward's side, stationed between her and the enemy (or just behind her with a bow), and fights whatever comes to them[/]

  []Eastern weapons: katana, wakizashi, and naginata — stats, vendor availability, and feat support (Weapon Focus, Improved Critical, etc.)[/]

  []New feats: Chain Challenge, Unconquerable Resolve, Flagbearer (woven into the samurai's Banner), Banner of Doom[/]

  []Per-feature UMM settings, including toggles for optional non-RAW conveniences[/]

  []Russian and German translations included (AI-assisted — native-speaker corrections welcome and credited)[/]

  Installation instructions

  1. Install Unity Mod Manager (0. 22 or newer) and point it at Pathfinder: Kingmaker.

  2. Install the zip with UMM's "Install Mod" button (or drop the SamuraiKM folder into your game's Mods folder).

  3. Start the game — the Samurai appears in the class list at character creation and on mercenaries.

  The optional Art Pack (custom icons + portraits) is a separate download with its own instructions — it's a plain asset folder, so extract it manually into Mods. Without it, the mod uses base-game icons and nothing breaks.

  Requirements

  - Unity Mod Manager 0. 22+ (required)

  - Call of the Wild: optional — not required. With it installed you get interop (shared feats, quick-draw weapon-set behavior); without it everything degrades gracefully.

  - Banner of Doom requires the Wildcards DLC (tiefling race); the feat simply doesn't appear without it.

  Bug Reporting

  use the Bugs tab. Paste the relevant part of the mod's log directly into the report: open the newest file in Mods/SamuraiKM/logs/, copy the last line containing "=== SamuraiKM" (that tells me your version), plus the lines from around when the problem happened — usually the end of the file. Mention your UMM version and whether Call of the Wild is installed. For hard-to-reproduce issues, enable "Debug logging" in the mod settings first, then grab the excerpt. If it's too long to paste, share the log via Google Drive, Dropbox, pastebin, or any file-sharing link.

  Notes

  ⚠ Do not uninstall mid-playthrough: saves that contain samurai characters need the mod to load.
  ⚠ Do not add more than 1 samurai to your party -- not supported and will cause issues with Challenge targeting.

  Shout outs

  - Holic75 — portions of the blueprint-helper code are adapted from Call of the Wild (MIT license, full text in the bundled CREDITS.txt), and CoW's source was an invaluable reference throughout

  - pardeike (Harmony) and newman55 (Unity Mod Manager) — the foundations every Kingmaker mod stands on

  - Paizo — the Samurai class and related rules are used under the Community Use Policy (paizo.com/communityuse). This mod is not published, endorsed, or approved by Paizo.

  - Owlcat Games — Pathfinder: Kingmaker. This is an unaffiliated fan mod.