Bladecaster

You add your full awakened blade class level to your initiator level, using your total initiator level to determine the highest level martial arts techniques you can use.

At 1st level, you gain access to either the Elemental Flux or the Shattered Mirror martial discipline in addition to any you already possess and may select techniques from them when you learn a new technique.

Maneuvers

At every even-number level, you gain a new maneuver known from any discipline you have access to. You must meet a maneuver’s prerequisites to learn it.

At 3rd, 6th, and 9th levels, you gain one additional maneuver readied per day.

Stances

At 4th, 6th, and 10th level, you learn a new stance from any of the disciplines available to you. You must meet the stance’s prerequisites to learn it.

At each level except 1st and 10th, you progress an arcane spellcasting class you already possess. If you possess more than one arcane spellcasting class, you must decide to which class you add each new level of progression.

At 1st level, you gain Arcane Armor Training as a bonus feat, even if you don’t meet the prerequisites.

At 6th level, you may select one arcane spellcasting class that you possess. You may cast its spells in light armor without suffering a chance of arcane spell failure. If you can already cast spells of the chosen class in light armor without penalty, then that benefit is improved to the next armor category. This benefit stacks with the Arcane Armor Training feat.

You learn how to channel arcane energies to assist your physical abilities in the theater of war. This is a 3rd-level stance of no particular discipline. To enter this stance, you must abandon a martial stance you are currently using as a swift action.

While in this stance, you gain the ability to burn your arcane energy to empower your martial ability. As a free action, you may sacrifice a prepared spell or spell slot to grant yourself one of the following bonuses for one round. At 5th level, the bonus persists for two rounds and for three rounds at 9th level.

• Arcane Edge: You gain an insight bonus on attack rolls equal to the spell’s level.
• Eldritch Smite: You add 1d6 points of extra damage per level of the spell. If the weapon possesses an enhancement that inflicts elemental damage (such as flaming) or if the spell possesses an elemental type (such as wall of fire possessing the [Fire] type), then this bonus damage may use that energy type; otherwise it is force damage.
• Defensive Field: You gain a bonus to AC equal to the spell’s level.
• Grace of the Arcane: You gain an insight bonus on Fortitude and Reflex saving throws equal to the spell’s level.
• Energy Shield: You gain resistance to acid, cold, electricity, fire, or sonic equal to 5 × the spell’s level.

At 2nd level, you can fortify your body with its very own magic. Whenever you cast an arcane spell, you gain a defense field of energy that protects you from harm. You gain temporary hit points equal to twice the spell’s level. Temporary hit points from this ability stack with themselves and last until the end of the encounter or until depleted.

Beginning at 3rd level, you may expend arcane magic to recharge your martial maneuvers. As a swift action, you can recover an expended maneuver by sacrificing a spell with a level equal to or greater than the maneuver’s. In addition, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to the caster level of the next arcane spell your cast within the next minute (this bonus does not stack; multiple uses of this ability only extend the duration).

At 4th level, you learn techniques to unleash offensive magic through the medium of your weapon, delivering magic at melee or range with equal potency. When you initiate a martial strike, you may immediately use a swift action to cast an arcane spell (with a range of touch and a level equal to or less than the level of the strike initiated) against the same target as the strike. Casting this spell provokes attacks of opportunity as normal, though you may choose to cast it defensively.

You may use this ability a number of times per day equal to 1 + your initiator modifier (minimum of 1).

At 5th level, you bring ruin to your foes with every stroke of your blade, opening their defenses to the might of your arcane magic. A foe damaged by one of your martial strikes suffers  a -2 penalty to its Armor Class and saving throws against your arcane spells for the remainder of the encounter or until you recover your expended maneuvers, whichever comes first.

At 7th level, you learn to use a readied counter and your arcane energies to counter an enemy spellcaster’s magic. If you are targeted by or subjected to a spell or spell-like ability, you may use immediate action to expend a readied counter and make an Arcane Lore check (DC 15 + the spell’s level) as a free action to identify the spell being used. (The expended counter’s effects are lost to no effect when using this ability.)

If you successfully identify the spell, you may then make an initiator level check (1d20 + the your initiator level) against a DC equal to 11 + the spell’s caster level; if successful, the spell is successfully countered. If this check is unsuccessful, the spell functions as normal.

At 9th level, you have become so accomplished at blending arcane magic with martial prowess that you may now use ranged touch spells as if they were melee touch spells when using your battlecaster’s strike.

At 10th level, you fully blend arcane might and martial prowess, sculpting your very magic into the implements of war to deliver your martial techniques. When you cast a spell that requires an attack roll, you may use a free action to initiate a strike using the spell in place of the normal ranged or melee attack, as appropriate. (The spell effectively delivers the maneuver’s effects in place of your weapon.)

When using this ability, the spell’s maximum range is reduced to 30-ft., unless its range is already smaller. Spell resistance or a successful saving throw against the spell effect negates the maneuver being used. Spells that create multiple attacks or that target multiple creatures only apply the effects of the martial strike to the first such attack.

You may use this ability a number of times per day equal to 1 + your initiator modifier (minimum of 1).