Archives of Nethys
Hellbreaker
Source Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 216Founded in Isger to protest against the injustice and apathy of their faraway rulers in Cheliax, the Hellbreakers League is a young but growing rebel organization determined to make its mark. Members of the League swear themselves as agents of rebellion to topple the Chelaxian regime and free its vassal states from its oppressive rule, starting with Isger.
The Hellbreakers League knows it's at a heavy disadvantage in its war against Cheliax as a still- developing group challenging one of the world's most powerful nations. Hellbreaker tactics rely on wit and daring as well as knowledge of the fiendish forces their enemies might use against them. Through sword, spell, and subterfuge, they work tirelessly to liberate the oppressed and remove tyrants from power.
Additional Feats
Source Player Core pg. 215Some archetypes include a list of “Additional Feats” that appear in other sources. The list includes each feat’s level, which might be different than normal when gained from the archetype. You can take the feat as an archetype feat of that level, meaning it counts toward the number of feats required by the archetype’s dedication feat. When selected this way, a feat that normally has a class’s trait (such as the fighter trait) doesn’t have that class trait.
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Hellbreaker Dedication Feat 2
This Feat may contain spoilers from the Hellbreakers Adventure Path
Uncommon Archetype DedicationSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 216, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 8
Archetype Hellbreaker
Access You’re a member of the Hellbreakers league.
By joining the League, you've taken on the responsibilities of a Hellbreaker. You gain the Additional Lore general feat for both Devil Lore and Hellknight Lore. If you were already trained in one or both of those Lore skills, you also become trained in a Lore skill of your choice. When you roll initiative, you can attempt a Devil Lore, Hellknight Lore, or Society check to Recall Knowledge about one enemy you can see as a free action, if that skill would be applicable. The GM is the final arbiter of whether or not one of those skills would be appropriate to Recall Knowledge about the enemy.
Source Player Core pg. 140
Archetypes Butterfly Blade, Hellbreaker
You make a telegraphed attack to learn about your foe. Make a melee Strike. On a hit, you can immediately attempt a check to Recall Knowledge about the target. On a critical hit, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to the check to Recall Knowledge. The target is temporarily immune to Combat Assessment for 1 day.
Lightning Swap [one-action] Feat 2
Exemplar Fighter Flourish Source Player Core pg. 141
Archetype Hellbreaker
You have practiced quickly switching between combat styles and the equipment needed for them. You Interact to stow any number of items from your hands, then draw up to two weapons or a shield and a weapon.
Devil you Know Feat 4
Archetype SkillSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 216, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 8
Archetype Hellbreaker
Prerequisites Hellbreaker Dedication; expert in Devil Lore or Hellknight Lore
Your knowledge of your enemies gives you an advantage against them, granting you a swift reaction to their devilry. If you know you're fighting against any devils or Hellknights at the beginning of an encounter, you can roll the respective Lore skill for your initiative roll.
In addition, whenever you successfully Recall Knowledge about a creature using Devil Lore or Hellknight Lore, you gain a +1 circumstance bonus to your next skill check against that creature before the end of your next turn. If you're a master in Devil Lore or Hellknight Lore, the bonus increases to +2.
Hellbreaker's Resolve [one-action] Feat 4
ArchetypeSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 216, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 8
Archetype Hellbreaker
Frequency once per hour
Prerequisites Hellbreaker Dedication
You gird yourself in both mind and body for danger, steeling your resolve. You gain a number of temporary Hit Points equal to your level that last for 1 minute. While you have those temporary Hit Points, you gain a +1 status bonus to Will saves.
High Alert Feat 6
ArchetypeSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 216, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 8
Archetype Hellbreaker
Prerequisites Hellbreaker Dedication
You're constantly on guard, keeping watch over your allies against fiendish forces—no one can get the jump on your group while you're around. Choose an ally you can see within 30 feet. They gain a +1 circumstance bonus to their AC and Reflex saving throws against devils and creatures allied with the Chelaxian government (as determined by the GM) until the beginning of your next turn. This action gains the visual trait, the auditory trait, or both, depending on how you alert your ally.
Oppurtune Trickster [reaction] Feat 6
Archetype MentalSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 217, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 9
Archetype Hellbreaker
Prerequisites Hellbreaker Dedication; trained in Deception
Trigger An adjacent ally makes a melee Strike against a creature.
Requirements You’re adjacent to both your ally and the creature.
You aren't above using underhanded tactics to gain an advantage, easily routing your opponents when they attack. Attempt a Deception check against the Perception DC of the creature that's the target of the triggering attack. Regardless of the result, the target is temporarily immune to your attempts to use Opportune Trickster for the next 10 minutes.
Critical Success The target is off-guard (including against the triggering attack) until the end of your ally's turn.
Success The target is off-guard against the triggering attack.
Critical Failure You lose your balance in your attempt to assist your ally and fall prone.
Special If you have the Dirty Trick skill feat, you can attempt a Thievery check instead of a Deception check; if you do, this action loses the mental trait.
Hell's Bane Feat 8
ArchetypeSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 217, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 9
Archetype Hellbreaker
Prerequisites Devil you Know
Your in-depth knowledge of your foes grants you insight into their weaknesses, granting you an advantage when fighting against them. When you critically succeed at a skill check to Recall Knowledge about a devil or Hellknight, you gain a +4 status bonus to damage against that creature for 1 minute.
Rend Armor [one-action] Feat 8
Archetype ManipulateSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 217, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 9
Archetype Hellbreaker
Prerequisites Hellbreaker Dedication
Requirements Your last action was a critical Strike that dealt bludgeoning or piercing damage.
Your enemies' defenses are no match for you as you wrench your weapon to compromise their armor. The creature takes a –2 circumstance penalty to their AC that lasts until they can take 10 minutes to repair their armor. The creature can also Interact to adjust their armor, which removes this penalty for 1 minute.
Battle Scars Feat 10
ArchetypeSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 217, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 9
Archetype Hellbreaker
Prerequisites Hellbreaker Dedication
You've faced enough opponents that your experience is written across your skin, toughening you against your fiendish foes. You gain resistance to bludgeoning and slashing damage from devils and creatures allied with the Chelaxian government (as determined by the GM) equal to half your level.
Blind-Fight Feat 10
Fighter Investigator Ranger Rogue Source Player Core pg. 145, Player Core 2 pg. 109
Archetypes Eagle Knight, Exorcist, Hellbreaker, Horizon Walker
Prerequisites master in Perception
Your battle instincts make you more aware of concealed and invisible opponents. You don’t need to succeed at a flat check to target concealed creatures. You’re not off-guard to creatures that are hidden from you (unless you’re off-guard to them for reasons other than the hidden condition), and you need only a successful DC 5 flat check to target a hidden creature.
While you’re adjacent to an undetected creature of your level or lower, it is instead only hidden from you
Defy Hell [one-action] Feat 10
Archetype Divine StanceSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 217, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 9
Archetype Hellbreaker
Prerequisites Hellbreaker Dedication
Requirements You aren' t unholy.
Your devotion to your cause gives you endless strength and courage to withstand the enemy's attacks. As long as you're in this stance, you gain a +2 status bonus to saves against mental effects and can make Hellbreaker Strikes.
Hellbreaker Strike [two-actions] (holy) Make a weapon or unarmed Strike. This counts as two attacks when determining your multiple attack penalty. If your Strike hits, you deal an additional 2d8 spirit damage. At 18th level, this increases to 3d8 spirit damage.
Felling Strike [two-actions] Feat 10
Fighter Source Player Core pg. 146
Archetype Hellbreaker
Your attack can ground an airborne foe. Make a Strike. If it hits and deals damage to a flying target, the target falls up to 120 feet. The fall is gradual enough that if it causes the target to hit the ground, the target takes no damage from the fall.
If the attack is a critical hit, the target can’t Fly, Leap, levitate, or otherwise leave the ground until the end of your next turn.
Return to the Pit! Feat 12
ArchetypeSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 217, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 9
Archetype Hellbreaker
Prerequisites Hellbreaker Dedication
You can send the fiends who have vexed you back to their home plane where they belong. You can cast banishment once per day as a divine innate spell. When you take this feat, you craft a personal symbol of the Hellbreakers League that's anathema to devils. If you wield this symbol in one hand when you spend an extra action while casting banishment on a devil, you don't need to pay the extra cost to give that creature a –2 circumstance penalty to its save.
Thorn in Hell's Side Feat 12
ArchetypeSource Pathfinder #222: Hellbreakers pg. 217, Hellbreakers Players Guide pg. 9
Archetype Hellbreaker
Prerequisites Defy Hell
Your devotion to the ideals of justice, freedom, and revolution allow you to truly punish those who stand in your way. When you critically succeed at a Hellbreaker Strike, the target must succeed at a Fortitude save against your class DC or spell DC, whichever is higher, or become stunned 1 (stunned 2 on a critical failure). This effect has the incapacitation trait.
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