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'''{{Anchor|Unarmed Mastery}} ({{Ex)}}:''' Viewtiful Warriors are natural experts at unarmed combat. In fact, their unarmed attack ability is equal to (if not ''superior'' to) a monk's! A Viewtiful Warrior is considered armed when making unarmed attacks and does not provoke attacks of opportunity. He can make unarmed attacks interchangeably with either fist or with elbows, knees, and feet (''especially'' feet) - there's no such thing as an off-hand unarmed attack for a Viewtiful Warrior, so he may apply his full Strength modifier to all of his unarmed attacks, and he may use unarmed attacks even if his hands are full. He may choose whether to deal lethal or nonlethal damage for any given unarmed strike without taking a penalty for either (lethal damage is assumed to be the default), and his unarmed attacks are treated as both manufactured and natural weapons for the purposes of being enhanced by spells, maneuvers, powers, magic items, etc. A Viewtiful Warrior's unarmed attack damage and ability to penetrate [[SRD:Damage Reduction|damage reduction]] is equal to a [[SRD:Monk|monk]] of [[SRD:Monk#Table: Monk Unarmed Damage by Size|the same size category and class level]]. He loses this enhanced damage and damage reduction penetration if he runs out of VFX, but retains all other aspects of his Unarmed Mastery.

'''{{Anchor|Costume Swap}} ({{Sp)}}:''' A Viewtiful Warrior may alter the details of any mundane clothing (including nonmagical armor) he wears any time he wants to do so. For example, he could change a purple outfit into a red one, or a yellow one, or a striped one, or a polka-dotted one, or a tie-dye one... He can also add or remove any small decorations (such as pins, emblems, or buttons) in this fashion. This ability is performed as a move action (which means that it takes enough time to provoke an attack of opportunity) and is the equivalent of a 0-level spell. The effect is instantaneous and can't be dispelled. The clothing is actually altered by this ability (which makes this a transmutation, not an illusion). This ability cannot alter the properties of a magic item (or even a mundane suit of armor) in any way that would alter its statistics, abilities, or interactions with other game mechanics. Using this ability emits a brief flash of light that, while short-lived, may be enough to give away the Viewtiful Warrior's position - certainly an inconvenience during those rare moments when he ''doesn't'' want to be seen.

A Viewtiful Warrior who prefers swords may instead elect to use '''{{Anchor|Round Trip}} ({{Sp)}}'''. He generates one blade of force per Viewtiful Warrior level as a full-round action, then launches them one at a time during the following rounds (one blade per round). Each sword flies at a single creature or object within 300 feet and attacks, as if it was the Viewtiful Warrior himself attacking with his own weapon. The Viewtiful Warrior must concentrate on this attack as a standard action each round, or it ends and the remaining blades are wasted. Round Trip may not be used for 5 rounds after it is concluded, and is the equivalent of a 2nd-level spell. The Viewtiful Warrior's [[caster level]] for this effect is equal to his Viewtiful Warrior class level. A Viewtiful Warrior who selects Round Trip can still use [[#Voomerang|Voomerang]]s, but he cannot craft them himself, nor is he proficient with them.

'''{{Anchor|Evasion}} ({{Ex)}}:''' A Viewtiful Warrior of 3rd level or higher is highly skilled at dodging attacks — even moreso than he was at 1st level, which says a ''lot''. If subject to an effect that would ordinarily allow a [[SRD:Reflex|Reflex]] save for half damage, he instead takes no damage on a successful save. If he already had evasion, he gains improved evasion instead; if he already had improved evasion, his [[#Viewtiful Dodge|Viewtiful Dodge]] bonus is increased by +2. The Viewtiful Warrior does not gain the benefit of evasion if he's lost his VFX due to overuse, nor can he use it if he wears heavy armor or carries a heavy load.

'''{{Anchor|Air Pummel}} ({{Ex)}}:''' Starting at 3rd level, a Viewtiful Warrior is just as skilled at launching multiple attacks in the air as he is on the ground. Even without a fly speed, he can make a full attack while in midair. Furthermore, while in midair, he can descend at a mere 5 feet per round simply by repeatedly making attacks — even if those attacks are aimed at empty space. He must use a full attack action in order to utilize this benefit, and he cannot move from the square he occupies while using this technique, even if he's able to make full attacks as a standard action or take more than a single full-round action in a round.

'''{{Anchor|Red Hot Kick}} ({{Ex)}}:''' The signature move of the Viewtiful Warrior (other than his VFX), this fanciful move, earned at 5th level, is a midair kick that drops to the ground at a 45-degree angle until it reaches the ground or something that can be attacked. The attack is initiated as a standard action and uses a melee attack roll to make contact. Once impact against the target is made, the Viewtiful Warrior bounces off the target and may perform the attack again. Red Hot Kick may only be performed 2 times before the Viewtiful Warrior needs to restabilize himself (in the same way that he restabilizes himself for the [[#Double Jump|Double Jump]], which usually means touching the ground). A Red Hot Kick may be canceled at any point before impact by performing any other attack action, a [[#Double Jump|double jump]], or by restabilizing himself. Compared to any other unarmed attack, a Red Hot Kick does damage as though the Viewtiful Warrior is two sizes larger than he actually is.

*''{{Anchor|Fire Aura}} (VFX, [[Su]]):'' When the Viewtiful Warrior manages to connect with four or more attacks in a single round, he gains a fiery aura for five rounds. While covered with this fiery aura, his attacks deal an additional 2d6 fire damage, and he gains immunity to fire and fire anti-resistance equal to 5× his class level that can overcome fire immunity and fire absorption. He can refresh the duration of his fiery aura before it vanishes simply by connecting with four or more attacks in a single round while under the effects of Mach Speed, but he does not need to continue using VFX Mach Speed to keep the fire aura active (at least until its duration runs out). If he runs out of VFX, the fire aura is immediately dispelled. The Viewtiful Warrior must be attacking ''something'' to generate or refresh the fire aura, but that something doesn't have to be a creature - it could be ''anything'' capable of taking damage or responding to being attacked (like a pillar, a chest, a wall without magical reinforcement, or even a slot machine or [[#Shocking Pink|Shocking Pink]]).

VFX Mach Speed's effects and costs are greatly reduced when used in combination with [[#VFX Slow|VFX Slow]]; the only effect of VFX Mach Speed during VFX Slow is that the Viewtiful Warrior's movement speed is not reduced, and VFX Mach Speed only costs 1 VFX point per round to maintain when used in combination with VFX Slow. (In total, the Viewtiful Warrior uses 2 VFX per round.) VFX Mach Speed doesn't stack with [[SRD:Haste|''haste'']] or similar effects. Also, VFX Mach Speed cancels out [[SRD:Slow|''slow'']] and other such effects; however, these effects also cancel VFX Mach Speed.

*''{{Anchor|Lightning Aura}} (VFX, [[Su]]):'' If the Viewtiful Warrior himself directly made the attack that got tripled by VFX Replay, he gains a lightning aura for 5 rounds. This lightning aura adds an additional 2d6 electricity damage to the Viewtiful Warrior's attacks, and he gains immunity to electricity and electricity anti-resistance equal to 5× his class level that can overcome electricity immunity and electricity absorption. He can refresh the duration of his lightning aura by successfully making another Replay-enhanced attack. He does not lose the aura if he stops using Replay (at least, not until its duration runs out). However, if he runs out of VFX, he immediately loses the lightning aura. The Viewtiful Warrior must attack ''something'' to generate or maintain the lightning aura, but that something doesn't have to be a creature - it could be anything capable of taking damage or responding to being attacked (like a pillar, a chest, a wall without magical reinforcement, or even a slot machine or [[#Shocking Pink|Shocking Pink]]).

'''{{Anchor|Yamaarashi}} ({{Ex)}}:''' As a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity, the Viewtiful Warrior cloaks himself in an orange glow, then lunges forward and makes a melee touch attack on an opponent within twice his melee range. (He moves to a space adjacent to his target if he is not adjacent to them already as he performs the attack, and if anything else is between him and his target, he performs Yamaarashi on whatever got in his way instead.) If Yamaarashi hits, the Viewtiful Warrior grabs the foe and hurls them over his shoulder, hurling the opponent 120 feet away and dealing triple his unarmed strike damage. The opponent must be the same size category as the Viewtiful Warrior or smaller for Yamaarashi to work properly. If the foe is one size category larger, the Viewtiful Warrior takes a −4 penalty on the attack roll. If the foe is two or more size categories larger, the Viewtiful Warrior takes a −4 penalty on the attack roll and is unable to grab the foe, instead simply dealing his standard unarmed strike damage (his attack is still considered a touch attack, and thus bypasses armor and natural armor bonuses to AC).

'''{{Anchor|Desperado}} ({{Su)}}:''' A Viewtiful Warrior must have proficiency in a martial or exotic ranged weapon to take this class feature. As a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity (even if his regular ranged attacks do not), the Viewtiful Warrior may charge up power within himself and his ranged weapon and prepare up to four shots against any target within range, then fire. All four shots are made at the full base attack bonus, and they also home in on targets, therefore ignoring [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] and dodge bonuses to AC. (The targets aren't actually denied their [[SRD:Dexterity|Dexterity]] bonus to AC - the Dexterity bonus is simply ignored - so Desperado can't be used to sneak attack unless the targets would be denied their Dexterity bonus to AC for some other reason.)

'''{{Anchor|Stinger}} ({{Ex)}}:''' A Viewtiful Warrior must have proficiency with a martial or exotic sword to take this class feature. The Viewtiful Warrior may charge and move up to twice his speed as a standard action, and he gains a +4 bonus to both the attack and damage roll (instead of the usual +2 bonus), even when not limited to only a standard or move action, as long as he uses a sword to execute his attack at the end of the charge.

'''{{Anchor|Air Raid}} ({{Sp)}}''': This class feature is gained at 15th level, but only if the Viewtiful Warrior took [[#Stinger|Stinger]] at 7th level. The Viewtiful Warrior launches a 120-foot line of lightning down at a 45-degree angle from his position as a standard action, dealing 6d8 points of damage. (True to its name, Air Raid is intended to be used from midair.) Targets are entitled to a [[SRD:Reflex|Reflex]] save (DC = 16 + the Viewtiful Warrior's [[SRD:Charisma|Charisma]] modifier) for half damage. The Viewtiful Warrior may fire a number of lightning bolts equal to half his Viewtiful Warrior class level, rounded down. He launches one bolt per round as a standard action (the attack immediately ends if he elects not to fire the bolt, and all remaining bolts are lost), and after the attack is done, he must wait a number of rounds equal to half the number of bolts he fired (minimum 1 round) to use the attack again. Air Raid is the equivalent of a 6th-level spell (caster level equal to the Viewtiful Warrior's class level), has the [Electricity] descriptor, and costs 1 point of VFX to use (this cost is for the ability as a whole, not for each bolt, and Air Raid may not be used if the Viewtiful Warrior has only 1 point of VFX remaining). While using Air Raid, the Viewtiful Warrior may spend 1 VFX point to use [[SRD:Dimension Door|''dimension door'']] as a move action once per round (this doesn't automatically end his turn), which enables him to reposition himself with great precision (the cost for using ''dimension door'' '''is''' paid once per round). If he does so, his VFX stops recharging, and he must refrain from using ''dimension door'' for at least 1 round before his VFX will begin recharging again. The ''dimension door'' ability is considered to be part of the Air Raid ability, not a spell-like ability in and of itself, so it has no spell level of its own and its caster level is equal to the caster level of the Air Raid ability.

**''{{Anchor|Red Hot One Hundred}} ({{Ex)}}:'' The Viewtiful Warrior is capable of performing high-powered rapid-fire punches. The Viewtiful Warrior is able to make two attacks for each one attack he would otherwise be entitled to, but these attacks must be unarmed attacks and each pair of attacks must be made against the same target. In addition, the Viewtiful Warrior's unarmed attacks made via RHOH are treated as though the Viewtiful Warrior was 1 size category larger.**''{{Anchor|Heavy Heart Shoulder Slam}} ({{Ex)}}:'' The Viewtiful Warrior makes a single unarmed attack that deals 10 times the damage of a normal unarmed attack. This is a full-round action that replaces all of the attacks he would normally be entitled to for a full attack. (It can be executed as a standard action if using [[#VFX Mach Speed|VFX Mach Speed]].) ...On second thought, the mental image of a male performing this move is slightly disturbing.*''{{Anchor|Hurricane Kick}} ({{Ex)}}:'' The Viewtiful Warrior changes his lower-body unarmed attacks to a whirlwind kick. He may make a Whirlwind Attack as a regular attack action (which means that he may do so multiple times per round and interchangeably with [[#Red-Hot One Hundred|RHOH]] attacks), but each Whirlwind Attack must be an unarmed attack, and he cannot combine this attack with either of the attack options presented above. The Viewtiful Warrior can do this even if he lacks the [[SRD:Whirlwind Attack|Whirlwind Attack]] feat. The change is only in effect during VFX Zoom.*''{{Anchor|Rocket Jump}} {{Ex}}:'' When the Viewtiful Warrior jumps while zoomed in, he becomes a twirling drill of destruction. He makes an attack roll as he jumps, and anything he collides with while ascending whose AC is defeated by his attack roll takes damage equivalent to that of his unarmed attack.*''{{Anchor|Rocket Impact}} {{Ex}}:'' When the Viewtiful Warrior Zooms In while falling, he becomes a piledriver of doom. He makes an attack roll when he begins his dive, and anything he collides with on the way down whose [[AC]] is defeated by his attack roll takes unarmed strike damage. When he hits the ground, he generates a shockwave with a radius of 40 feet centered on himself that affects all creatures in range other than the Viewtiful Warrior himself. This shockwave does unarmed strike damage as if the Viewtiful Warrior was one size category larger and knocks victims [[SRD:Prone|prone]]. A [[SRD:Reflex|Reflex]] save (DC = 10 + ½ the Viewtiful Warrior's class level + the Viewtiful Warrior's [[SRD:Strength|Strength]] or [[SRD:Charisma|Charisma]] modifier, whichever is higher) halves the damage and negates being knocked prone.*'''{{Anchor|Spiral Dragon Kick}} {{Su}}:''' The [[#Red Hot Kick|Red Hot Kick]] and [[#Cool Blue Kick|Cool Blue Kick]] become Spiral Dragon Kicks if Zoom In is activated during the attack. These attacks blow through everything in their path with a single attack roll, though they can't be (voluntarily) canceled once initiated. Anything they hit takes unarmed strike damage as though the Viewtiful Warrior was three sizes larger, plus 3d8 energy damage. The Red Hot Spiral Dragon Kick deals fire damage, while the Cool Blue Spiral Dragon Kick deals electricity damage. (This is the only difference between the Red Hot Kick and Cool Blue Kick.) The energy damage is in addition to energy damage from a fire aura from [[#VFX Mach Speed|VFX Mach Speed]] or a lightning aura from [[#VFX Replay|VFX Replay]].

'''{{Anchor|Improved Evasion}} ({{Ex)}}:''' By the time he reaches 9th level, a Viewtiful Warrior has made smooth, slick dodging into a mesmerizing art form. He has improved evasion from level 9 onwards. Improved evasion is like [[#Evasion|evasion]], except that even on a failed saving throw, the Viewtiful Warrior takes only half damage. If the Viewtiful Warrior already had improved evasion, his [[#Viewtiful Dodge|Viewtiful Dodge]] bonus increases by +2 (this stacks with the potential increase from 3rd level). The Viewtiful Warrior cannot benefit from improved evasion if he runs out of VFX, wears heavy armor, or carries a heavy load, and it's downgraded to regular evasion if he carries a medium load.

'''{{Anchor|Swift Attack}} ({{Ex)}}:''' A Viewtiful Warrior attacks quite fast. Starting at 18th level, he may make one extra attack when using a standard action to attack, but the second attack is made at a -5 penalty (just as it would be if he were making that second attack in a full attack; thus, feats, variant rules, etc. that reduce secondary attack penalties during a full attack do the same for this attack). This extra attack is made in addition to the extra attacks granted by [[#VFX Mach Speed|Mach Speed]], and can be repeated as normal when using the [[#Red Hot One Hundred|Red Hot One Hundred]].