>Would it be possible to get some details of the Swashbuckler
>edge for bards?
>
>Here is what I think it does (which may or may not be true).
>
>
>--> Swashbuckler edge performs (i) evade AND (ii) dodge
>checks based on a person's charisma instead of dexterity. So
>a human with 20 dex / 23 charisma and the Swashbuckler edge
>will evade AND dodge as if such human had 23 dex.

Pretty much.

>--> With respect to -dex maledictions, it performs a "riddle
>lite" effect. To use Zulg's example - -10 dex would feel like
>-6 dex.

Nope. Dropping your dex is as effective in killing dodge/evade as it ever is.

It's a pretty significant boost when dex (or chr) maledictions aren't in play, which in most (if, obviously, not all) fights they aren't.