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Walking the Way: A Swordsage's Handbook [Under Construction again]
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Re: Walking the Way: A Swordsage's Handbook [Under Construction again]
Races:
Core:
Spoiler
Dwarf – Eh, not a terrible choice but if I’m going to sacrifice my movement rate I’d like to get something more useful for it
Human
– Excellent choice. SS needs extra feats badly and always benefits from more skill points.
Elf
– Ok. The boost to dex is nice, the hit to con isn’t. Proficiency with a ranged weapon pushes this up into the playable regime.
Gnome – As dwarf.
Half-Elf
– Garbage.
Half-Orc
– Garbage.
Halfling
– A good choice. Boost to dex is noticeable while the penalty to str doesn’t hurt at all, boost to saves is always nice.
Psionic:
Spoiler
Duergar – as dwarf. The invisibility seems synergistic but not enough to make me want to play them.
Githyanki
– LA is rugged, but if you can buy it off or divert it to one side of a gestalt these become
excellent choices
. Mixes well with psychic warrior in gestalt.
Githzerai
– LA is rugged, but if you can buy it off or divert it, these guys were
born to be swordsages
. Mixes well with Psychic Warrior in gestalt.
Xeph
– Similar to Halfling. A fine choice if their “Burst” racial ability only takes a swift action to activate.
No reason to take over Halfling otherwise
.
Non-Core:
Spoiler
Elf, Snow/Elf, Wild – if you have to play an elf, play one that doesn’t cost you 1 hp/level.
Lizardfolk, Poison Dusk
– Bonuses to dex and con, solid choice. Gets
better
if you can buy off the LA.
Catfolk
– big bonus to dex. Good choice, try to buy-off the LA. Gets
better
if you can.
Chaos Gnome
– lots of useful ability boosts but LA is a turnoff. Worth a look.
Whisper Gnome
– VERY saucy. No LA, boosts to all your best stats, useful SLAs and other abilities also.
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