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2011-05-20, 12:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-05-20, 02:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-05-20, 06:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
Yeah, Thri-Kreen Warblade has some amazing synergies. I can't decide whether it's better off wielding four Kukris with Multiweapon Fighting, or two Falchions with Oversized TWF. Either way ... ouch.
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2011-05-20, 07:10 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
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2011-05-20, 07:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
Right, I didn't mean to imply you could use it for dual maneuvers. You could use it to activate a belt of battle, or any other useful magic item, though, which is far from inconsiderable. That would give you 2 full round actions and your original swift/immediate action with which to do whatever you like in a single turn. Use your original swift action to activate a maneuver that lasts until the end of your turn, charge enemy 1 with your first full round action, then charge enemy 2 with your second full round action, and both charges will get the benefit of maneuver you activated that lasts until the end of your turn. Alternatively, save your original swift/immediate action for a counter. Or use moment of alacrity. That's just a couple possibilities. Swift actions are precious, even outside using maneuvers.
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2011-05-20, 08:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
Don't immediate actions take up next turn's swift, so it doesn't matter if your last turn had it extra?
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2011-05-20, 10:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
That is how immediate actions work. Trading your immediate action for another full round action before your enemy's turn may or may not be useful in every situation. The point is it's worth a mention.
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2011-05-21, 05:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-05-24, 04:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
I'm not sure a Thri-Kreen or any other 4-limbed creature actually needs Oversized TWF to use two-handers in multiweapon fighting, given at least one writeup of thri-kreen have their own rules for using a pair of gythka, which are double weapons and all and I think probably preferable to using sets of kukri, anyways.
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2011-05-24, 05:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
One great benefit of Goliath is missing from the guide: the ability to make standing Jumps as if they were running Jumps. It's Leaping Dragon Stance (minus the +10 feet) without taking up your few stances known or occupying your current stance slot. Makes Sudden Leap and general Tiger Claw usage all the tastier and usable earlier. I'd say this, their stats and the bonuses from Powerful Build merit an Orange listing.
You might also mention the Diopsid from the Dragon Compendium in the LA +1 category. They don't have much amazing synergy with Warblade in particular (-2 Dex, +2 Con and -2 Int adjustments probably hurt more than they help), but are a solid melee race with a couple properties that a melee character would find interesting, due to their weak extra limbs:
- Ability to wield weapons one size category larger - not Powerful Build, but Large weapons are nice.
- Ability to take any 'two-weapon' feats without the Dex prerequisite.
- Ability to dual-wield weapons while counting as wielding each of them in two hands. You take the full penalties for TWFing with non-light weapons, so despite the flavor text this style is only workable with Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting and one-handed weapons (which are conveniently Large-sized and thus mostly equivalent to Medium two-handers).
- +4 Natural armor, slow-falling wings, and other little stuff. They can't use shields, medium or heavy armor or wield weapons individually with its weaker arms (like a Thri-Kreen could) without incurring massive penalties.
Their unique combat style is useful to consider for any melee class, but for Warblades Diopsids are probably just plain blue as a race. ToB classes in particular are already capable of taking care of TWF's disadvantages without this race's help.Last edited by FMArthur; 2011-05-24 at 05:48 PM.
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2011-05-24, 06:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-05-24, 08:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, Harnel reposted it because Elfin hasn't posted since about January and this way the community can add stuff. It's not finished, after all.
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=193992
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2011-06-04, 06:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
It may sound like a demanding request, but it'd be really cool if somebody could suggest a good build that combines dungeon crasher fighter with warblade.
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2011-06-04, 06:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-04, 07:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-04, 07:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-04, 07:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
Be a goliath dragonborn for +4 con, +4 str, and -4 dex
Fighter2/barbarian1*/warblade17
*pounce+whirling frenzy variants
Feats:
1: power attack
F1 imp bull rush
F2: dungeoncrasher
3: extra rage
6: shock trooper
9: knockback or leap attack
Also ask your DM if you can expand the warblade's crappy and tiny bonus feat list to instead be any fighter bonus feat, which would allow you to take knockback with your 5th warblade level, then leap attack with your level 9 feat.
edit: rampaging bullrush is another feat possibility, you can knock foes prone when you power attack them while in a rage.Last edited by Hirax; 2011-06-04 at 07:12 PM.
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2011-06-04, 07:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-04, 07:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
Improved bull rush is a pre req for many melee feats that are worth consideration for a dungeon crasher, such as shock trooper, knockback (which grants huge bonuses to bull rush checks), rampaging bull rush, and others that the build I just posted didn't mention.
They explicitly keep it.Last edited by Hirax; 2011-06-04 at 07:15 PM.
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2011-06-04, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-04, 07:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-04, 07:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
Better synergy is with a Goliath character, which is the poster-child for Dungeon Crasher builds. Get all the usuals: Power Attack, Improved Bull Rush, Knockback and Shock Trooper. The Warblade interaction comes from the Goliath's racial ability to make standing jumps as if they were running, for Tiger Claw maneuvers. While there is also just a stance for that, this does free up the stance slot for Leading the Charge (+IL to dmg on charge), Blood in the Water (+1 att/dmg for every crit), and Tactics of the Wolf (+IL to dmg when flanking) among others.
It also means you can leap over your opponent easily with one of five Tiger Claw maneuvers that attack from above (why are there FIVE of the same damn move?!), and use Knockback to smash them into the ground for Dungeon Crasher damage. You can also gain Swift Action movement through Sudden Leap, which moves you the amount determined by a Jump check. A Barbarian dip is good to have for Pounce, Whirling Blade and such.
Really the standard Dungeon Crasher feat selection functions on its own perfectly fine. Warblade just expands your options and makes you more versatile efficiently.Last edited by FMArthur; 2011-06-04 at 07:35 PM.
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2011-06-04, 11:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
Warblade5/fighter6/bloodstorm blade4/deepstone sentinel5
Warblade for prerequisites.
Fighter for dungeoncrasher
Bloodstorm blade for ranged charges and bullrushes
deepstone sentinel for charging adjacent targets and creating your own walls so you can dungeon crash in a flat field no problem and some battlefield control.
You could easily replace 4 levels of warblade for other classes if you don't want more maneuvers.
Flavorful and synergetic.
Required feats-power attack and pointblank shot
Required stances-one Iron heart and one stone dragon
Strikes-one iron heart 2 stone dragon
Skills- balance 8 and then balance 13
So no difficult requirements.
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2011-06-05, 06:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
I really like that build, Meepos.
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2011-06-05, 08:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Me too, it looks like fun to try it once. Ranged bullrushes sound pretty amusing.
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2011-06-05, 10:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
Make it warblade 1/fighter 6/warblade 4/bloodstorm blade 4/deepstone sentinel 5. That way you still get the warblade's skill ranks x4, but you get an extra three IL.
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2011-06-05, 11:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
I like the Bloodstorm Blade idea with the ranged charges and bull-rushes, but I have a lot of doubts on the Deepstone Sentinel's contributions to a Dungeon Crasher build. First you have to be a Dwarf, meaning that Goliaths - and Knockback as well - are out of the mix, and they are a powerful part of Dungeon Crashing. You could be a Goliath and take 3 levels of Stoneblessed (RoS) to count as a Dwarf, but you'd be ECL 10 before you would even start your progress as a martial adept.
The Stone Dragon stance that Deepstone Sentinel gives you has tight restrictions on your mobility, requires standard actions of setup to give yourself solid object to smash people into, and eats more swift actions than you might like: you have to enter a Stone Dragon Stance (which ends if you move more than 5ft) to enter the DS's Mountain Fortress Stance (which also ends if you move more than 5ft). I seriously doubt the usefulness of an adjacent-charge that takes two swift actions to set up (each time, because it ends your stance) and requires you to stay still for the set-up. Why not buy Anklets of Translocation for Swift 10ft teleports to charge people you start your turn beside?
I'd sooner just smash them into the ground by leaping over them to attack with Tiger Claw strikes, but if that doesn't fly with your DM then I do admit the pillar for a standard action is hard to replicate, if limited in usefulness. It's too far from a sure thing though, and your foes are just going to stay away from them after they see you do any Dungeon Crashing. It's definitely not worth giving up Goliath and Knockback for, and absolutely not worth 7 levels between Stoneblessed and Deepstone Sentinel if you do try to be a Dwarven Goliath.Last edited by FMArthur; 2011-06-05 at 11:38 AM.
- Chameleon Base Class [3.5]/[PF]: A versatile, morphic class that mimics one basic party role (warrior, caster, sneak, etc) at a time. If you find yourself getting bored of any class you play too long, the Chameleon is for you!
- Warlock Power Sources [3.5]: Making Hellfire Warlock part of the base class and providing other similar options for Warlocks whose powers don't come from devils.
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2011-06-05, 01:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Masters of the Sword: A Warblade's Handbook [Under Construction]
FWIW here's another bloodstorm blade centered build I made. Fitting dungeon crasher into it would be easy.
Edit: oops, fixed link, thanks for the heads up.Last edited by Hirax; 2011-06-05 at 01:06 PM.
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2011-06-05, 01:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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