#WARBLADE STANCES FULL#

Increase INT and DEX at 4 and 8 respectively to get your AC and damage up (and more skill points earlier, thus earlier INT increase), WIS at 12 when you get it to raise your AC another point.

Found in Tome of Battle (Book of Nine Swords).įighter 6 (if only 2 levels in Swordsage, less if more) - this gives you the feats required to keep up your two-weapon fighting, your trip and disarm feats (which won't be great, admittedly, without a great STR stat and a two-handed weapon, but will be better than average), and Daring Warrior from Complete Scoundrel to stack your fighter levels and Swashbuckler levels for the purposes of dodge bonus, grace bonus to reflex saves, and qualifying for fighter feats that require a certain fighter level. If your game applies multiclassing XP penalty you will want to play a human or a race with Figther as favoured class. 3/4 BAB and the only place you'd lose BAB, d8 HD, lots of maneuverability skills. You should take a Shadow Hand stance and take the Shadow Blade feat, which gives you +dex to damage (instead of strength, so it stacks with the swashbuckler bonus) with Shadow Hand weapons, which includes the short sword (and also a collection of non-sword weapons) when you're in a Shadow Hand stance (all the time if you wish it). Swordsage 2 (to 4) - this gives access to stances and maneuvers, and Wisdom to AC in light armour.

#WARBLADE STANCES FULL#

Swashbuckler 3 - this gives Weapon Finesse as bonus feat and +int to damage (on top of strength for finessable weapons) Full BAB, d10 HD, maneuverability and social skills.

However, if you're willing to fight with two short swords, I want to suggest the following (loose) build: What sort of weapon are you looking for? If you want a two-handed weapon you should go for a strength build, which will necessitate a lower dexterity and hence the defense problem you described. I know I'm asking a lot, but I'd like to see how close the build cvan get to the mental image I have of a Master Swordsman. I'm looking for a pure swordsman, not one who can augment himself which magic. He must have a high amount of HP, which is required of any warrior type.Ħ. The ability to balance oneself, to duck and move if necessary is a must.ĥ. Beyond basic attacks, he must be skilled with advanced combat maneuvers, such as disarming and tripping his opponents.Ĥ. He should be restricted to light or no armor, if possible.ģ. In my mind, a master of swordplay should be capable of defending himself with skill of arms. The over-dependence on armor is one of the main things that turns me off to warrior types a fighter without any armor is basically a sitting duck, and even a unskilled commoner has a good chance of hitting him. He must rely on skill, not armor, to defend himself. He must have a high base attack bonus, and the ability to dish out a good amount of damage.Ģ. The Master Swordsman has to live up to certain guidelines:ġ. I can use *most* WotC books my DM fears what he doesn't understand, and he refuses to take the time to remedy his lack of knowledge in certain areas (psionics and incarnum, mainly). The character starts out 11th level, and I rolled the following stats: 17, 15, 15, 15, 15, 13. The goal is to make a master swordsman for a campaign I'm going to be playing in a warrior who is deadly with a blade in his hand. I come to the people of EN World to assist me on this project.

Warblade stances