WARBLADE SRD PC

Counting the bonus feats, fighters have a grand total of 6 special abilities. The fighter has much fewer abilities than other classes in the game. I wouldn’t completely discount that idea, but I have an alternative theory. Perhaps that’s because I like the way the fighter is put together, and am thus inclined to view everything about it in a more positive light. It’s the kind of ability which Paizo added to many classes in an attempt to remove all of the ‘dead levels’ where players didn’t receive any interesting upgrades.Ī +1 to saves against fear every four levels doesn’t seem as trivial on the fighter as it would on another class, though. It has all the hallmarks of one: it’s a minor bonus which only applies in a very specific situation. So while Fighters certainly suffer from the failings of the feat system, those failings are not as severe as they might have been for a different class.īravery: On any other class, I might call this a filler ability. Most of them improve upon an ability which is explicitly already available to all players such as two weapon fighting, improved bull rush, and combat expertise. What I will say is that the fighter feats tend to be some of the stronger feats. However I’ve already written at great length about the feat system in Pathfinder and what I think should be done with it, so I won’t re-hash old content just to pad out this post. In fact the fighter class is so close to perfect, that I fear this post may end up being really short.īonus Feats: There are problems with the feats system, and since “moar feets” is a class feature of the fighter, the fighter inherits some of these problems. Which is part of why the Fighter’s treatment in D&D 3.x was so disappointing, and why the class’ revitalization in Pathfinder remains (in my view) one of Paizo’s greatest triumphs in designing that product.

Suffice to say that I approve of the Fighter’s core concept. Of course, the game is better with several classes to choose from.

WARBLADE SRD PC

Every other PC class could be dropped from the game, and it would still work just fine. I will fighter you on this.Ĭore Concept: Nobody will agree with me, but fighters are the most fundamental class in Dungeons and Dragons. (Note that this-that is, meeting a feat's prerequisite with what's, essentially, the feat's benefit- does make this DM a little queasy, but it's not like the warblade's casting spells or anything, so whatever.Valeros is better than Regdar and Tordek put together. However, once the warblade knows the stance pearl of black doubt via the feat Martial Stance, because 'tances are considered maneuvers for the purpose of fulfilling prerequisites for learning higher-level maneuvers, or qualifying for prestige classes or feats' ( Tome of Battle 43), the warblade can safely swap out (perhaps at level 8?) that other Diamond Mind maneuver that he used to meet the Martial Stance feat's prerequisite and continue to meet the prerequisite for the feat Martial Stance and the stance pearl of black doubt with the stance itself. Thus, this warblade must use his ability to learn a new maneuver in place of an old maneuver before picking as his level 6 feat Martial Stance, and, were the warblade to've ditched that lone Diamond Mind maneuver, the warblade can no longer meet the Martial Stance feat's prerequisite for taking the stance pearl of black doubt.

What you need to know from it is this: class decisions are made before feat decisions. This order is detailed in the Player's Handbook (58-9), but it's absent from the SRD so that Wizards of the Coast can sell you books. Advancing a level has an order of operations

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