All 9th level maneuvers from Bo9S?

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axenome

First Post

• Oct 12, 2009

• #1

About two years ago on the old WotC forums pre 4E, there was a thread here about a build that would permit a character to know all nine of the 9th level maneuvers from the B09S. Does anyone remember how it was done?

 

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Jack Simth

First Post

• Oct 12, 2009

• #2

Yeah. Gestalt, and the Master of Nine PrC. And it only worked at 20th.

 

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axenome

First Post

• Oct 12, 2009

• #3

Was hoping someone remembered the exact sequence. Gestalt with what? Fighter? Or SS/WB? Was hoping there was a non gestalt build for it, but so far my best attempt involved Master of the Nine and only had 7 of them :/

 

StreamOfTheSky

Adventurer

• Oct 12, 2009

• #4

Well, Gestalt could be Swordsage on one side, and either Warblade or Crusader on the other, going into any prestige class that lets you learn Devoted Spirit (if a Warblade) or Iron Heart (if a Crusader). Swordsage has 3 unique disciplines, it'd be tremendously hard if not impossible to do it without that class.

 

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Runestar

First Post

• Oct 12, 2009

• #5

It is not entirely impossible, but does require you to jump through a few hoops to achieve. One version used maneuver-granting items to allow you to qualify for every 9th lv maneuver. Another used heroics to grant martial study, allowing you access to any maneuver you wanted.

[3e ToB] Is a true Master of Nine possible? - Giant in the Playground Forums

Sadly, the 2 threads on gleemax appear to have been pruned.

Basically, you go Swordsage 8/Warblade 1/Swordage +3/Crusader 1/Swordsage +2/Master of Nine 5, and rely on magic items to grant you the 3 remaining 9th lv maneuvers.

 

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Eldritch_Lord

Adventurer

• Oct 12, 2009

• #6

I posted another two methods on CharOp as well. One involved a fairly normal Mo9 progression that used bonus feats from Taint to grab the last two maneuvers at 18th via Martial Study, the second involved using bloodlines to jack up IL to let you start picking up the 9th level maneuvers around 13th level. Unfortunately, they've also been pruned, but both are fairly straightforward.