akbearfoot
First Post
1 level of swordsage = one of the most worth it dips in the game.....For a level and a feat you can always be flanking if there is another ally in melee, add your dex bonus to damage, make concentration checks instead of will saves, get 2 good saves, good skill points, make 1 attack per encounter as a melee touch attack, and pick a few other cool abilities to boot. Assuming you take the dip at 6th level you could access 2nd level maneuvers. A 6th level character with all those abilities and TWF + weapon finesse and a dex of 20-23 and 3d6 sneak attack can be pretty scary. The loss of 1 BAB is offset by the free virtual weapon focus.
I think Shadow blade is totally worth 3 feats if you didnt want to dip into swordsage....because the auto flank shadow hand stance you get is completely worth a feat all by itself, and the Moment of perfect mind is absolutely amazing too. But the 1 level dip would be a much better investment IMO.
A human Rogue4/Ranger2 could have all 3 feats plus weapon finesse by 6th level.
The OP was originally talking about 2-weapon fighters, so I'll assume they would keep using their light weapons instead of swapping to greatswords
Halfling rogue 5 Swordsage1 with 17 base dex, a +1 wep and +2 dex item(reasonable).
BAB 3 +6dex(22 dex), +1 racial, +1 focus, +1 wep, -2 TWF = Two attacks at +10 to hit with 3d6 sneak attack, and strength and dex bonus to damage.
Or the rogue 3 ranger 2 swordsage 1 synergizes well too. Better BAB and fort save, and you end up with an extra feat but slightly less skills and 1 less SA dice.
Bottom line for me is that Shadow blade as a feat is very very strong...not gamebreaking, but definitely in the department of 'think about it before allowing it into your game'
I think Shadow blade is totally worth 3 feats if you didnt want to dip into swordsage....because the auto flank shadow hand stance you get is completely worth a feat all by itself, and the Moment of perfect mind is absolutely amazing too. But the 1 level dip would be a much better investment IMO.
A human Rogue4/Ranger2 could have all 3 feats plus weapon finesse by 6th level.
The OP was originally talking about 2-weapon fighters, so I'll assume they would keep using their light weapons instead of swapping to greatswords
Halfling rogue 5 Swordsage1 with 17 base dex, a +1 wep and +2 dex item(reasonable).
BAB 3 +6dex(22 dex), +1 racial, +1 focus, +1 wep, -2 TWF = Two attacks at +10 to hit with 3d6 sneak attack, and strength and dex bonus to damage.
Or the rogue 3 ranger 2 swordsage 1 synergizes well too. Better BAB and fort save, and you end up with an extra feat but slightly less skills and 1 less SA dice.
Bottom line for me is that Shadow blade as a feat is very very strong...not gamebreaking, but definitely in the department of 'think about it before allowing it into your game'
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