Nifft said:Yep, martial adept prestige classes count as +1 initiator level for all of your initiator levels. So a Swordsage 4 / Warblade 4 would have martial initiator level of ss6/wb6, but a SS 4 / WB 4 / Diamond Duelist 10 would have initaitor levels of ss16/wb16.
Sweet. I am so gonna write up a diamond duelist for my game....
It's a prereq for the Core duelist, so I left that in. Seems like a flavor choice, though I could see it working well for a gladiator type, or a multi-class Bard/Warblade. Otherwise, consider it a "screw you" type prereq, like the way Toughness is usually used.
However, the duelist only needs 3 ranks which means you can still get in at 6th level cross-class. 4 ranks Perform bumps that up to 8th, which is relatively high for prereq purposes.
Besides Perform fits the duelist niche more if you consider it to represent a more swashbucker-y type character. Diamond duelist seems designed more as an iaijutsu duelist or the types of swordsmen seen in wuxia, where flowery speeches aren't so much in vogue. Intimidate would seem a more appropriate skill, especially given the new duel of wills mechanic in Bo9S.
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