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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pax" data-source="post: 1477284" data-attributes="member: 6875">No.  The CW Kensai does not require you to have a masterwork weapon to enter the class.  To use Signature Weapon, if it's a manufactured weapon?  Absolutely.  But not merely to take levels of (CW)Kensai!  Looking up Weapon Master from Sword and Fist, and focussing only on what hasn't already been mentioned:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Feat: Dodge ... Nope!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Feat: Mobility ... Nope!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Feat: Combat Reflexes ... Nope!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Feat: Whirlwind Attack ... Nope!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Attribute: Dexterity 13+ ... Nope!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Skill: Intimidate 4 ranks ... Nope! </li> </ul>... and similarly, from the CW Kensai:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Alignment: Any lawful ... Nope!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Skill: Concentration 5 ranks ... Nope!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Skill: Diplomacy 5 ranks ... Nope!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Skill: Ride 5 ranks ... Nope!</li> </ul>  So, we have the followign points of congruence:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> BAB: +5</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Feat: Combat Expertise</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Special: Use of ki</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Special: benefits focus on use of a particular weapon or weapon type</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Special: class is "monk friendly", whatever that means</li> </ul>  Hmm, five points of congruence, and ten points od difference!  And, let's address those points of congruence, one by one:Requires BAB +5 or better  This is so common, it's laughable.  Almost EVERY class needs a +5 or +6 base attack bonus; as a point of congruence supporting a claim that the two classes are the same, this is outright laughable.Requires Combat Expertise to enter  Again, this is a very common prerequisite - I believe its needed for any prestige class which centers around "extraordinary skill with weapons".Special: describes many of it's abilities as using "ki"  Well, so what?  So does the Ravager Prestige Class, in fact.  And "ki" is a real-world concept; you wouldn't hold up "uses psionics" as proof that two classes were the same, would you?Special: benefits focus on use of particular weapon or weapon type  Hmm, let's see, how many classes fit that bill, eh?  Lasher, duellist, master of chains, deepwood sniper, order of the bow initiate, hulking hurler, exotic weapon master, invisible blade, master thrower, warshaper ("natural weapons", natch), etc, etc, etc ... ad infinitum, ad absurdum.  Obviously, that "feature" is used for an entire panoply of prestige classes.  Thus, this is a non-starter, sorry.Special: class is "monk friendly"  So are the following, just from CW: justiciar, tattoo'd monk, reaping mauler, drunken master.  Another non-starter, because it has also been used for an array of classes.  Only one of the Weapon Master's abilities comes even close to a changed rule - ki critical, which self-stacks with the Improved Critical feat.  And it doesn't violate that rule, either - it doesn't let you stack keen and impcrit, it simply produces an especial, this-class-only bonus.   WOTC Customer Service is useless, and if you asked them the same question five times, you'd probably get six mutually-exclusive answers.</blockquote>

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