[Bo9S] Can Warblades ready the same manuever multiple times?
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StreamOfTheSky
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No. It has to be different maneuvers.
Now, you can be a multiclass adept and get around this somewhat. A swordsage/warblade/crusader could ready a Stone Dragon maneuver, like Mountain Hammer, 3 times -- once for each class's list of readied maneuvers if you learned mountain hammer with all 3 classes.
Now, you can be a multiclass adept and get around this somewhat. A swordsage/warblade/crusader could ready a Stone Dragon maneuver, like Mountain Hammer, 3 times -- once for each class's list of readied maneuvers if you learned mountain hammer with all 3 classes.
cheshire_grin
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Given the warblade's recover mechanic (swift action to recover, plus a "flourish" or standard action attack), it's not really a big deal. You can only use a given maneuver once in any round anyway, since they're generally standard maneuvers or counters (and you can only use one immediate or swift action/round).
Arkhandus
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You only think it's no big deal because you probably haven't considered several rounds in a row of Time Stands Still, Ancient Mountain Hammer, Death Mark, or any other strong maneuver. Let alone several rounds in a row of White Raven Tactics. It's a lot harder and a lot weaker for a multiclass martial adept readying a low-level maneuver with each of 2 or 3 martial adept classes.
Anyway, no, you cannot ready more than one copy of a maneuver at a time with any given class. You have no maneuver slots; they are not spells. You just choose a certain number of your maneuvers known and ready them. Only multiclass martial adepts can sort of do so, as described by StreamOfTheSky, by readying one copy of a maneuver with each martial adept class (assuming they know the maneuver separately for each class).
Anyway, no, you cannot ready more than one copy of a maneuver at a time with any given class. You have no maneuver slots; they are not spells. You just choose a certain number of your maneuvers known and ready them. Only multiclass martial adepts can sort of do so, as described by StreamOfTheSky, by readying one copy of a maneuver with each martial adept class (assuming they know the maneuver separately for each class).
cheshire_grin
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I haven't considered them because only approximately 0.05% of games ever actually include those levels/maneuvers, so outside of theoretical CO threads you may as well ignore them.
In a game you're actually likely to play, it doesn't make that much of a difference.
In a game you're actually likely to play, it doesn't make that much of a difference.
StreamOfTheSky
Adventurer
And for what it's worth, I think it's a colossal waste to learn the same maneuver with multiple classes generally. Not just learn, but also keep readied. Certain maneuvers might be worth the multi-round spamming -- my friend had a Warblade x / Swordsage 2 that had Greater Insightful Strike readied with each -- but usually it'd be better to have more diverse options if you're bothering to multiclass.
I was under the impression that you could not learn or ready a maneuver multiple times, even for multiclassed martial adepts, since you are deemed to either know a maneuver or not. But they all count towards pre-reqs for all sides, rather than being tracked separately.
For instance, say I have a warblade/swordsage. I used the swordsage side to acquire moment of precise mind. I cannot have my warblade side take the same maneuver later on, but it is treated as knowing 1 diamond mind maneuver (from swordsage side) for purposes of qualifying for other maneuvers (so I can take emerald razor even if it is the first diamond mind maneuver for my warblade).
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