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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hong" data-source="post: 3382566" data-attributes="member: 537">Well, it took a bit of work, but I got there in the end. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Heh. I was actually thinking that, more by accident than design, I've managed to create a decent iaijutsu duelist. +18 init, 200 damage is enough to one-shot 5 of 6 PCs in the party, including herself. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />(goes searching for Li's statblock...)Padma against Lianne would probably still go Lianne's way, though. 10 levels of iaijutsu master gets you Strike With No Thought, which means you always go first (and, incidentally, makes you immune to flat-footedness). So Lianne makes 2 attacks using One Strike Two Cuts, which is 2x wpn damage +18d6+198... I'm not 100% sure if you get Iai Focus dice with both attacks, but that's my guess.At this point Padma is most likely dead, but if not we roll init, which Lianne probably wins with +21 against +18. So she can finish the job with another 2 hits from 1S2C, or just a full attack. If Padma manages to get a shot in, her best bet is to go invisible with cloak of deception, since even with true strike, AC 51 is not trivial to hit if you want to Power Attack as well. DNB also requires a Concentration check with DC = AC, and that's not a good bet either.Mind you, Lianne is a purposely twinked build and first-strike-kill is what she's designed for, so it shouldn't be surprising that she comes out ahead. It would be rather embarrassing (for both of us) if it was otherwise. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />It actually says that a 1st level warblade can only take a 1st level stance. It's the same for crusaders and swordsages. Yeah, a bit weird, but I'm not that fussed. It's really Iron Heart Surge + Iron Heart Focus + uncanny dodge that I'm after.Have you seen Enter the Dragon (the Bruce Lee movie)? The main villain in that has his own island, a bit like a pirate warlord. He's icy-cool most of the time, but explodes into a murderous fury when he gets angry. You could play a Diamond Mind guy like that: your general air of calmness just puts your episodes of violence into sharp relief.</blockquote>

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