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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bestone" data-source="post: 3318349" data-attributes="member: 48880">We had a lucky bastard in our group roll 2 18's!! man oh man, do you know the odds against that? he had people (including the dm) watching him tooone went into wis, one went into dex, so right away he had 18By level 5 he was up to 28, not so badAnyways, i *think* i read somewhere 1/2 your other class levels count towards your manouver levels. so if you had say, 6 levels of monky, you count as your sword sage levels +3 for picking manouvers (I could be TERRIBLY wrong here, but im sure i read that) So you might want to invest a few levels along the way in some classes that'll help you improve ac, just a few levels in monk, and picking up a monks belt you'll be good.If you only have 1 good stat, you can dump it in dex, and with the proper selection of thigns use dex for ac, hit and damage bonuses.....but dont take any dex damage!What are your stats, do you want to just tank? or do you want to fight and do massive damage?  You wanna tank your gonna have to dump your best two stats into wis and dexFor tanking i'd say your best bet for level 1 choices would beSetting sun manouvers - the stance can be good if you can manouver your opponents into difficult terrain, you'll definetly have the upper hand there *got a mage that can help create some?*Shadow - Probably your best bet, concealment helps, but really whats important here is island of blades, if you have a rogue in your group, island of blades is a must at low levels imho. Who needs a tank when nothing lives long enough to hit back?Stone - ARe you a halfing? has a nice stance in here if you are, theres one manouver here that gives you damage reduction 5/ad....But you have to remember, as with the above things, manouvers are temporaryTiger - Nothing here, move alongEdit: NOTE! i am not saying swordsages make good tanks! nor am i saying you should try, as stated above they dont make the best, im just trying to help you with what you asked for</blockquote>

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