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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonwriter" data-source="post: 4580116" data-attributes="member: 54988">I guess I'll be the one to ask this... What style are you going for with your &quot;Master Swordsman&quot;? Historically (and in-game) there are a wide variety of combat styles for swords. The four basics are these: Sword and shield, 2 swords, 2-handed sword, and single sword.There are, as with all things, pros and cons to each style.The impression I get from your writing suggests to me that you want someone more &quot;speed and accuracy&quot; than &quot;chop again and again until bad guy falls down&quot;. And, in that case, I would suggest twin blades or a single blade (and maybe a buckler to go with).For twin blades, I like the Elven Lightblade and Thinblade (both in the back of Complete Warrior). Exotic, 1d6 and 1d8 damage respectively, both have 18-20 crit threat base and can use Finesse. Swashbuckler with some Ftr thrown in (and perhaps Swordsage or Warblade, I can't comment on those. No ToB for me) would make a reasonable starting point. Maybe two levels of Rgr for TWF... I don't know...As to feats... If you go the 2 swords route, you might take Improved Buckler Defense (Complete Warrior) and get a Mithril Buckler with a little enhancement bonus. Shield Specialization (optional, PH2) adds a little more to your AC and Shield Ward will throw that buckler onto your Touch AC. If you don't like that, the Two-Weapon Defense feats would be an option. Of course, you need to make a full attack to get that shield bonus (I think... Away from books). Naturally, whether you go Short Swords or the Elven Blades, pick up Improved Critical. A bigger threat range is always better. It's especially fun when you have two blades with 2 or 3 attacks each full attack and they both have a threat of 15-20. It gives you a nice crit chance every round.I would suggest going with Trip over Disarm. You never know if you will be facing creatures that rely on weapons, but you can usually figure they will have legs <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&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dragonwriter, post: 4580116, member: 54988"] I guess I'll be the one to ask this... What style are you going for with your "Master Swordsman"? Historically (and in-game) there are a wide variety of combat styles for swords. The four basics are these: Sword and shield, 2 swords, 2-handed sword, and single sword. There are, as with all things, pros and cons to each style. The impression I get from your writing suggests to me that you want someone more "speed and accuracy" than "chop again and again until bad guy falls down". And, in that case, I would suggest twin blades or a single blade (and maybe a buckler to go with). For twin blades, I like the Elven Lightblade and Thinblade (both in the back of Complete Warrior). Exotic, 1d6 and 1d8 damage respectively, both have 18-20 crit threat base and can use Finesse. Swashbuckler with some Ftr thrown in (and perhaps Swordsage or Warblade, I can't comment on those. No ToB for me) would make a reasonable starting point. Maybe two levels of Rgr for TWF... I don't know... As to feats... If you go the 2 swords route, you might take Improved Buckler Defense (Complete Warrior) and get a Mithril Buckler with a little enhancement bonus. Shield Specialization (optional, PH2) adds a little more to your AC and Shield Ward will throw that buckler onto your Touch AC. If you don't like that, the Two-Weapon Defense feats would be an option. Of course, you need to make a full attack to get that shield bonus (I think... Away from books). Naturally, whether you go Short Swords or the Elven Blades, pick up Improved Critical. A bigger threat range is always better. It's especially fun when you have two blades with 2 or 3 attacks each full attack and they both have a threat of 15-20. It gives you a nice crit chance every round. I would suggest going with Trip over Disarm. You never know if you will be facing creatures that rely on weapons, but you can usually figure they will have legs ;). [/QUOTE]

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