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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 3690235" data-attributes="member: 39532">Playing a Human Warblade w/ a greatsword in a friend's D&D game.  Last week we finished the initial village portion of Expedition to Castle Ravenloft.Rest of the party is as follows (average character level is 7th)Drow Rogue (no dual scimitars, no panther pets, and no angst)Human Paladin (using Swan Knight PrC from Savage Land's Paladin/Monk splatbook)Dwarf Cleric (with the Destroy Undead ability from EtCR)Gnome Wizard/Conjuration specialist (got gacked in the church encounter due to a flubbed saving throw; talking about either a duskblade or sorcerer for next character)Been playing the guy for a few months (started out at 5th level), and my character has shined at his specific role of being the party beatstick.Do I outfight the Paladin?  Yes, but then again the Paladin's player is cool with this because she's more about being the party tank and protecting the less hardy characters.  But then again the Warblade is designed primarily to be a direct-damage melee machine, aka party beatstick.I'd agree with others' sentiments that a Warblade looks downright awesome on paper, and that in play it's a somewhat different affair.As for outshining, it depends the kinds of situations the party finds themselves in.  For those that know about the opening session of the EtCR module, the dwarf cleric was in full glory.  During social encounters from past sessions, if the Paladin doesn't have the NPCs on her side, then the Drow Rogue has them eating out of her hand, while I just muddled along (put a few points into Diplomacy).  If the Rogue can set-up a sneak attack, her damage output can rival my Warblade's.  DM learned that letting the two of us set-up flanking spells loads of pain for the poor sap playing monkey-in-the-middle.I guess my answer to the OP's question is yes, provided those other classes are competing in the same niche as the Bo9S class.  Same is true for trying to out-tank a Knight, or a fighter/caster trying to outdo a Duskblade, or any other class trying to muscle in a specific class' primary turf.</blockquote>

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