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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pure_bordem" data-source="post: 6140980" data-attributes="member: 91342">Hiyinz,I currently am playing a campaign as a Snow Elf Swordsage and need help on my build. I am not the rogue nor fighter of the party so I kind of am in the middle doing both roles as a supporter. I am trying to create an adaptable striker oriented build that deals plenty of damage and then gets the hell out of the line of fire if possible. Mostly shadow hand with a little diamond mind, tiger claw, and desert wind thrown in to taste.The big area where I am having trouble are in my feat selection. I choose the Snow Elf for the +2 Dex and -2 Cha but unfortunately do not get any bonus feats <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />. I already took Adaptive Style at Lvl 1 and plan on taking Weapon Finesse at lvl 3 but am at a lose for the rest of the build. I would like to be effective at TWF (minimize attack penalty as much as possible) with a pair of shortswords since it would pair well with Assassin's Stance but that would make getting the extra stance lvl 8 (via Martial Stance at lvl 18) impossible. It also would make getting feats such as Darkstalker and Craven essentially impossible. While I could dip into fighter for 2 levels, I would start loosing out on the important lvl 9 maneuvers wouldn't I? What to do!?!?Here are my potential feat ideas...-Adaptive Style*-Weapon Finesse*-Two Weapon Fighting-Weapon Specialization (for MwM below)-Melee Weapon Mastery-Greater Weapon Focus-Shadow Blade-Gloom Razer-Dark Stalker-Craven*Owned or Will Own NextNow I am making a few assumptions and please correct me if I am wrong...-Most maneuvers (strikes) are standard action, therefore I could still use my off-hand attack as well and if coupled with Assassin's Stance + flanking get the 2d6?-You cannot trade lower level stances for higher ones, meaning to get more higher level stances you NEED martial stance feat-Shadow Blade DOES NOT also count as Weapon Finesse, only allows to progress in respective feat tiers as if you had itIf I cannot use my off hand after a maneuver then the post essentially becomes a mute point because then TwF doesn't do jack for me ha-ha.*Complete Side Note about Leaping Flame*I noticed it never really gets mentioned, but leaping flame seems like a flanking tactic. It allows me to teleport up to 100ft towards whomever tried to hit me last. I can appear in any adjacent square around them which includes behind. Assuming they can be flanked, shouldn't this allow me to sneak attack them if I have assassin's stance? Book doesn't explicitly say one way or another. Also does Leaping Flame avoid damage or not?</blockquote>

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