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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 5628159" data-attributes="member: 35909">Fighter 2 / Crusader (from Tome of Battle) everything else.&nbsp; Warblade from the same book also works, but Crusader is more defender-y and gives you some things to use a shield for.See if you can use the Dwarf Fighter racial substitution level for Fighter 1st level in Races of Stone if possible.&nbsp; It gives d12 HD instead of d10, adds Knowledge dungeoneering to your class skill list (but only for that one level as far as I know), and replaces your Bonus Feat with Axe Focus, which is basically Weapon Focus with all axe weapons, and counts as it for meeting pre-requisites of other things.With Crusader you can heal allies a bit and make yourself a target with Devoted Spirit's stances.&nbsp; Iron Guard's Glare gives anyone you threaten a -4 to hit if they don't attack you.&nbsp; Thicket of Blades makes 5 ft steps provoke attacks of opportunity.&nbsp; The class also gives you a delayed damage pool, whereby when you take damage, up to a certain limit (starts at 5 damage each round, cap rises with level), the damage goes in there instead of immediately affecting you (it takes effect the next round).&nbsp; This can allow you to stave off death.&nbsp; Further, you get attack and damage bonuses whenever you have damage stored in there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 5628159, member: 35909"] Fighter 2 / Crusader (from Tome of Battle) everything else. Warblade from the same book also works, but Crusader is more defender-y and gives you some things to use a shield for. See if you can use the Dwarf Fighter racial substitution level for Fighter 1st level in Races of Stone if possible. It gives d12 HD instead of d10, adds Knowledge dungeoneering to your class skill list (but only for that one level as far as I know), and replaces your Bonus Feat with Axe Focus, which is basically Weapon Focus with all axe weapons, and counts as it for meeting pre-requisites of other things. With Crusader you can heal allies a bit and make yourself a target with Devoted Spirit's stances. Iron Guard's Glare gives anyone you threaten a -4 to hit if they don't attack you. Thicket of Blades makes 5 ft steps provoke attacks of opportunity. The class also gives you a delayed damage pool, whereby when you take damage, up to a certain limit (starts at 5 damage each round, cap rises with level), the damage goes in there instead of immediately affecting you (it takes effect the next round). This can allow you to stave off death. Further, you get attack and damage bonuses whenever you have damage stored in there. [/QUOTE]

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