Maneuvers and Stances

[DarkJester]

Table 3-1 on page 39 tells what the highest level maneuver you can learn is. It is based off of your initiator level. Mountain Tombstone Strike is weird in that it has no maneuver prerequisites but it would still be held to requiring a initiator level of 17+ as per the chart.

Edit: Stances are not a separate system, they use the same initiator level as maneuvers and I believe the cust. service has been saying they count as maneuvers as far as prerequisites are concerned. As I said, you have your stance always active. Switching stances is a swift action if you have more than one, after which you'd immediately gain the benefit of the other stance.

 

[Zanthorphs]

Where would i be able to find the info on the different stances and their benefits, sorry for the stupid question.

 

[DarkJester]

It's no problem Zan.

They are listed alongside the maneuvers starting on page 48. Directly after the the bold text it will either say Strike, Boost, Counter or Stance.

For more information just page through to that disciplines section and read the full blurb of course.

 

[Nifft]

The other super-cool thing about choosing maneuvers is that your Initiator level, unlike your spellcaster level, depends on both classes that grant maneuvers (Swordsage, Crusader, Warblade, and the PrCs in that book), but also benefits half from levels of classes that don't.

So, you could qualify for 2nd level maneuvers at 4th level by doing this:

1/ Rogue 1
2/ Rogue 2
3/ Swordsage 1
4/ Swordsage 2

Cheers, -- N