Mastery of Swordsmanship

[Dragon_Man_Of_Lore]

My character is extremely devoted to the mastery of his two-swords. As a dual-weapon fighter, he has always wanted to prove his devotion to others. The way of fighting with two-swords has become a bit of a religion to him. But he is also naturally free spirited, so his alignment is Chaotic Neutral. So, in a way, his lawful devotion to his fighting style contrasts with his free-spirited personality. His primary weapon is the Jian, a variation of the Longsword. Ive never really felt comfortable with him just being a fighter with a load of Two-Weapon and Weapon Focus feats. So what I ask of you supposed veteran D&D players is how can I customize him, other than feats, to match his devotion to two-weapon fighting and focus to the Jian (or longsword if you want to put it that way). I'm looking for skills, classes (other than the Tempest), and if possible, organizations I can join that focuses one or both of the two. Oh, and im at a pretty low-level, And two of the feats I do have are Two-Weapon Fighting and Weapon Focus, if you couldn't tell already. I also dont have a problem with multi-classing or going into the Epic Levels.

 

[jaelis]

You could make the jian into a 1H exotic weapon, with the special property that it counts as a light weapon for the purpose of TWFing only. (This is balanced in comparison to the two-bladed sword, I'd say.)

Then you could aim for Exotic Weapon Master. If I were DM, I'd let you count a pair of jians as a double weapon for the EWM abilities. (Again, you're basically just reflavoring the double-bladed sword.)

 

[Arkhandus]

Become a Warblade, from the Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords.

Start learning Tiger Claw maneuvers and stances. Several of them enhance two-weapon fighting.

Take the Two-Weapon Pounce and Two-Weapon Rend feats from Player's Handbook II.

Unfortunately, the Bloodclaw Master from Tome of Battle is a prestige class focused only on fighting with two weapons linked to the Tiger Claw discipline (which does not include the longsword). Although Tiger Claw stuff can be used with any melee weapons, the Bloodclaw Master's class features are specifically limited to use with unarmed strikes and the weapons that are most closely linked to the Tiger Claw discipline (like kukris and daggers). Other than that, it's a good TWF prestige class, just no good for anyone who doesn't use those few light weapons that are associated with the class.

 

[moritheil]

Kelanen is the patron of those who use the sword exclusively. However, he's also obscure, and his latest writeup contradicted some material in earlier versions.

 

[Dragon_Man_Of_Lore]

Well, the way I made the jian was that it was an incredibly light and balanced sword, so a person with two weapon fighting can consider it a light weapon if used in the off hand. I have considered the Warblade, but i was looking for something a little more focused on a specific weapon than fighting in general

 

[akbearfoot]

Kensei maybe?

You can play any class you want and be 'devoted to your weapon'. In game though, the only thing that will make you -better- with your sword is class abiliities, magic, and feats.

What's wrong with tempest? It's great for a 2-weapon wielder. If you don't like the flavor rename the class, and have it be some sort of monkish tree-hopping asian-themed class instead. Like Spinning Leaf Blade or somesuch. Mechanically speaking, tempest is pretty good for a 5 level prestige class.


Tiger claw discipline is also really good. And thematically fits with cool jumps and movement based attacks.

 

[RickVigorous]

How about the dervish from CW?

 

[Darklone]

I'd vote for warblade, heading for Melee Weapon Mastery and Weapon Supremacy

 

[Dragon_Man_Of_Lore]

Well, I did consider the Tempest, but its just doesn't last very long, and Id rather have a class that I can keep for a long period of time. But I have considered the Warblade many times, but the main thing that turned me off from it was that it focused mainly on a lust for fighting instead of a mastery of Two-weapon fighting. Kensei need to be lawful, but I suppose I could always customize the class so that it accepts chaotic players. Perhaps in the way Bearfoot described.

 

[Gloombunny]

But I have considered the Warblade many times, but the main thing that turned me off from it was that it focused mainly on a lust for fighting instead of a mastery of Two-weapon fighting.

Just ignore that fluff. It's not like there are any lust-for-fighting mechanics. Literally everyone I know who uses Bo9S just treats warblade as fighter with different mechanics.