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<blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 3579841" data-attributes="member: 18701"><p>I allowed a player to play as a 5th lvl Swordsage & 2nd lvl Rogue. I'm still getting used to the Swordsage class and learning what all it can do.</p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if it's too much that the Swordsage gets to gain all of his maneuvers back after each encounter...basically giving him an unlimited amount of "spells" per day. What's the balance between that and a normal caster not gaining spells back each encounter?</p><p></p><p>Some of these maneuvers can give this PC guaranteed "get ouf of jail free cards" at least 1 time per encounter. For example, being able to use concentration checks as a save result instead of rolling a Fort, Ref, or Will save. This PC has a 16 Concentration check thanks to him gaining access to a +5 Concentration item. His normal Will save is a +6. So he can use a 1st lvl maneuver and basically get an +16 to his will save check instead of a +6. That seems more powerful than any buff spell I can think of for that level. And he can do that every encounter.</p><p></p><p>I'm also seeing why he wanted a +5 to his Concentration and I'm wondering if me giving it to him was a mistake.</p><p></p><p>So is the Swordsage a pretty balanced class overall or can it exploit certain campaign styles?</p><p></p><p>I've only seen it in play for about 3 sessions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oryan77, post: 3579841, member: 18701"] I allowed a player to play as a 5th lvl Swordsage & 2nd lvl Rogue. I'm still getting used to the Swordsage class and learning what all it can do. I'm wondering if it's too much that the Swordsage gets to gain all of his maneuvers back after each encounter...basically giving him an unlimited amount of "spells" per day. What's the balance between that and a normal caster not gaining spells back each encounter? Some of these maneuvers can give this PC guaranteed "get ouf of jail free cards" at least 1 time per encounter. For example, being able to use concentration checks as a save result instead of rolling a Fort, Ref, or Will save. This PC has a 16 Concentration check thanks to him gaining access to a +5 Concentration item. His normal Will save is a +6. So he can use a 1st lvl maneuver and basically get an +16 to his will save check instead of a +6. That seems more powerful than any buff spell I can think of for that level. And he can do that every encounter. I'm also seeing why he wanted a +5 to his Concentration and I'm wondering if me giving it to him was a mistake. So is the Swordsage a pretty balanced class overall or can it exploit certain campaign styles? I've only seen it in play for about 3 sessions. [/QUOTE]
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