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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IndyPendant" data-source="post: 2283827" data-attributes="member: 8738">DD is a *great* class if all your options are the SRD.  If you have access to splat books, the DD decreases in effectiveness with each splat book added.The AC bonus, d12 HD, DR, and good Will saves all add up.  Barbs are awesome for offense, but have a HUGE glass jaw in magic.  You won't use the Defensive Stance very often, but keep in mind--nowhere does it say you're limited to once per encounter.  Just X/day.  So you go into a Defensive Stance, and need to move?  Do so.  And go into a Defensive Stance again.  The 'winded' -2 penalty to Str doesn't stack with itself, so no worries there.One thing no one has really touched on: get the crappy prereq feats--Dodge, Endurance, and Toughness are just about the *worst* combat feats in the game--and then concentrate your feat selection on the offensive.  That will help mitigate the central defensive aspect of the DD.</blockquote>