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<blockquote data-quote="Lordgrae" data-source="post: 3256573" data-attributes="member: 22723">I'll agree with you that the Swordsage is more like a monk.&nbsp; But in my Age of Worms campaign, the Swordsage has been the parties main tank, almost the entire time.&nbsp; His AC has never been less then&nbsp; grand, and he would only on average, 1hp less then a fighter. As for Feral Death Blow, the jump check is only to see if the opponent is flat footed for the attack, and has nothing to do with the save or damage effect. The Swordsages with Adaptive Style can get all of his maneuvers back as a single full round action.&nbsp; And, at higher levels, he has so many maneuvers that he doesn't really need to use it unless the combat gets dragged out.The Swordsage also has a lot more ways to deal with things that tend to gimp Fighters.&nbsp; The mobility maneuvers, and some of the +save maneuvers.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't think you should rule out the Swordsage as it compares to fighters simply because of the d8 HD and the +15 BA.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lordgrae, post: 3256573, member: 22723"] I'll agree with you that the Swordsage is more like a monk. But in my Age of Worms campaign, the Swordsage has been the parties main tank, almost the entire time. His AC has never been less then grand, and he would only on average, 1hp less then a fighter. As for Feral Death Blow, the jump check is only to see if the opponent is flat footed for the attack, and has nothing to do with the save or damage effect. The Swordsages with Adaptive Style can get all of his maneuvers back as a single full round action. And, at higher levels, he has so many maneuvers that he doesn't really need to use it unless the combat gets dragged out. The Swordsage also has a lot more ways to deal with things that tend to gimp Fighters. The mobility maneuvers, and some of the +save maneuvers. I don't think you should rule out the Swordsage as it compares to fighters simply because of the d8 HD and the +15 BA. [/QUOTE]

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