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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Runestar" data-source="post: 5111524" data-attributes="member: 72317">Either warblade9 or warblade8/swordsage1? Warblade9 gives you a 5th lv maneuver as well as an extra bonus feat (and does not have the magical fighter baggage), while swordsage gives you more maneuvers (and has quite a few useful counters/boosts).Much as I normally don't think much of the weapon focus tree, I think it is more useful to the warblade because so many of their strikes are all-or-nothing, and they don't get iterative attacks, so you ideally want them to hit as often as possible. This also streamlines the npc by giving him fewer options, so he is less complex to run. You may also want to houserule that they get their 2nd stance at 6th lv, rather than 4th, so you aren't stuck with a 1st lv stance. Feats:1) Weapon focus, some passive feat such as improved initiative?3) Adaptive style5) Improved initiative, blindfight or blade meditation (b)6) Weapon spec9) Melee weapon masteryI will generally go with a mix of diamond mind and iron heart, with maybe a splash of white raven and stone dragon. For swordsage, nab cloak of deception, shadow blink, counter charge, zephyr's cloak and any of the diamond mind save boosts you did not manage to acquire via the warblade side. I will see if I can come up with a list later.</blockquote>