Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Empirate" data-source="post: 5766573" data-attributes="member: 78958">Stone Power, some DR and the delayed damage pool combine to provide rather hefty survivability well into the mid levels. Stone Power should probably be retrained for something else around level 12 or so, but until then, I like it quite a bit.Strike of Righteous Vitality acts like a Heal spell, which is good, since it saves your Cleric etc. an action (and a spell slot).Mountain Tombstone Strike is rather underwhelming in my opinion. 2d6 Con damage only really amount to a lot of damage if your target has lots and lots of hit dice: an average 7 points of Con damage just deal 3 points of HP damage/HD. Good against a dragon, granted. But lots of stuff is immune to ability damage, and that makes this maneuver too situational for a 9th level choice.Warmaster's Charge is an extremely potent ability once you have at least one ally (preferably more) backing you up. It can be good even when you're on your own (50 bonus damage is nothing to sneeze at), but in that case, you lose the no-save-stun, a nice attack bonus, and quite a bit of potential damage, not to mention an immediate action charge on all your allies. Also combines nicely with the Leading the Charge stance. Not to mention Charging Smite, which you'll probably take on your Paladin, right? Also, get those damage-multiplier-on-a-charge feats!Honorable mention goes to Five Shadow Creeping Ice Enervation Strike (you can select Shadow Hand Maneuvers as a RKV), which is just flat-out better than Mountain Tombstone Strike if you're facing foes who aren't immune to ability damage. The writeup is funky and full of errors, though (ability damage with a duration? WTF).All in all, I like Warmaster's Charge best, although Strike of Righteous Vitality will come in handy time and again.</blockquote>

Verification