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<blockquote data-quote="Kae'Yoss" data-source="post: 3666204" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>Yeah, had a drow swordsage with shadow hand as primary, with some desert wind thrown in (he called them Shadow of the Night Below and Fire of the Night Above). I only later got a strength bonus when I picked up some strength boost item, but I didn't really miss that with dex and wis (which were both something like +10 in the end) to damage for most attacks - in addition to the manoeuvre stuff!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's no hard limit beyond the class restrictions (shadow hand for swordsages only, devoted spirit for crusaders, and so on) but due to the prerequisites, you'll want to concentrate on a couple of disciplines.</p><p></p><p>The swordsage I played used two disciplines, which is well-supported by the class abilities, but I think a third one will be easy to put in - especially if you favour strikes from one discipline (or two) and supplement that with boosts from a third. You should still be able to get powerful stuff from each of those disciplines.</p><p></p><p>A warblade has less manoeuvres, and since you'll want the higher-level stuff, you can't really afford a third discipline unless you'll want some major headache-inducing track-keeping of prerequisites. Two will work well, though.</p><p></p><p>I guess crusaders sit in the same boat as warblades: Two disciplines are feasible, the third one will be hard to keep.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kae'Yoss, post: 3666204, member: 4134"] Yeah, had a drow swordsage with shadow hand as primary, with some desert wind thrown in (he called them Shadow of the Night Below and Fire of the Night Above). I only later got a strength bonus when I picked up some strength boost item, but I didn't really miss that with dex and wis (which were both something like +10 in the end) to damage for most attacks - in addition to the manoeuvre stuff! There's no hard limit beyond the class restrictions (shadow hand for swordsages only, devoted spirit for crusaders, and so on) but due to the prerequisites, you'll want to concentrate on a couple of disciplines. The swordsage I played used two disciplines, which is well-supported by the class abilities, but I think a third one will be easy to put in - especially if you favour strikes from one discipline (or two) and supplement that with boosts from a third. You should still be able to get powerful stuff from each of those disciplines. A warblade has less manoeuvres, and since you'll want the higher-level stuff, you can't really afford a third discipline unless you'll want some major headache-inducing track-keeping of prerequisites. Two will work well, though. I guess crusaders sit in the same boat as warblades: Two disciplines are feasible, the third one will be hard to keep. [/QUOTE]
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