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Message: <blockquote data-quote="comrade raoul" data-source="post: 2422476" data-attributes="member: 554">Thanks!By the last ability, do you mean Tempest Strike (where you get an extra attack on a threat)?If so, our instincts differ, but you might be right. (This is the sort of thing that might be best settled by playtesting.) Tempest Strike is a really great ability: in effect, it's like a +1 bonus to your critical hit multiplier, but better. (You also get to multiply extra dice, like from energy enhancements, once, and you still do double damage against opponents immune to critical hits.) With keen and Improved Critical effects (along with sensible 3.0e stacking rules), the sword saint has an effective crit of 15-20/x3 (and, again, he's better in pracrtice if he has energy enhancements or is up against crit-immune enemies).On the other hand, limiting it to once per day, plus extra usage from action points, seems a little harsh. (Especially since you couldn't use Tempest Strike and the class's earlier action point-based abilities in the same round.) Maybe a number of times per day equal to, say, 3 + the sword saint's Dexterity or Wisdom bonus might make more sense, or never more than once per round.</blockquote>