Preferred Disciplines: Desert Wind, Diamond Mind, Setting Sun, Shadow Hand, Stone Dragon, and Tiger Claw.
Whatever his specific training, a swordsage blurs the line between martial prowess and magical skill. Depending on which disciplines he chooses to study, a swordsage might be capable of walking through walls, leaping dozens of feet into the air, shattering boulders with a single touch, or even mastering the elements of fire or shadow. Preferred Disciplines: Devoted Spirit, Stone Dragon, and White Raven SwordsageĪ master of martial maneuvers, the swordsage is a physical adept-a blade wizard whose knowledge of the Sublime Way lets him unlock potent abilities, many of which are overtly supernatural or magical in nature. An evil crusader, on the other hand, is a cruel and fearsome warrior of darkness.
Strengthened by prayer or absolute devotion to a principle, armored by unshakable faith, and driven by her convictions, a good crusader is a mighty weapon against injustice and malice. She seeks out and destroys the enemies of her chosen faith. Crusaderĭevoted knight, divine agent, instrument of vengeance, peerless fighting machine-the crusader is a warrior dedicated to good, evil, law, chaos, or some other cause. The Book of Nine Swords offers three distinct classes: The Crusader, the Swordsage and the Warblade. As with the original Tome of Battle classes, your maneuvers are once per battle, though, and you have a special mechanic to regain them. It brought new concepts like encounter powers, and what would become the Warlord in the next edition.įrom pure game mechanics, the Core Book Rogue is the closest, as you don't have the randomness of the Fighter's flexible maneuvers. It pioneered martial maneuvers, melee attacks with special effects that were different from spells. The Book of Nine Swords was published in during the late third-edition era and provided a new take on the Fighter and Paladin classes. Version: 1.11, ready for playtest Building a Disciple of the Nine Swords Play style The Disciple of the Nine Swords, or Sword Disciple for short is a 13th Age version of the Crusader, Swordsage and Warblade classes from the groundbreaking Tome of Battle - Book of Nine Swords. Like all knowledge, the Sublime Way can be used for good or ill. But all who seek the Way must be taught, because it is not for the swordsmith to say whether his blades will spill the blood of the wicked or the innocent. Others use my teachings to wreak terrible wrongs in the world. Some become champions of good and justice. Some of my students fall from the Way and turn to other pursuits. I spend my days teaching now, that I may honor the path I have followed my whole life. I like to think that I am a little wiser now than when I started, but I must leave that judgment to others. I have wandered the world for twenty years, studying the Sublime Way and searching for my own true measure as a warrior and as a person. And it was my comrades and I who excised the mind flayer infestation from Darkvale three years ago, though two of my friends died horribly in the process. It was I who slew the demon Varrash-Kral in the Ebon Tower. It was I who defeated the High Inquisitor of Tiamat in the Dragonskull Temple. I am Harran Turiyeshor, the swordsage sometimes called the Iron Dragon.
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