![]() ![]() The save DC doesn't scale well over your career, but almost no strikes scale well anyway. With this maneuver a halfling can trip a Nightmare. Most monsters are good at Reflex saves *or* good at trip checks, but not both. Where this really shines, though, is when you're fighting a mixed group of opponents. But then you get to do another 4d6-and-prone to a second opponent, which makes it good. IMO, this is a top-tier move for any Swordsage that's not terrible at tripping. I'd rather drop 3k on a Heartseeker Amulet. For a full SS, the idea of being able to reach out and tap someone and do full damage is neat as a flavor thing, but there is a tremendous opportunity cost in not being able to dash out some other maneuver. This is good for a melee dipper who's going full-bore power attack. It's not the why-didn't-you-take-this that Moment of Perfect Mind is, but it stands the test of time. This scales surprisingly well due to the lack of a max-IL cap on a level 1 maneuver. Possibly less efficient than taking Exemplar 1. Yeah, there's other stuff to do with your feats, but this plus the DM save counters means you can take 10 on your first save-or-suck. A low dex hurts at low levels, but at low levels strength can be more important than every other stat combined. More damage per swing due to str and bigger weapons - +6ish avg on 2h weapons, +3ish avg for TWF types. They're twice as good at Sudden Leap as anyone else. They get an effective +6 on all trip checks, making them possibly the best choice for the optimized tripper, and if they want to Baffling Defense they have a racial bonus to it. ![]() The dex penalty makes them unappealing to the must-pump-dex crowd, but I think they're a solid choice, and with LA buyoff they're in the same tier as Whisper Gnomes and Humans. In the hopes of tipping those odds, some thoughts to add based on the ToB stuff I've played so far: I put even odds on whether we get a full, uncursed Swordsage handbook before D&D 5 hits shelves. ![]()
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