Bo9S Maneuver Question [Archive] - Wizards Community

Bo9S Maneuver Question [Archive] - Wizards Community

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ccerose
12-28-06, 07:40 PM Is it possible to have multiple versions of the same maneuver readied? A 1st level Swordsage knows 6 maneuvers and can have 4 readied. Lets say his list of maneuvers includes:

Burning Blade
Clinging Shadow Strike
Sapphire Nightmare Blade
Counter Charge
Mighty Throw
Wolf Fang

Does he have to choose 4 different maneuvers from that list to have readied, or could he choose one maneuver and ready it four times? For example, could he choose to ready Burning Blade four times for a single encounter?
DarkRhystar
12-28-06, 08:01 PM Is it possible to have multiple versions of the same maneuver readied?

No.

Q Can a Swordsage or a Warblade ready more than one "copy" of the same maneuver so that he can use the maneuver more than once per encounter without having to spend actions to regain his maneuver(s)?

A Unfortunately not. Readying a maneuver isn't like preparing a spell. You are either Ready to use the maneuver or you aren't! You can't "Double Ready" a Maneuver! You can only use a given maneuver once per encounter unless you Recover it during the fight!
Tempest Stormwind
12-28-06, 08:15 PM Maneuvers aren't like spells. You don't have "maneuver slots" or the like. Each maneuver is either readied or unreaded. Readied maneuvers are either available or expended. (Crusaders also have another distinction for readied maneuvers: granted and witheld.)

In all cases, it's either one or the other. A maneuver can't be "readied multiple times" since it is either readied or unreadied.

Think of them all like switches and it works perfectly well.

Similarly, although it's a subtler point, you can't go from one stance into the same stance. This isn't really important except in the case of stances that end automatically but refresh themselves when you enter them -- I think Immortal Fortitude is the only such stance.
ccerose
12-28-06, 08:50 PM Thanks, that's what I thought. One of my players wants to play a Swordsage and ask me to give a ruling, so I figured it was better to check here than just say no outright.
Crimson_Concerto
12-28-06, 11:15 PM No, it's kind of like being pregnant. You either are or you're not... I have no idea where that comparison came from. I need sleep...

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ccerose 12-28-06, 07:40 PM	Is it possible to have multiple versions of the same maneuver readied? A 1st level Swordsage knows 6 maneuvers and can have 4 readied. Lets say his list of maneuvers includes: Burning Blade Clinging Shadow Strike Sapphire Nightmare Blade Counter Charge Mighty Throw Wolf Fang Does he have to choose 4 different maneuvers from that list to have readied, or could he choose one maneuver and ready it four times? For example, could he choose to ready Burning Blade four times for a single encounter?
DarkRhystar 12-28-06, 08:01 PM	Is it possible to have multiple versions of the same maneuver readied? No. Q Can a Swordsage or a Warblade ready more than one "copy" of the same maneuver so that he can use the maneuver more than once per encounter without having to spend actions to regain his maneuver(s)? A Unfortunately not. Readying a maneuver isn't like preparing a spell. You are either Ready to use the maneuver or you aren't! You can't "Double Ready" a Maneuver! You can only use a given maneuver once per encounter unless you Recover it during the fight!
Tempest Stormwind 12-28-06, 08:15 PM	Maneuvers aren't like spells. You don't have "maneuver slots" or the like. Each maneuver is either readied or unreaded. Readied maneuvers are either available or expended. (Crusaders also have another distinction for readied maneuvers: granted and witheld.) In all cases, it's either one or the other. A maneuver can't be "readied multiple times" since it is either readied or unreadied. Think of them all like switches and it works perfectly well. Similarly, although it's a subtler point, you can't go from one stance into the same stance. This isn't really important except in the case of stances that end automatically but refresh themselves when you enter them -- I think Immortal Fortitude is the only such stance.
ccerose 12-28-06, 08:50 PM	Thanks, that's what I thought. One of my players wants to play a Swordsage and ask me to give a ruling, so I figured it was better to check here than just say no outright.
Crimson_Concerto 12-28-06, 11:15 PM	No, it's kind of like being pregnant. You either are or you're not... I have no idea where that comparison came from. I need sleep...