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#1 revan54115110 Mar 12, 2009 18:25:11	Ok i am in a campaign were i feel i am a little under powered compared to the rest of my group and i was wondering if i can get an opinion on where I may be going wrong and maybe how to fix it (note i read the optimisation boards all the time and i still can’t optimise my way out of a paper bag) and selvage the character ? Stats Str = 18 (20 Gauntlets of Ogres Power) Dex = 18 Con = 16 Int = 14 Wis = 10 Cha = 10 Feats Weapion Focus great sword Iron Hart Aura (Bonus) Adaptive style Stormguard Warrior (Rest see warblade in tob) Weapion Manticore Greatsword (Mic pg 53 manuvers Steel wind Stedy strike wall of blades Mountion Hammer Iron Hart surge Bone Crusher Stances Absolute Steel Punishing stance Any idea where I could be going wrong ?
#2 eldritch_lord Mar 12, 2009 21:29:24	Any idea where I could be going wrong ? Not really--this is a very solid build all around, from what I can see. Could you post the builds of the rest of your party, or at least what you know of them? Even if your build is solid, you could be overshadowed by a much stronger than normal build, and we wouldn't see from your build alone.
#3 revan54115110 Mar 12, 2009 22:25:01	Well I never really got a good look at the other players character sheets but i know 2 are Psionics of some form or another one is a frenzied Barbarian and the other is a wizard (Blaster type)
#4 reis Mar 12, 2009 22:30:41	what level is your character?
#5 eldritch_lord Mar 13, 2009 1:36:07	Well I never really got a good look at the other players character sheets but i know 2 are Psionics of some form or another one is a frenzied Barbarian and the other is a wizard (Blaster type) Ah. Well, here's the thing. Blaster types deal damage; it's what they do, and they're the best at it. If a psion or wizard decides to focus on blasting, he'll outdo you damage-wise, since warblades are somewhat difficult to break. Frenzied Berserkers are some of the highest-damage-dealing melee characters in the game (it's what they do), because they can abuse Power Attack to the Hells and back to get some ridiculous totals. If you're not doing enough damage, there's not much you can do about it with that party composition. What I would suggest is focus on different kinds of damage--pick up Stone Dragon maneuvers to ignore hardness and take out pesky magic-immune golems more easily; grab some Devoted Spirit maneuvers with feats or a PrC to heal the party; go for status effects like stunning to make their damage-dealing easier; etc. They'll appreciate the aid, and you won't be competing in the damage game where they have the advantage.
#6 CantripN Mar 13, 2009 2:40:50	And now to business: Why Weapion Focus and Adapative Style? That's 2 wasted feats. Any reason you're not abusing White Raven Tactics and being loved for it? Stormguard Warrior isn't very useful unless you have a lot of attacks or a reliable means of provoking AoOs. Look HERE for more. HERE, too.
#7 wraithstrike Mar 13, 2009 3:10:01	How much damage are they doing, and how much are you doing? What maneuvers do you have?
#8 tt30 Mar 13, 2009 4:26:43	You must desice what you want to do. You can't be the best damage dealer in party, because blasters and frenzied berserkers are best in that field. You will probably be last in that even with all help you can get if you party members are even lighty optimized. But you can do other things and helpo your party greatly. Take White Raven Tactics and you can use swift action to give another round to some of your very effective companions. Delay your action until it is most usefull, adaptive style is usefull because with it you can use White Raven Tactics every turn to party member who is most useful in given situation. Of course that takes yuor full&swift actions and left you only with attacks of opportinity, but you have great dex if you can get combat reflexes you can have lot of them and then take feat Stand Still and any reach weapon and maybe enlarge from some friendly caster and you can keep 4-5 enemies locked in their place with stand still and AoO:s and if you can get Mage Slayer from Complete Arcana enemies can't cast when they are in you reach, and if they cant cast and cant move ít can change really hard caster encounter to walk in the park, expecially after you have all feats in Mage Slayer chain. So if you can retrain: Feats: Combat Reflexes Adaptive Style Stand Still (http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/psionicFeats.html#stand-still) Mage Slayer (complete arcana)->later rest of that feat chain Weapon Focus, some reach weapon or exotic weapon profiency:Spiked chain Manouvers: White Raven Tactics->best manouver in book Moment Of Perfect Mind->Your will save probably suck Emerald Razor Stances: Punishing Stance->helps greatly with stand still Bolstering Voice
#9 uhm_hoi Mar 13, 2009 10:12:15	If you want to be a bigger damage dealer you could try multiclassing to a lion totem whirling frenzy barbarian and getting power attack and leap attack along with 2 weapon fighting and maneuvers like dancing mongoose, raging mongoose and time stands still. With your party i wouldnt do it though. Im with TT30 on this. You should try making it easier for your party members to do the damage. There are some great threats on these boards on how to shut down multiple opponents with a fighter type character. Here is a link to a great fighter build doing that. on post 286 on page 10 there is a very good warblade that's optimized to do that as well. http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=883706