Help tweaking Eternal Blade build

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naki

Oct 17, 2008 3:53:25		I'm currently in a high-powered campaign with heavy focus on 'optimization and teamwork, or die'. Most of what we've fought thus far has been relatively easy compared to what our DM has warned us for next. Only the team doesn't do so well at the 'teamwork part', leaving the majority of the party leaning on the melee to drop everything as fast as possible.

I'm bringing in the only martial adept to a team made up of a Guild Wizard, Knight, Marshal, Cleric, Barbarian/Ranger and Swift Hunter Ranger. Now, I had my eye on the Eternal Blade previously but never had a chance to use one, now, with this opening, I've thought about putting it to use.

My build looks something like
Drow (with LA buyoff) Warblade 2 / Lion Totem Barbarian 1 / Warblade + 1 / Fighter 1 / Warblade +1 / Fighter +1 / Warblade +3 / Eternal Blade 10.<br /> <br /> Stats look like (after racial adjustments, but before levels):<br /> Str: 18<br /> Dex: 17<br /> Con: 14<br /> Int: 20<br /> Wis: 13<br /> Cha: 16<br /> <br /> Feats:<br /> Weapon Focus (Talenta Sharrash) (1st)<br /> Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Talenta Sharrash) (Flaw)<br /> Power Attack (Flaw)<br /> Short Haft (3rd)<br /> Martial Stance: Blood in the Water (Fighter Bonus)<br /> Power Critical (Talenta Sharrash) (6th)<br /> Weapon Specialization (Fighter Bonus)<br /> Improved Critical (Talenta Sharrash) (9th)<br /> Combat Reflexes (Warblade Bonus)<br /> Melee Weapon Mastery (Slashing) (12th)<br /> Improved Buckler Defense (15th)<br /> Martial Study: Avalanche of Blades (18th)<br /> <br /> Adaptive Style picked up through 'training', one of the house rules of this campaign, so that's taken care of. Other feats can be picked up through this method provided we don't get carried away. They come with XP, gold and RP requirements, however.<br /> <br /> Maneuvers are as follows:<br /> Warblade 1 (3/3 &#8211; 1) IL1 &#8211; Maneuvers: Sapphire Nightmare Blade (Diam), Steel Wind (Iron), Wolf Fang Strike (Tiger); Stances: Punishing Stance (Iron)<br /> Warblade 2 (4/3 &#8211; 1) IL2 &#8211; Sudden Leap (Tiger)<br /> Warblade 3 (5/3 &#8211; 1) IL4 &#8211; Wall of Blades (Iron)<br /> Warblade 4 (5/4 &#8211; 2) IL5 &#8211; Switch Wolf Fang Strike (Tiger) for White Raven Tactics (White); Stance: Pearl of Black Doubt (Diam)<br /> Warblade 5 (6/4 &#8211; 2) IL6 &#8211; Moment of Perfect Mind (Diam)<br /> Warblade 6 (6/4 &#8211; 2) IL7 &#8211; Switch Sapphire Nightmare Blade (Diam) for White Raven Strike (White)<br /> Warblade 7 (7/4 &#8211; 2) IL8 &#8211; Bounding Assault (Diam)<br /> Eternal Blade 1 (+1/0 &#8211; 0) IL9 &#8211; Iron Heart Surge (Iron)<br /> Eternal Blade 3 (+1/+1 &#8211; 0) IL11 &#8211; Moment of Alacrity (Diam)<br /> Eternal Blade 5 (+1/0 - +1) IL13 &#8211; Quicksilver Motion (Diam); Stance: Hearing the Air (Diam)<br /> Eternal Blade 7 (+1/0 &#8211; 0) IL15 &#8211; Adamantine Hurricane (Iron)<br /> Eternal Blade 9 (+1/+1 &#8211; 0) IL17 &#8211; Time Stands Still (Diam)