| archangel.arcanis |
Ken Marable wrote:What level were the PCs?We were around 9-11th level around that point. I forget exactly. It was 3 campaigns ago. It wasn't so much an interpretation of the rules as much as stacking bonuses. It took the player like 2-3 rounds to get the whole thing set up.
my guess is that he was using Stormguard Warrior in conjunction with other shenanigans. Stormguard is a tactical feat but mostly used for making a bunch of touch attacks that deal no damage on 1 round and the next round get a +5 to damage per touch that hit. how he was declaring 75 points before rolling is a good question since the +75 is way more than he could get from just Stormguard and there aren't any "i auto hit" maneuvers that i can think of.
with some effort i could probably get up to around 100+ damage in a round with 2 rounds of setup but it wouldn't be easy and i would need the monster to cooperate, not likely if the DM has any idea what is going on.
as to the OP i love ToB. i find it is very well balanced over all, but it has a few maneuvers that can be abused pretty hard. White Raven Tactics being the most prevalent as it breaks the action economy, especially if 2 people use it as a team.
some paraphrased quotes from the WotC boards i recall:
"Crusader is what the Paladin and Knight should have been all along", "Warblade finished off the dieing fighter by being allowed to take feats that had the restriction of fighter only for no reason other than to make people take fighter.",
"Everyone starts playing the same game. while most classes fall off by mid levels initiators (ToB classes) get to keep playing this game to level 20. Full casters get to play whole new games like rocket launcher tag and lets bone reality up the back side though."
My quick thoughts on each class: Crusader greatest tank ever i love this class. Swordsage the way ninjas should have been made i don't like some of the mechanics choices but that is disagreement on style not content. Warblade finally a fighter that has choices in combat besides who to charge or full attack, if they get that many choices.