if you have levels of two martial initiating classes (say harbinger and stalker or something), is there anything preventing you from learning stances/maneuvers from the same discipline for both classes?
Would you have any reason to do so? It appears that you have a single initiator level regardless of how many such classes you have levels in, so once you know the maneuver there is no advantage to learning it again.
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Air0r, nothing prevents you from learning the same discipline in two different classes. Just remember you can't ready the same particular maneuver more than once at a time regardless of anything.
David knott 242, you have an IL for each initiator class you have, just like you have a CL for each caster class you have.
thanks Castilonium, I just wanted to make sure their wasn't some wierd rule I was missing.
Air0r, nothing prevents you from learning the same discipline in two different classes. Just remember you can't ready the same particular maneuver more than once at a time regardless of anything.
David knott 242, you have an IL for each initiator class you have, just like you have a CL for each caster class you have.
That would be different from the way the Book of 9 Swords did it then.
Maybe that is why I am seeing contradictions in this regard? Some rules imply only a single initiator level per character, while others (like the Practiced Initiator trait) mention an initiator level for a given class. I did notice that the prestige classes say nothing about picking which initiator level to improve if you have more than one, nor does the feat that grants a non-member of any initiator class give any hint of what the proper initiator level for such a character would be.
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You actually add 1/2 your levels in other classes to your initiator level: http://www.d20pfsrd.com/path-of-war/systems-and-use/
So a stalker 4/warlord 6 would learn maneuvers as a stalker 7 and a warlord 8.
That would be different from the way the Book of 9 Swords did it then. . . .Air0r, nothing prevents you from learning the same discipline in two different classes. Just remember you can't ready the same particular maneuver more than once at a time regardless of anything.
David knott 242, you have an IL for each initiator class you have, just like you have a CL for each caster class you have.
The rules are very similar to the Tome of Battle, which is the inspiration for the Path of War. So an example or two to clarify and expand on wynterknight's statement...
Non initiator class count as half levels. This includes other initiator classes. For example, a Warblade 6/Crusader 6 would count his initiator level as 9 for Warblade (6 for Warblade + 6/2 for Crusader) and Crusader would be the same initiator level (6 for Crusader + 6/2 for Warblade). A Warblade 6/Fighter 4 would be have an initiator level of 8 for his warblade maneuvers.
PrCs that advance initiator level advance initiator level for all initiator classes. So lets say the Warblade 6/Crusader 6 takes six levels of the Bloodstorm Blade PrC (I forget what it does, so I'm not even sure if the build could qualify, but this is just for an example.) Warblade would be 6 (Warblade) + 6 (PrC) + 6/2 Crusader for a total of 15 and the Crusader side would be the same. If you staggered it differently, you'd have different numbers, like Crusader 8/Warblade 2/(Martial)PrC 6 would be Crusader IL 15 and Warblade IL 12.
Path of War uses almost the same mechanic, making it very multiclass friendly.