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So long story short;
Premise/Fact:
In my next game I intend to make Path of War and Path of War expanded available to my players.
Dilemma:
I'm considering also allowing the three ToB classes, or perhaps mixing ToB disciplines into the existing PoW classes.
Question 1:
How do the ToB classes stack up next to the PoW ones?
Question 2:
How do the ToB disciplines stack up next to the PoW ones?
Path of War classes will likely be stronger than the Tome of Battle classes, just compare the recovery mechanics if you don't believe me *cough* swordsage *cough*. The ToB classes will still be able to hold their own, they're very solid, but Path of War is balanced against Pathfinder's more class feature heavy design, whereas Tome of Battle is compared to classes that loved giving you blank spaces on your class table.
Discipline wise: Again, Path of War stuff is going to be a little stronger and a little to a lot more versatile, but that's because of the benefit of having more material and actual editing. The disciplines from Tome of Battle will still be useful, but there's a definite power creep.
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Path of War classes will likely be stronger than the Tome of Battle classes, just compare the recovery mechanics if you don't believe me *cough* swordsage *cough*. The ToB classes will still be able to hold their own, they're very solid, but Path of War is balanced against Pathfinder's more class feature heavy design, whereas Tome of Battle is compared to classes that loved giving you blank spaces on your class table.
Discipline wise: Again, Path of War stuff is going to be a little stronger and a little to a lot more versatile, but that's because of the benefit of having more material and actual editing. The disciplines from Tome of Battle will still be useful, but there's a definite power creep.
Hmm. Thanks. I think I will avoid the ToB classes, but I will probably assign the disciplines to the PoW classes before the campaign.
I appreciate the help.