Initiators use their class’s normal recycle mechanic, so maneuvers gained from Martial Study work just like maneuvers gained as part of their class progression.

Martial Study: An extremely versatile feat, Martial Study opens up maneuvers to non-initiators, and allows initiator classes to access maneuvers from disciplines to which they normally do not have access. However, don’t take this unless you’re an initiator class non-initiators won’t get enough benefit from Martial Study alone. If you’re particularly devoted to one discipline, this can be an excellent option. Featsīlade Meditation: Assuming that you’re using a favored weapon of your discipline, this amounts to +1 to damage, +2 to a skill, and +1 to the DC’s of your chosen discipline. I also omit the use of “Flaws” since they allow a massive increase in power with essentially no cost to the character. Those options also tend to be wildly unbalanced and rarely receive errata. I am of the opinion that those options are intended to be limited to campaigns run in those settings, and as such they don’t really apply to a generic campaign. It’s important to note that I generally omit campaign-setting specific content. Blue: Fantastic options, often essential.Red: Bad, useless options, or options whichĪre extremely situational.For help identifying sourcebook abbreviations, see my Sourcebook Abbreviations Guide. Because so little of 3.5 is available on the SRD, I will attempt to tag items with a superscript indicating their book of origin. RPGBOT uses the color coding scheme which has become common among Pathfinder build handbooks, which tend to be more consistent than 3.5 handbooks. This guide is intended to be largely class-agnostic, especially because the Martial Stance and Martial Study feats allow non-initiator classes to take advantage of Martial Maneuvers. This guide is intended as a supplement to the contents of Tome of Battle, so be sure to read Chapter 3: Blade Magic before reading this guide. Tome of Battle introduced Martial Maneuvers, a new mechanic which works similar to spells, and introduced a whole new dynamic for martial combat.

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