Proficiency in simple and martial weapons, armor up to heavy, and shields.Good Fortitude, poor Reflex and Will saves.They get Balance and Jump but not Climb or Swim? I’m not sure what story this is trying to tell. 4 + Int modifier skills the skill list is sort of odd for a paladin-flavored class.In playstyle, it’s a lot more like a different approach to the Iron Heroes armiger class. The first of the three new classes is the crusader, a non-spellcasting concept of a paladin or blackguard within the Bo9S framework. I don’t plan to cover each maneuver and stance in detail, because that would take many more articles, but I’ll say a few words about the styles as we go through them. The nine fighting styles aren’t available to all three classes nor are they distributed evenly. That this goes on to inform the 5e Battle Master is, well, self-evident. Maneuvers are encounter powers, plain and simple, though there are also mechanics to recover some maneuvers during combat. Up to this point, fighter-like classes rarely had any concept of a per-encounter or per-day attack option. If you’re looking for a missing link between 3.5e design and 4e, this is it. That’s the longer-term importance of this book, of course. If you’ve ever argued that everyone in 4e D&D fights like a spellcaster (because of the format of powers), well, that started here. At least in format, these are all but indistinguishable from spells. These fighting styles package their content in maneuvers and stances. It gets there by dividing the fighter into three classes, which draw on the titular nine fighting styles. It’s not a new Oriental Adventures, though – instead, it’s aiming for a more stylized combat dynamic. This book describes itself as D&D inspired by wuxia and martial arts films. Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five | Part Six | Part Seven | Part Eight | Part Nine Instead, I’m covering the Book of Nine Swords, which may be the most anticipated entry in the whole History of the Fighter, if the comments section up to this point is any measure. Sure, I said I’d be reviewing an adventure this week, but I changed my mind when faced with more writing time. Friends, this is an exciting day – the most important milestone of my life as a stay-at-home dad until my older son can safely handle a lawnmower. As I write this, my younger son has gone to his first day of preschool.
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