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[geniussavant]

Q274: Which martial adept has the easiest recovery method? And could that recovery method be described please?

[snakeman830]

Either the Crusader or the Warblade, depending on how you qualify "easiest".

A Crusader automatically recovers his manuvers without having to do anything.  However, he has no control over which manuvers are granted (and thus available for use).  Granted manuvers are always selected from your readied manuvers, but it's random which ones are granted each round.

A Warblade recovers all of his as a Swift action, but you have to follow that Swift action with either doing nothing as a standard action or attacking.  Your normal, vanillia attacks that you're used to as a melee character.

[geniussavant]

Either the Crusader or the Warblade, depending on how you qualify "easiest".

A Crusader automatically recovers his manuvers without having to do anything.  However, he has no control over which manuvers are granted (and thus available for use).  Granted manuvers are always selected from your readied manuvers, but it's random which ones are granted each round.

A Warblade recovers all of his as a Swift action, but you have to follow that Swift action with either doing nothing as a standard action or attacking.  Your normal, vanillia attacks that you're used to as a melee character.

Thanks, that was just what I needed.

[Garryl]

If you want to jump through a couple of hoops (and delve into questionable but legal rules areas), a Crusader can have the best of both worlds. Check out the Idiot Crusader for more details.

[genuine]

Q: What class would be best to gestalt with a White Raven Warblade? Marshal?

Why not Swordsage? You'll have gobs of manuevers - use Warbalde maneuvers to focus on melee attacks, things you'll want to use repeatedly in a single encounter. Use Swordsage maneuvers for more utilitarian stuff (mobility, funky throws, etc.).

[kevin_video]

Q 276 What would you do for the unarmed strike progression is someone wanted to gestalt a monk/swordsage?

Q 277 How do you add reach (preferably a template or feat) to a creature(s) so that they can attack an annoying pest of a pixie ranger/scout who's constantly moving back and forth, and won't get in the range of my melee attacks?

Now for questions that likely are NOT so simple as no one's able to give me a clear cut answer, not even Sean Reynolds, and that's saying something. If you've got answers, I'd love to see the reference material to back it up because I need it.

Q 278 When does epic progression start for a creature who takes class levels? At 21 HD, or at 21 class levels? I've seen both, and I've been told both. My examples for the latter are Ulu-Thurg from Savage Tides (an advanced bar-lgura sorcerer/assassin), and the Eldritch Giant Confessor cleric 11 from MMIII (and the errata doesn't list the BAB as needing to be lower).

Q 279 How does a roper's SR of 30 progress as it's HD and CR go up?

[Garryl]

Q 276 What would you do for the unarmed strike progression is someone wanted to gestalt a monk/swordsage?

Q 277 How do you add reach (preferably a template or feat) to a creature(s) so that they can attack an annoying pest of a pixie ranger/scout who's constantly moving back and forth, and won't get in the range of my melee attacks?

Now for questions that likely are NOT so simple as no one's able to give me a clear cut answer, not even Sean Reynolds, and that's saying something. If you've got answers, I'd love to see the reference material to back it up because I need it.

Q 279 How does a roper's SR of 30 progress as it's HD and CR go up?

A276: Assuming it's an unarmed swordsage, you do the same thing you do whenever you try to progress the same feature twice at the same gestalt level: not much. You can't progress the same class feature more than once at any gestalt level, so your monk//unarmed swordsage would have an unarmed strike progression as per the levels that he took monk, unarmed swordsage, or both (and the levels that he took both don't count twice, even if he takes levels with neither class later on).

A277: Anything that increases size will add reach, such as the Half-Minotaur template. There are a few templates that add natural weapons the specifically have greater reach, but the only one I can think of is Voidmind (and you don't want that one).
   As per feats, the Deformity (tall) and Inhuman Reach feats grant you extra reach (note that they both require prerequisite feats). There are a few others that give you reach, but they're more limited or more obscure.

A279: It doesn't. A Roper has an SR of 30, whether it has 10 HD, 100 HD, or 1 HD. If you want to increase it, you'll have to do so manually.

[kevin_video]

A277: Anything that increases size will add reach, such as the Half-Minotaur template. There are a few templates that add natural weapons the specifically have greater reach, but the only one I can think of is Voidmind (and you don't want that one).
   As per feats, the Deformity (tall) and Inhuman Reach feats grant you extra reach (note that they both require prerequisite feats). There are a few others that give you reach, but they're more limited or more obscure.

Shoot. Those feats only add another 5 feet total.

Improved Manyshot mixed with Shot on the Run is a bugger to deal with.

BTW, who's setting up #23? We're on page 50.

[McPoyo]

A277: Anything that increases size will add reach, such as the Half-Minotaur template. There are a few templates that add natural weapons the specifically have greater reach, but the only one I can think of is Voidmind (and you don't want that one).
   As per feats, the Deformity (tall) and Inhuman Reach feats grant you extra reach (note that they both require prerequisite feats). There are a few others that give you reach, but they're more limited or more obscure.

Shoot. Those feats only add another 5 feet total.

Improved Manyshot mixed with Shot on the Run is a bugger to deal with.

BTW, who's setting up #23? We're on page 50.

you're doing it wrong. Windwall or Protection from Arrows in that case.

[kevin_video]

you're doing it wrong. Windwall or Protection from Arrows in that case.

No, no. See, monsters don't naturally have spells up and I also want to hit him back.

[GawainBS]

you're doing it wrong. Windwall or Protection from Arrows in that case.

No, no. See, monsters don't naturally have spells up and I also want to hit him back.

Readied Action? Monsters with its own ranged attacks? Decent AC, because Manyshot drops to hit like mad?