[quote author=veekie link=topic=11567.msg397052#msg397052 date=13025414
Though TWF isn't completely terrible if you can work out a way for a sneak attacker to get surprise full attacks off(throwing while invisible on a mount maybe?) I guess.
...I generally just flank.
You move, swing once for piddly shit, then get full attacked on your worst defenses in the game and die before getting another turn.
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Actually, truthfully, I tended to quickdraw my blades on some poor unsuspecting sucker and stab the daylights out of him, (plus a bite if it hit,) win initiative, do it again, and they'd generally be down by then.
In other sorts of combat, I did indeed get eaten by a bear once, but once I dipped Warblade Sudden Leap tended to help out with the movement aspects. I definitely learned the dangers and benefits of full attack range on that character, and how to force my opponent to close with
me, pouncinglike take them out before they could get many hits in, or be sure I was able to endure an attack. She was a highly-multiclassed Whisper Gnome with a Living Breastplate so her hitpoints and defenses honestly weren't too bad, for the experience I had then. Had a level or two in Barbarian and acted like it.
So actually, yea, it was a combination of flanking and surprise full attacks, in the end. I acknowledge the value of surprise full attacks. It's completely possible to pounce into a flanking position too, though.
...hm, these quotes are messed up. Not quite sure how to fix them, though.