Giacomo, let me be frank. I notice that you have been complaining that people are not receptive to your message. I think that we may have a cultural barrier that needs bridging. I realize that in Germany, people are expected to be quickly forgiven for things like starting a world war, a holocaust, another world war, and Wagnarian opera, but the rest of the world tends to be less magnanimous.
Now, the reasons why people do not listen to you are many, but chief among them are these two:
1) You are wrong
2) You are unpleasant
Now, you could get by with one or the other, but not with both. You see, if one is wrong and pleasant, people will listen to you. They may not agree, but they will hear you out. If you are correct but unpleasant, people will still listen to you - fewer, possibly, than in the first example, but they will still respect you for being right.
If, however, you are both wrong and unpleasant, expect to be shunned, mocked, and derided. This is where you are at. I provide to you now this graphic to illustrate the point I have made.
It is ironic that you continually insult, belittle, and condescend to the people you are trying to convince are wrong, since that is the exact sort of behavior that alienates others. (Incidentally, this is why people say that you are a troll. Well, that and your trolling.)
As an aside, may I suggest you put your white knighting to use on issues other than Dungeons and Dragons? As important as defending monks for future generations is, surely that task pales in comparison to alleviating social evils? Multiculturalism is causing many racial tensions between your fellow Germans and Muslim immigrants from the Middle Ease, with your chancellor going so far to declare that multiculturalism is a failure, and the Neo-Nazi movement is on the rise due to aforementioned racial tensions. Maybe you should take the time that you use proving how others are wrong to stop a Fourth Reich from forming?
Thank you for re-posting this, I didn't see it the first time around.
Is his build a tier above yours? Remember JaronK's three scenarios...how, for a start, do you think Solo's swordsage will defeat a CR 12 white mature adult dragon in his lair?
Can't remember what he ended up putting in his build, but IIRC, he has a few movement manoeuvres. Can find the dragon through a combination of listen + hearing the air, or survival + scent. Then he can jump on it, possibly initiate a strike or a boost that will give him more damage, and then use battle jump to kill it with his valorous weapon. He can do this better with a party.
The finger-adept on the other hand, will have a few troubles finding the dragon, but once he does, it is likely to be resting in a cavern on the ceiling assessing the opposition (which it has only seen through a combination of ghost sound and silent image, that could be some high level wizard attempting to lure it out) before deciding how to strike, it wont have seen the adept when he finally finds it. Then he will fingerbang the dragon, and combat will be decided by a quick can he beat the SR or will the dragon find him and crush him. This is more safe with a party, that could help him by protecting him. Alternatively he can wait for the dragon to leave, and then hit him with finger darts and their long range, that would give him two firings before the dragon can attack him, which would probably mean he wins.
The minion-adept can use a combination of his minions to lure out the dragon, + Scorching Ray & Web to kill it. Coinciding this with the party is a little harder, but it can actually help valuable but frail members of the party from being hit, assuming they too hide in his group of minions, the same way he does. Since clearly the dragon attacks that commoner that stops randomly (we've already assessed this).
An unarmed swordsage, could probably do it better, since he gives up little for a bit more damage. Especially if he can use custom items that cast Greater Mighty Wallop, and things like that.
Here's a little build that compiles the broken stuff over the last few threads on one character, haven't chosen manoeuvres yet, but they will mostly be movement manoeuvres.