Use one skill for another [3.5]

[Laserlight]

I'll be getting my first level of warblade pretty soon, and some of the Diamond Mind maneuvers look pretty good...except that they take Concentration skill.

I have decent Balance, Bluff, Climb, Diplomacy, Hide, Move Silently, Tumble...but I don't have Concentration, nor any reason to get it except for Diamond Mind, and 4+INT skill points isn't a lot.

Is there a way to use some other skill in lieu of Concentration? I've gone through several "X for Y" posts but haven't seen one that addressed substituting skills.

[Feralventas]

There's a feat in Complete Mage that allows you to use a Perform check to cast defensively rather than using concentration. It states that this is Only for a couple purposes, but you could ask your DM about it.

[kardar233]

If you can get a Continuous item of Undersong, you can use Perform instead of Concentration. This isn't all that great unless you use Perform: Weapon Drill from Complete Warrior.

I'm pretty sure that's the only replacement option, and it's not really a help, as it takes an item and you need a different, generally useless other skill instead.

Concentration might not do anything else for you, but the stuff you can use it for in Diamond Mind is amazing. Spring for it anyway.

[Laserlight]

If you can get a Continuous item of Undersong, you can use Perform instead of Concentration. This isn't all that great unless you use Perform: Weapon Drill from Complete Warrior.

As it happens, I have recently gotten a level in Bard and a few points in Perform, so this would be perfect -- Kudos!

[Lonely Tylenol]

As it happens, I have recently gotten a level in Bard and a few points in Perform, so this would be perfect -- Kudos!

In that case, see if you can change your Perform ranks into Weapon Drill anyway, because in addition to gaining tons of stackable bonuses from feats (+2 each for Combat Expertise, Greater Weapon Focus, Quick Draw, Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus, and Whirlwind Attack), and your Base Attack bonus (1/2 your BAB as a circumstance bonus), combined with, say, Action Before Thought, you would be able to cut a lightning bolt in half with your sword. :smallbiggrin:

[Laserlight]

In that case, see if you can change your Perform ranks into Weapon Drill anyway, because ... you would be able to cut a lightning bolt in half with your sword. :smallbiggrin:

Given that my character is a swashbuckler...that would be Full of Win :smallbiggrin: