Extra Anchovies
2014-10-19, 05:53 PM
Hello all! I just recently starting going over Path of War, and the Zweihander Sentinel (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/path-of-war/classes/warder/warder-archetypes/zweihander-sentinel-warder-archetype) archetype for the Warder struck me as totally awesome. However, after quite a bit of reading through the book, I have absolutely no idea regarding which maneuvers/stances I should and should not pick - there are just too many! Especially at the low levels, I'm just completely overwhelmed by the massive pile of choices, of which I can only choose one. I know that the Advanced Study feat exists, but it doesn't grant any extra readied maneuvers; I could always try to use the Martial Training chain to gain the maneuvers I want, but then I'd have two maneuver pools and that would be way too much bookkeeping. And then there's also the fact that I could use that feat chain to get things from other disciplines! It's just all waaay too much for me to wrap my head around, so I'm turning to you all for help. I can handle ToB's nine disciplines with 207 maneuvers, but not PoW's 11 disciplines with 404 maneuvers.
TL;DR I want help with the following:
Which maneuvers I should learn, and at what levels I should learn them?
How many times I should take Advanced Study, and what maneuvers I should pick up with it?
Is it worth using the Martial Training chain to get maneuvers from other disciplines, or will I be able to survive without it?
Maybe if I'm having this much trouble figuring out the good and bad bits from the subsystem, should I just skip it and play something else, maybe coming back to PoW when I have more time to pore over the book?
ETA: My general idea of what I want the character to do is tank first, damage-dealing second, and action-economy manipulation third.
TL;DR I want help with the following:
Which maneuvers I should learn, and at what levels I should learn them?
How many times I should take Advanced Study, and what maneuvers I should pick up with it?
Is it worth using the Martial Training chain to get maneuvers from other disciplines, or will I be able to survive without it?
Maybe if I'm having this much trouble figuring out the good and bad bits from the subsystem, should I just skip it and play something else, maybe coming back to PoW when I have more time to pore over the book?
ETA: My general idea of what I want the character to do is tank first, damage-dealing second, and action-economy manipulation third.