Quote Originally Posted by DracoDei View Post
If you look at the rules for "Adaptive Style" I do believe you will see that it requires a level of SWORDSAGE... If I am misremembering I can specifically nix that.
No. By strict RAW, it requires warblade, swordsage, or crusader level 1st. By RAMS, it requires one level in a martial adept class.

Even without Adaptove Style, with the stances it's still tier 5 at the minimum.