Quick question about initiator level

[Angry Bob]

If I'm a Swordsage 2 and then take a level of Warblade, can I take level 2 warblade maneuvers? In other words, how do initiator levels stack between martial base classes? I know other classes give 1/2 initiator level per class level, but how does multiclassing between initiator classes work?

[Greenish]

Initiator classes only count as full IL for themselves. The prestige classes that have full IL will count as such for all of your initiator classes.

[Angry Bob]

Do I get 1/2 IL to any given initiator class from my other initiator classes?

[Greenish]

Do I get 1/2 IL to any given initiator class from my other initiator classes?

Yeah, didn't I just say that?

[Scarlet-Devil]

All class levels other than the class itself add 1/2 to your initiator level; a warblade 4/swordsage 2 has an IL of 5 for warblade maneuvers and 4 for swordsage maneuvers.

[dextercorvia]

And, RAW, you can't get anything but 1st level stances at 1st level of any of the ToB classes. Ardent suffers from a similar malaise.

Many DM's houserule otherwise (at least for ToB).

Edit: Fix'd my misrememberation.

[Greenish]

And, RAW, you can't get anything but 1st level stuff at 1st level of any of the ToB classes. Ardent suffers from a similar malaise.

There is a sentence often read to mean that they have to pick a first level stance when they enter the class, regardless of IL, but nothing to prevent them from picking higher level maneuvers.

[dextercorvia]

There is a sentence often read to mean that they have to pick a first level stance when they enter the class, regardless of IL, but nothing to prevent them from picking higher level maneuvers.

That's right. I misremembered. Fixed.

[Angry Bob]

Thanks. Clears things up greatly.