Unfortunately, the Bo9S’s classes proved in game that they were not exactly well-balanced – from weird, cumbersome mechanics to determine available maneuvers to flawed balance within the disciplines (e.g.
In order to properly review this series, let me tell you where I’m coming from: I own the Bo9S and when I first read it, I loved it: Essentially, much like in fantasy martial arts movies and anime, the approach is to grant martial classes maneuvers and stances to allow them some of the versatility of the casting classes and that concept rocks. So…what is this? Remember 3.X’s Book of the 9 Swords? Yeah, it’s the spiritual successor. This pdf is 56 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page SRD, leaving us with a total of 53 pages of content, so let’s take a look, shall we?
