Spellblade creation

[Tami]

I recently saw something called a Elven Spellblade, I was trying to get some advice on what it would take to make something close to it as possible, its says that it is a warrior who picked up simple spells but I know we can't multiclass here. So to all players, what would you recommend me trying?

[Vaemar]

Ranger, bard or priest.

Also note that all elves start with double-edged and bows as weapon proficiencies, so you will not need to spend a feat to get them, even if you start with clerics or rogues.

[Tami]

Well I'm thinking Mage simply because they don't wear armor, and it talks about casting spells like Lighting Bolt and enchanting their weapons with magical flames

[Yemin]

The only classes of that kind I'm familiar with to do with elves are this:
https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Bladesing ... e_Class%29

Personally, I feel Priest RP would be too involved in it's own direction for this. its either ranger, or bard for me.

Though with that said, I'm not up to date with the rp controls on bard atm so that'd be worth checking out.

[Rhangalas]

I think a Bard or a Ranger would be better than Mage. Mages only get one attack and are not a good choice for a weapon based class. Bards have more mage-like spells than Rangers so thats what I would probably go with. Bard, then maybe create a Bladesinger/Spellblade hybrid theme. Rangers and Priests are tougher than Bards, but they come with a roleplay restraint and alignment restrictions.

[Yemin]

I think a Bard or a Ranger would be better than Mage. Mages only get one attack and are not a good choice for a weapon based class. Bards have more mage-like spells than Rangers so thats what I would probably go with. Bard, then maybe create a Bladesinger/Spellblade hybrid theme. Rangers and Priests are tougher than Bards, but they come with a roleplay restraint and alignment restrictions.

I think what sinches it me against wizard as a blade singer is their HD. Even worse than the single attack which can be kind of rped past is the fact that even with stone skin you won't stand up against real threats without the base HP to back it up even with a 20 con and will end up having to rely on your spells and fight like a wizard than a melee combatant.

18 con on a bard Is still decent for a skirmisher / melee support.

Also, as a bard, or really, any melee class you don't have to wear armour. Making yourself high dexterity and grabbing a bracers of armour will give you as much AC as nonmagical full plate. It's harder because of the stat requirements to balance out offense and defence however.

[Yemin]

I think a Bard or a Ranger would be better than Mage. Mages only get one attack and are not a good choice for a weapon based class. Bards have more mage-like spells than Rangers so thats what I would probably go with. Bard, then maybe create a Bladesinger/Spellblade hybrid theme. Rangers and Priests are tougher than Bards, but they come with a roleplay restraint and alignment restrictions.

I think what sinches it me against wizard as a blade singer is their HD. Even worse than the single attack which can be kind of rped past is the fact that even with stone skin you won't stand up against real threats without the base HP to back it up even with a 20 con and will end up having to rely on your spells and fight like a wizard than a melee combatant.

18 con on a bard Is still decent for a skirmisher / melee support.

Also, as a bard, or really, any melee class you don't have to wear armour. Making yourself high dexterity and grabbing a bracers of armour will give you as much AC as nonmagical full plate. It's harder because of the stat requirements to balance out offense and defence however.

[Vibius]

Bards in FK are actually the only class which has some decent fighting skills and arcane magic. There is also the old 2 edition bard blade kit that you could use as inspiration which focus more on displays of weapon skills than in actual singing.

[Tami]

I'm going to go the Bard route with no armor. Spells to increase AC and stats,along with some attack magic

[Yemin]

Sounds solid. What I've noticed with my finesse fighter is that you definitely need light armour in the beginning and You may not have the luxury of an 18 in str but it should work out quite nicely at higher levels.

[hasryn]

There is also the elven swordmage in the newer versions of dnd. I believe they are from myth drannor

[Yemin]

What book / supplement is it in?

[hasryn]

I've only seen them as the main character of a book. They get spells like steel scale or something of the like ill look around for ya. An arcane mix of fighter and mage would be fun to have.

[Gwain]

I hate to burst bubbles but elven sword mages are part of the 4th edition and Myth Drannor is a ruin in the game's current timeline. So it might not work in the mud.

[hasryn]

Yea I know but I meant in general terms for some kind of hybrid. I doubt it'll happen in fk, but if you play a ranger or bard right you could play it as a different flavor with imm approval of course. Just like wizards could be warlocks etc.

[Yemin]

As a perfectionist, I'd be really uncomfortable for someone to use wizard class as a warlock.... mechanically in 3.5 they're extremely different.

I would love sorcerer and warlocks to be opened up though thats a different discussion.

[hasryn]

It's a situation of work with what you got. Ie just act like whatever your benefactor is is where your pulling your power from aside from the weave.

[Rhangalas]

I'm going to go the Bard route with no armor. Spells to increase AC and stats...

Personally, I would take a 5% spell failure for an enchanted masterwork padded armor for the torso, provided the enchantment was worth it (in my experiece the enchantments on armor are better than robes). Even better would be a deflection enchantment to stack with mage armor. 5% failure would probably rarely matter at higher levels, especially if you have a decent focus on the combat side of the build.

[Yemin]

Not to say they don't exist but in my experience, padded armour magical or not has never given more Ac than the top end of bracers of armour and mage armor granting items are far more rare than should reasonably be counted on in my opinion but eh.

I imagined it'd look like, bracers of armor on the wrist, ring of deflection and amulet of nat armour in the end.

[Tami]

But where would I go to get that equipment?