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<blockquote data-quote="brehobit" data-source="post: 6830072" data-attributes="member: 12032"><p>There have been a few discussions about "best Gish" hidden in other threads, but given that I strongly prefer to play casters who can hold their own in melee, I thought it would be fun to see what folks prefer for their fighter/caster.</p><p></p><p>Without multiclassing, I'd say you've got the valor bard, the more martial clerics, the EK, and _maybe_ the ranger or paladin. Also the bladesinger. But I find the full casters are really, well, casters whose powers don't help with melee much and the non-full casters are barely casters at all. Valor bard and bladesinger are probably closest.</p><p></p><p>With multiclassing, I've two combinations I really like:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Barbarian 1, warlock X. Strong casting but with rage makes for a solid warrior. Various warlock spells help with melee (Armor of A with rage is gross for example). If you go with the bladelock (which is probably generally the weakest option) you get decent bonuses including that 2nd attack and (very late) a CHR bonus to damage. This one I've pushed STR over CHR and been mostly happy with that call as I largely play the character _as_ a barbarian with a few magical power (even at high level) rather than as a caster.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Paladin 2/bard X where you go bard of lore. This one doesn't play real well until probably 8th level where it really starts to rock (fireball and booming blade help a lot). Generally with a focus on CHR over STR, which sucks, but you can hope for some STR boosting item. </li> </ul><p></p><p>What do other Gish players prefer? What am I missing or what thoughts do you have?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brehobit, post: 6830072, member: 12032"] There have been a few discussions about "best Gish" hidden in other threads, but given that I strongly prefer to play casters who can hold their own in melee, I thought it would be fun to see what folks prefer for their fighter/caster. Without multiclassing, I'd say you've got the valor bard, the more martial clerics, the EK, and _maybe_ the ranger or paladin. Also the bladesinger. But I find the full casters are really, well, casters whose powers don't help with melee much and the non-full casters are barely casters at all. Valor bard and bladesinger are probably closest. With multiclassing, I've two combinations I really like: [LIST] [*]Barbarian 1, warlock X. Strong casting but with rage makes for a solid warrior. Various warlock spells help with melee (Armor of A with rage is gross for example). If you go with the bladelock (which is probably generally the weakest option) you get decent bonuses including that 2nd attack and (very late) a CHR bonus to damage. This one I've pushed STR over CHR and been mostly happy with that call as I largely play the character _as_ a barbarian with a few magical power (even at high level) rather than as a caster. [*]Paladin 2/bard X where you go bard of lore. This one doesn't play real well until probably 8th level where it really starts to rock (fireball and booming blade help a lot). Generally with a focus on CHR over STR, which sucks, but you can hope for some STR boosting item. [/LIST] What do other Gish players prefer? What am I missing or what thoughts do you have? [/QUOTE]
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