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Elven Fighter-Mage... what do I do???
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<blockquote data-quote="d12" data-source="post: 942280" data-attributes="member: 657"><p>First, I like your character concept. Its good to see people playing smart fighters that can talk as well as fight. </p><p></p><p>If you want to go fighter-mage with a longsword as you said then I assume you want to be an effective melee fighter that uses magic as an ace-in-the-hole sometimes. Then here's what I would do:</p><p></p><p>Start off as F3/Diviner 1 with necromancy as your opposition school.</p><p></p><p>You'll get 5 first level spells in your spellbook (I think). Take True Strike, Shield, Sleep, Charm Person and Change Self. This is a good combination of spells that are effective for both combat and roleplay. True Strike and Shield are spells you cast on yourself so you'll never have to beat SR and they don't lose a lot of usefulness as you level. Sleep is nice for taking out masses of goblins, kobolds, orcs and the like. </p><p></p><p>Take advantage of the fact that you get the scribe scroll feat for free. Scribe at least one scroll of each of the above spells as soon as you have the spare XP (you'll only need 5 XP or so).</p><p></p><p>Feats: Consider the following: </p><p></p><p>Power attack: If you have a 13 in Str you can take this. Combine it with True Strike and mow down the bad guys.</p><p></p><p>Improved Inititive: always good no matter the character</p><p></p><p>Dodge: No armor is going to hurt you sometimes - a +1 to AC can't hurt and I think they're going to make this feat better in 3.5</p><p></p><p>Weapon Focus Longsword</p><p></p><p>From other sources besides the PHB:</p><p></p><p>Smooth Talk [Forgotten Realms Campagin Setting] a +2 bonus to Diplomacy and sense motive</p><p></p><p>Trustworthy [from Song and Silence] - You'll get a +2 bonus to Diplomacy and Gather Information Checks.</p><p></p><p>Hit points and skills: you'll need to decide if your character was a wizard at first level or a fighter. If he was a fighter then you get the wonderful automatic 10 hp for first level. If he was a wizard then you'll get more skill points at first level but fewer hit points.</p><p></p><p>Aim at fulfilling the prereqs for the Bladesinger class from Tome and Blood. If my math is correct then you can take your first level of Bladesinger as your 6th character level but if you do this then you're going to have to reconsider your skill selection. So let's not get in a hurry to become a Bladesinger, okay? Let's stick to your character concept. So, consider doing the following: </p><p></p><p>Begin as a fighter/rogue/diviner, say F2/R1/Div1. If you did this then you'd have your desired skills as class skills. Plus if you take rogue as your first character level then you'd have A LOT of skill points to throw around in additon to having decent first level hp. Consider something along the lines of the following advancement schedule:</p><p></p><p>F2/R1/Div1.</p><p>F2/R2/Div1</p><p>F3/R2/Div1</p><p>F3/R3/Div1</p><p>F3/R3/Div1/Bladesinger 1</p><p></p><p>Then take Bladesinger from there on out. You'll have to carefully tailor your feats to meet the PRC's prereqs but you should be able to get a lot of ranks in sense motive and the like while also meeting the skill prereqs for the PRC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="d12, post: 942280, member: 657"] First, I like your character concept. Its good to see people playing smart fighters that can talk as well as fight. If you want to go fighter-mage with a longsword as you said then I assume you want to be an effective melee fighter that uses magic as an ace-in-the-hole sometimes. Then here's what I would do: Start off as F3/Diviner 1 with necromancy as your opposition school. You'll get 5 first level spells in your spellbook (I think). Take True Strike, Shield, Sleep, Charm Person and Change Self. This is a good combination of spells that are effective for both combat and roleplay. True Strike and Shield are spells you cast on yourself so you'll never have to beat SR and they don't lose a lot of usefulness as you level. Sleep is nice for taking out masses of goblins, kobolds, orcs and the like. Take advantage of the fact that you get the scribe scroll feat for free. Scribe at least one scroll of each of the above spells as soon as you have the spare XP (you'll only need 5 XP or so). Feats: Consider the following: Power attack: If you have a 13 in Str you can take this. Combine it with True Strike and mow down the bad guys. Improved Inititive: always good no matter the character Dodge: No armor is going to hurt you sometimes - a +1 to AC can't hurt and I think they're going to make this feat better in 3.5 Weapon Focus Longsword From other sources besides the PHB: Smooth Talk [Forgotten Realms Campagin Setting] a +2 bonus to Diplomacy and sense motive Trustworthy [from Song and Silence] - You'll get a +2 bonus to Diplomacy and Gather Information Checks. Hit points and skills: you'll need to decide if your character was a wizard at first level or a fighter. If he was a fighter then you get the wonderful automatic 10 hp for first level. If he was a wizard then you'll get more skill points at first level but fewer hit points. Aim at fulfilling the prereqs for the Bladesinger class from Tome and Blood. If my math is correct then you can take your first level of Bladesinger as your 6th character level but if you do this then you're going to have to reconsider your skill selection. So let's not get in a hurry to become a Bladesinger, okay? Let's stick to your character concept. So, consider doing the following: Begin as a fighter/rogue/diviner, say F2/R1/Div1. If you did this then you'd have your desired skills as class skills. Plus if you take rogue as your first character level then you'd have A LOT of skill points to throw around in additon to having decent first level hp. Consider something along the lines of the following advancement schedule: F2/R1/Div1. F2/R2/Div1 F3/R2/Div1 F3/R3/Div1 F3/R3/Div1/Bladesinger 1 Then take Bladesinger from there on out. You'll have to carefully tailor your feats to meet the PRC's prereqs but you should be able to get a lot of ranks in sense motive and the like while also meeting the skill prereqs for the PRC. [/QUOTE]
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