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<blockquote data-quote="Esker" data-source="post: 7590960" data-attributes="member: 6966824"><p>Are you looking to be primarily melee-oriented or primarily a wizard with strong defenses? </p><p></p><p>If the former you're probably better suited focusing on DEX and likely by taking more rogue levels after you get extra attack, since bladesinger doesn't offer you much for melee after that until level 14. With my melee eladrin rogue wizard with very similar starting stats (in particular, 13 CON), I found that by my second ASI I really wanted some more HP, so I went for Resilient (CON) in lieu of 20 DEX.</p><p></p><p>If on the other hand you want to spend more of your time as a caster and less in melee as you level, I might stop at rogue 2 so you are at most one spell level behind single classed casters rather than spending every odd level two down. If the campaign goes to 20 you also get an extra fantastic wizard feature that way, but that's a minor consideration. You give up 1d6 damage, but apart from that, the swashbuckler features may not be that useful to you, particularly if you are planning to use a rapier instead of two shortswords, since you'll usually have your bonus action free to disengage. Initiative bonuses are great for a wizard but you won't have the CHA for it to be significant. By the time you get to your third ASI you may find that you aren't meleeing enough any more to bother with DEX, and may prefer a feat like Alert or Resilient (CON).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Esker, post: 7590960, member: 6966824"] Are you looking to be primarily melee-oriented or primarily a wizard with strong defenses? If the former you're probably better suited focusing on DEX and likely by taking more rogue levels after you get extra attack, since bladesinger doesn't offer you much for melee after that until level 14. With my melee eladrin rogue wizard with very similar starting stats (in particular, 13 CON), I found that by my second ASI I really wanted some more HP, so I went for Resilient (CON) in lieu of 20 DEX. If on the other hand you want to spend more of your time as a caster and less in melee as you level, I might stop at rogue 2 so you are at most one spell level behind single classed casters rather than spending every odd level two down. If the campaign goes to 20 you also get an extra fantastic wizard feature that way, but that's a minor consideration. You give up 1d6 damage, but apart from that, the swashbuckler features may not be that useful to you, particularly if you are planning to use a rapier instead of two shortswords, since you'll usually have your bonus action free to disengage. Initiative bonuses are great for a wizard but you won't have the CHA for it to be significant. By the time you get to your third ASI you may find that you aren't meleeing enough any more to bother with DEX, and may prefer a feat like Alert or Resilient (CON). [/QUOTE]
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