Renaming the G-word (hint: fighter-mages)

[Drowbane]

Eldritch Knight is rather cool. Sounds like it would be a setting specific gish.

J'accuse!!!! Way to Threadcrap man...

Meh, its a word (pseudo-word?). I'm not going to dance around it cause it bugs like 5 people over the intarwebs.

Being an AE fan, I of course default to "mageblade".

However, I do also like:

Spellsword
Mageknight
Warmage
Witchblade
Athame
Arcanamach

Robert "Honestly, I don't really mind 'fish' either" Ranting

Of all those listed so far, I'd be most likely to use Athame... I think.

 

[frankthedm]

I have no problem with Gish, but sometimes its fun to reinvent the wheel.

I never heard the term until a few years ago.

Warrior-Mage is the term that springs to mind when i think of a combatant-caster combo, though I do like Mage-Knight

 

[Tarek]

Spellsword... this has the advantage that it has independently appeared in fantasy novels that have nothing to do with D&D and describes the concept very well. It has the disadvantage of being tied to a specific D&D prestige class, though.

Witchblade and Athame are the same thing, a tool in ritual magic, and lacks the "generic" connotations needed for a class/class combo name.

Warmage could easily mean a mage whose spell list is primarily centered around evocations and other mass-combat sorts of spells, and may or may not mean he has any ability to draw a sword and fight. Same with battlemage.

Eldritch Knight implies the existance of an Order of Knighthood, code of conduct and all...

I'd go with Spellsword, myself.

 

[Drowbane]

I never heard the term until a few years ago

I first heard it sometime between 95' and 97'... but back then it only (in my circles) applied to Githyanki Fighter/Magi. I believe it goes back another 5-10yrs though.

Warlock is the term in my homebrew.... while any members of the warlock class (who are known in character as such ) are declared "Witch!!".. usually followed by an attempted "stake'n'bake".

 

[nerfherder]

The origins of Rhymes with Dish are pretty cool, but I myself hate that it commonly applies to any fighter/wizard now.

I'd never heard it before the 4e article.

"Fighter/magic-user"

Yeah, that's what I think of.

 

[IamTheTest]

side note: 'weaksauce' is much older than WoW.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If fighter/magic-user is too clunky (and it is), I think spellsword -- which has already appeared in 3E as a PrC -- is a good way to go.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Eldritch Knight is rather cool. Sounds like it would be a setting specific CENSORED

Thank you.

 

[hong]

Noone uses battlefish?

 

[Delta]

Heh - that works too! I hate dishes and I love fishes, so you can see why I chose the way I did. Fortunately, we're both right!

Sure, I'm a big seafood guy myself, but sometimes things go bad. Like the multiclass that shall not be named.

I must admit, the only the thing in the thread that really sparked my imagination was "witchblade". As much as I'd like to not use a compound word.