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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 2483363" data-attributes="member: 926"><p>The RoF Bladesinger is much more flavorful than the Complete Warrior version, and has been embraced by someone at WotC as the "true" Bladesinger (Eric Boyd I think? Not sure), at least for the Forgotten Realms. Whereas the CW BS gets a half caster progression, the RoF version gets it own spell list with a small spells per day selection, and all of its spells are focused on mele combat, physical improvement, and defense. It also gets 3 bonus feats, and Song of Celerity has unlimited uses per day. Races of Faerun is kind of a "halfway" 3.5 book, as it came out right before 3.5 was released and incorporates many of its elements. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Heres my Bladesinger, in a haphazard psuedo statblock format:</p><p></p><p>sun elf male fighter 4/ wizard 8/ bladesinger 11/ eldritch knight 4</p><p></p><p>Mostly Dodge and Expertise related feats as befits a nimble fighter. He is a fighter as opposed to a swashbuckler because he predates CW (by a long shot), and he isnt a rapier type anyway, Ive always envisioned the bladesong as involving a lot of fluid (kind of like kung fu tai chi sword styles) slashing motions and cant see poking with a rapier being as elegant. Arcane Strike is also an excellent feat for both power and bladesinging style.</p><p> </p><p>The epic feat Combat Insight is wonderful, it lets you use your INT modifier for damage instead of STR. </p><p></p><p>I went fighter 4/wiz 2/ BS 10/ EK 4, then after 20 took one level of BS just to be an "epic" BS (and get an epic feat from it), and then went all wizard. With Song of Fury he gets 5 attacks with a full attack, (6 with his bracers of the blinding strike), and can throw off a spell as well (which is pretty dang cool to do, cutting someone apart and then tossing a fireball at another group of enemies), and I filled out the whirlwind attack tree because the bonus feats for a bladesinger pretty much ARE the tree, and I wanted him to be a full master of the style, so I took ALL of the listed feats figuring that they comprised and represented a full mastery of the bladesong. (Yes, Im a powergamer and wont deny it, I like my characters to be as powerful and streamlined as they can be. But RP is just as important, so I will sacrifice some "power" choices for character personality reasons)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 2483363, member: 926"] The RoF Bladesinger is much more flavorful than the Complete Warrior version, and has been embraced by someone at WotC as the "true" Bladesinger (Eric Boyd I think? Not sure), at least for the Forgotten Realms. Whereas the CW BS gets a half caster progression, the RoF version gets it own spell list with a small spells per day selection, and all of its spells are focused on mele combat, physical improvement, and defense. It also gets 3 bonus feats, and Song of Celerity has unlimited uses per day. Races of Faerun is kind of a "halfway" 3.5 book, as it came out right before 3.5 was released and incorporates many of its elements. Heres my Bladesinger, in a haphazard psuedo statblock format: sun elf male fighter 4/ wizard 8/ bladesinger 11/ eldritch knight 4 Mostly Dodge and Expertise related feats as befits a nimble fighter. He is a fighter as opposed to a swashbuckler because he predates CW (by a long shot), and he isnt a rapier type anyway, Ive always envisioned the bladesong as involving a lot of fluid (kind of like kung fu tai chi sword styles) slashing motions and cant see poking with a rapier being as elegant. Arcane Strike is also an excellent feat for both power and bladesinging style. The epic feat Combat Insight is wonderful, it lets you use your INT modifier for damage instead of STR. I went fighter 4/wiz 2/ BS 10/ EK 4, then after 20 took one level of BS just to be an "epic" BS (and get an epic feat from it), and then went all wizard. With Song of Fury he gets 5 attacks with a full attack, (6 with his bracers of the blinding strike), and can throw off a spell as well (which is pretty dang cool to do, cutting someone apart and then tossing a fireball at another group of enemies), and I filled out the whirlwind attack tree because the bonus feats for a bladesinger pretty much ARE the tree, and I wanted him to be a full master of the style, so I took ALL of the listed feats figuring that they comprised and represented a full mastery of the bladesong. (Yes, Im a powergamer and wont deny it, I like my characters to be as powerful and streamlined as they can be. But RP is just as important, so I will sacrifice some "power" choices for character personality reasons) [/QUOTE]
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