You are triping about Blade singer
1- The class is an archetype of wizard, so it's an wizard after all.
2- It has the intelligence + dex+ 10 (12 if you are using a light armor). But it's not soo different of the barbarian (dex +con) or the monk (dex+wis) unarmored defense. The difference is the hit dice, the barbarian and the monk has a lot of more life points than the wizard. How could the wizard stand on the front line without a better hit dice? The answer is this case is a Huge AC. You are all right, they probably will now be treat by any attack but a critical one. However, when the attack hits, the wizard will probably fall.
3- bladesinger could not use a shield and the bladesong at the same time. Review the book.
4- the amount of damage a bladesinger can deal at an enemy is low comparing if others front lines characters.
5- It steel been a better option for bladesingers to cast a spell then use a melee attack. So, the biggest advantage relay on the freedom of movement in the battlefield for the caster.
thanks for reading
1- The class is an archetype of wizard, so it's an wizard after all.
2- It has the intelligence + dex+ 10 (12 if you are using a light armor). But it's not soo different of the barbarian (dex +con) or the monk (dex+wis) unarmored defense. The difference is the hit dice, the barbarian and the monk has a lot of more life points than the wizard. How could the wizard stand on the front line without a better hit dice? The answer is this case is a Huge AC. You are all right, they probably will now be treat by any attack but a critical one. However, when the attack hits, the wizard will probably fall.
3- bladesinger could not use a shield and the bladesong at the same time. Review the book.
4- the amount of damage a bladesinger can deal at an enemy is low comparing if others front lines characters.
5- It steel been a better option for bladesingers to cast a spell then use a melee attack. So, the biggest advantage relay on the freedom of movement in the battlefield for the caster.
thanks for reading