Frozen_Heart
Hero
Trouble is those spells would then have to be added to wizard too, which doesn't fit wizard at all and starts making them overshadow fighters even more. It's why eldritch knight doesn't have spells like searing smite, ensnaring strike, and elemental weapon, despite the fact that it should have them.It occurs to me, we should discuss what the least invasive way to add the gish proper to 5e is, which is probably new spells.
If they are Abjuration and evocation, they serve the EK and Bladesinger, but leave out the AT.
I played with a really mean AT who had Mage Slayer and Sentinel, and would stick to casters like deadly glue, and more than once killed a caster by Absorb Elements and a reaction attack from the mage casting a close range “get away spell” or a fireball or whatever while the AT was stealthed right behind them.
- Elemental weapon attack spells and melee defense spells
- Marking mechanic spells
- Offensive teleportation
- Lightning rod style stuff where you call lightning onto a weapon as you strike with it
- Throw weapon and it explodes and then reforms in your hand
- Throw weapon and it flies in a wide arc, hitting extra ppl per spell slot used, then returns to your hand
- Cantrip that primes target for extra elemental damage
- Reaction cantrip that gives offense boost on next attack, or defense+utility
- Optional fighting style that lets you change damage types with cantrips and weapon attacks
5e has quite a good selection of the right type of spells already. It's just the swordmage replica subclass is explicitly locked out of them.