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Message: <blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 4748832" data-attributes="member: 12377">Q1 -- I see this going two ways.  There's the spellsword/bladesinger etc., who lights his sword on fire and then buffs himself.  I think swordmage already has this covered nicely.  Then there's the guy who fights with a sword most of the time, but when he needs to, he blows stuff up real good, with a fireball or lighting bolt.  I think this can be done in 4e with a fighter/wizard, except that it sucks to have to hold a wand.I think both archetypes were also in it for the utility spells (wizards always had the coolest utility spells) which in 4e could be done through the ritual system.Q2 -- The first type is a classic defender defender (due to self buffs) and I think swordmage works well.  The second type is harder to place but I would say controller, possibly with a lot of melee or single-target control like the druid.  I say this because such a fighter-mage (in previous editions) usually had multiple tricks up his sleeve, which seems like a controllery way to fight (which matches the 4e fighter somewhat, who feels much like a melee controller at times).Honestly, after thinking about it, I think the easiest way to get this build in 4e is probably a swordmage/wizard or fighter/wizard or anything/wizard with the special ability to treat his sword as an implement for wizard powers (maybe this could be a feat?). -- 77IM</blockquote>