A good wizard/fighter build?

[Gundark]

is a wizard/fighter (or a sorcerer/fighter) build possible? How would you build him/her?

I was thinking true strike combined with a greatsword plus power attack. True Strike is a verbal spell and thus not subject to arcane spell failure.

 

[Darklone]

Eldritch Knight. Ftr1/Wiz5 or Ftr1/Sor6.

Problem with True Strike: You can only power attack for your BAB. So it's fun at higher levels when you can Quicken it anyhow.

Actually someone posted a nice list of all verbal spells somewhere... to use it for these kind of chars... Could someone provide a link?

 

[Destil]

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=472555

You can also use the spell search feature on sovelior's SRD: http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/tools.html

Also, you can look at buffs with duarations mesured in hours, since you can cast thoes, then put your armor on.

 

[Iku Rex]

is a wizard/fighter (or a sorcerer/fighter) build possible?

Yes.

How would you build him/her?

Depends on books available and the desired "feel". Usually, the more spellcasting levels the better.

 

[Ivellious]

Or you could do a warmage from th complete arcana.

 

[Thanee]

Or you could do a warmage from th complete arcana.

Err... no!

Warmage is not a fighter/mage.

The Battle Sorcerer from UA is, though.
Or the Duskblade from PHB II.

Eldritch Knight and/or Spellsword are a good start for a multiclass fighter/mage.
Currently playing an Elven Fighter 1/Wizard 6/Spellsword 1/Eldritch Knight 3, and I think it works very well.

Not as powerful as a pure Fighter without some serious buffing, but has more options with the spells, of course.

There are many decent combinations, though, Ftr or Brb or Rng or Pal all combine well with Sor or Wiz when you are heading towards EK (Pal2/Sor6/EK has nice attribute synergy).

Bye
Thanee

 

[Darklone]

Think about taking the Stalwart sorcerer variant. And Improved Toughness.

 

[maransreth]

Here is another option of Arcane Fighter - http://www.cayzle.com/screeds/book014.html .
This looks more at going straight mage and using only verbal spells.

 

[Ashrum the Black]

Another option is the Jade Pheonix Mage from the Tome of Battle. I'm currently playing one and having a ton of fun in the AoW path. Gives you some of the nifty manuevers to play with, and full BAB for ten levels. You can get to it without taking anything but wiz/sorc levels as well. It just takes a little longer is all.

-Ashrum

 

[Li Shenron]

is a wizard/fighter (or a sorcerer/fighter) build possible? How would you build him/her?

I was thinking true strike combined with a greatsword plus power attack. True Strike is a verbal spell and thus not subject to arcane spell failure.

I think it's possible to do a decent combo by using core material only.

For example, 2 levels of Wizard or Sorcerer and the rest Fighter is going to make you lose only +1 BAB, a fighter bonus feat and a few hit points. But True Strike alone (which has no somatic component so you cast it in armor without ASF) a few times per day is going to be very useful. Other spells known could be Feather Fall (no somatic too) and then some useful out of combat/armor.