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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 8292968" data-attributes="member: 82504">PerhapsI made a post on here about what I felt the swordmage was... and why I felt 4e with its many unique to class abilities better encompassed that and how I felt their magic was integrated  into their weapon use not something they did separate from it[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-true-swordmage.655288/[/URL] Ironically I felt using Strength ie one attribute for seemingly everything back in the very beginning AD&D almost entirely used a single ability score for physical combat was kind of meh  ( my dad was in the martial arts so I had been taught differently and I had also seen RuneQuest at almost the same time as D&D where they did otherwise. ).4e basically brought home the idea of that primary attribute being a simplified description of fighting style.  (See melee training feat)Str - emphasized brute unstoppable sometimes simplistic forceDex  - emphasized reaction and precision and grace of movement.Con - instinct and enduring energy but also enables wild unpredictable nigh wasteful movesInt - emphasizing predictive, pattern analysis and quick thinking.Wiz - with perception and awareness you are ahead of your enemy, you are the perfect disciplined student and, zen awareness and sometimes divine guidance,Cha - emphasizes deception and sometime divinely gifted luck, and emotional energy</blockquote>