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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garthanos" data-source="post: 4903587" data-attributes="member: 82504">With a human I think there may be more flavorful ways to making the damage nice on your Eldritch Strike than upping the weapon size... and most will work with your eldritch blast since you get it too. And with the human you might as well be versatile using your blasts and strikes because you can.  Weapon size is really great for a warrior it boost his higher powers... for con locks its only so so..  Noble bred for war background ... can get you Longsword proficiency ....Blade initiate (swordmage MC) will give you a nicer defense as well as the implement proficiency.... and that extra warding armor will allow you to wade in to the frey earlier with more confidence and so highly recommended. Longsword is versatile and so is the equivalent of the D10 when you cant use the Warding.(because of the +1 when used two handed).  Arcane reserves is at low levels a reliable +2 which is a match for the difference between the longsword versus the fullblade... and boosts your ranged blast too.   White Lotus Riposte while slightly less reliable since they might not decide to strike you back... would let you boost damage far higher when it does work and even for a ranged exchange. It also discourages them attacking you which is another form of defense. Melee combatants do need better defense.. strikers that hang out at close range can get clocked...   Fullblades main benefit over arcane reserves is the High Crit feature... and that depends on your gambling mood ... Arcane Reserves even though range versatile should be trained out later for something else as it quits being easily reliable so training it out for Fullblades isnt bad.. We have banned the expertise feats (reduced enemy defenses by 1 per tier )... so maybe I would throw in something just fun at this point.. a battle friendly Dragonling familiar or Mounted Combat (Something fun might be available talk to DM).Twofold pact is certainly cool... (Star Pact?)  but at this point my will defense sucks ... ummm Iron will anyone?Toughess or Durability (depending on your healers) might be nice in place of one of those Armor feats instead of going up to Scale but scale is pretty and the mobility is nice.I think making it viable right away to do the Melee thing is important even if you arent doing it all the time... and the Swordmage MC  I think is key to that in defensive ability category (and is less useful if you are in two handed mode) and the Arcane reserves range versatility make it better initially than the fullblade.</blockquote>

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