Anyone using the battle sorceror as a class?

[johnsemlak]

I'm wondering how this balances out, and if it's a class players would want?

Will the light armor and d8 HD together with a toned down sorceror balance out?

 

[Liquidsabre]

We are using it for two campaigns right now but it hasn't seen actual use except for a neat multi-class with a rogue (and only one level at that). No one really wants to take the class seriously thanks to so few known spells. A poor fighter and a rather limited arcane caster. Ah, well it sounds like a really cool idea and I'm still looking to try one at though.

 

[hong]

I threw one against the PCs last session, and it did fairly well. Not quite as terrifying as the full-offense berserker, but good enough.

Given enough time to buff, the battle sorc can become very potent indeed.

Arcane strike feat: a must for any battlemage type
Greater heroism: +4 to attacks, saves and skill checks, +1 temp hp/level
Stoneskin
Haste
Displacement
Shield
Mage armour
Enlarge person
Maybe Tenser's, but that kills your spellcasting for the duration.

The killer is the time taken to get all that going. IMC sorcs get to use Quicken, which helps things greatly. However, getting items where possible (cloak of displacement, boots of speed, actual armour and shield) will still help things a lot. The nice thing is that you're not completely useless without the buffs; you're still a decent fighter and you can also resort to boom spells in a pinch if necessary.

 

[johnsemlak]

I imagine it's teh sort of class that will have to save their spells for when they really need them. If they manage that, they seem to be potent indeed. The key for the class is they have the same access to spell levels as a standard sorceror.

 

[Brekki]

I play a character with 2 lvl's battle sorcerer ... just to be able to cast enlarge person.

It's a brb 2 / ftr 4 / battle rager 5 / sor 2 / dragon disciple 2 with a spiked chain.