Best name for an anomalous fighter-mage core class

[Carnifex]

I'd go with arcane warrior - it sounds along the same lines as psychic warrior after all - and it seems the least objectional of the names listed there. Functional and descriptively to the point.

Not that I think there's a need for such a class anyway...

 

[Tsyr]

It wasn't in the same sentance

I'm not knocking you, btw. I'm just cynical. Or something like that.

To be honest... It's just not a topic I've given a lot of thought. Believe it or not, I have a couple classes (Made specific for my setting) that don't even have names right now... they have the unimaginative names of "Armour Pilot" and "Mage". I tend to be very bad at thinking up creative names, so as a rule I don't even try

Of the ones you have posted, I do like Arcane Warrior best. I'm one of those people who tends to make things overly complex though, so if I were going to use it, I would probably call it "Warrior of the Arcane"... though, in retrospect, that sounds more like a prestige class...

*shrugs*

 

[Aaron L]

I like Arcane Warrior. I may make this based on the Psychic Warrior.

 

[LostSoul]

I liked "Mystic Knight". Probably because it sounds like an in-game name rather than something you'd see in a rulebook. Like Ranger compared to Fighter.

 

[Ace]

I am going for Spellblade myself or Munchkin

 

[UnDfind]

Awww c'mon guys! The Fighting Magic-User! That says it all! Yeah sure the other names are cooler, but who can doubt exactly what it is you do when you say "I'm a Fighting Magic-User."

That one's got my vote all the way....Well either that or the Spell-Sword (I always liked that name)

 

[Maerdwyn]

never mind - joke was made earlier

 

[Gez]

What were the names in Arena and Daggerfall (if you don't know these games, you deserve to be hanged by the feet and lapidated to death with rotten fruits)?

Battlemage -- fighter/mage, rather fighter
Spellsword -- fighter/mage, rather mage
Nightblade -- fighter/mage, with a bit of rogue

I voted Fighter Magic-User, since it was what I perceived as the "other" option. Arcane Warrior could fit (and this would mirror the Psychic Warrior), however.

Some other easily made:
Bladecaster (just to get a bit more confused between bladesinger, spellsword, spelldancer, and other similar names), War Wizard, Combat Mage, Mage-Knight (this is the name of a miniature game, by the way)...

If you remove the arcane/divine restriction: paladin: bold warrior with mystical powers.

 

[Humanophile]

...cleric?

 

[Deadguy]

Only One Name comes to Mind!

Strange, but for a long time I have always called the Fighting Mage by one name: Warlock! I am not sure why: the only connection I can think of is the very old RPG 'Dragon Warriors' (an excellent simple system, btw), which added just such a class, with that name, in Book 6.

I think I do still like the name, so I will go with it and suggest it, JD:

WARLOCK