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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Winding Road" data-source="post: 3848910" data-attributes="member: 35591">That's a lot of skills for a 4-skill point class. And some of those don't seem to jibe with the skill lists of the soulknife or most primary casters. I'd edit it to the following:Autohypnosis, Climb, Concentration, Craft, Hide, Jump, Listen, Knowledge (arcane/psionics), Move Silently, Spellcraft, Spot, Swim, TumbleCan they cast spells in armor? They're proficient with light armor from soulknife, but that does them no good if they're racking up the ASF. And three Exotic Weapon Proficiencies at once? That seems a little much. Although they don't get it until at least ECL 15, so it may not even be that useful by then. And if they're using their mind blade, it really doesn't matter at all.... Okay, I take it back, it's not a bit much.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Half casting progression. Seems fair for a warrior-mage like this class seems to be, although on the low end.Also seems fair.Flavorful and balanced. I like it.A bladeweaver isn't required to have the mind blade enhancement ability before entering the class. Maybe you should put that in place of the throw mindblade feature in the prereqs?So he adds this effect to an area spell he casts? Is this for damage-dealing spells only? does it deal weapon-type damage (piercing or slashing) or spell-like (fire, cold, etc.)? Is it subject to DR? Is it negated by a saving throw? More details would be good.Hmm. Does he have to hit the touch AC or regular AC? Touch seems overpowered, but regular seems underpowered.This seems like it could be split over three levels. I'm still not sure how useful it is. Most fighter specialize in one weapon for a reason. Using multiple weapons either forces you to spread your feats win or use a weapon that you're sub-par with. Her spell DC's will be fairly unimpressive anyway, what with the low casting progression. Does this apply to anything besides Maximize or Empower? It's very unclear to me what this ability can do.Concentration would make more sense to me, as it seems akin to regaining psionic focus.Her caster level goes from maybe 10 to 15. I can't see this as a huge deal at 20th level.Honestly, while I like the flavor and feel of it, it seems pretty underpowered. It's a warrior/mage hybrid that, by virtue of its prerequisite classes, isn't going to be great at either. Let's look at a possible entrant:Soulknife 6/Cleric 4/Bladeweaver 10BAB 14; CL 9; 5th level spellsThose are not nice numbers for a 20th level character to have. The combo of bladewoven spell and spellweaver mastery means she just might penetrate SR some of the time with her caster level checks; unfortunately, she didn't get that caster level boost until bladeweaver 10, so she's probably been failing those checks for the five levels prior. Spells that do make it through have very low DCs due to their low level. As for BAB, the 14 is generous. If she goes with a wizard or sorcerer instead of cleric, or doesn't split her levels up right, it'll be a few points lower. She'll hit with her attack spells all right, but her mind blade is going to be fairly ineffectual.The class needs a serious power-up, especially if it's intended for higher level play. I'd suggest boosting the casting progression to 7/10, and give some thought about a full BAB.</blockquote>

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