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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6746597" data-attributes="member: 6787650">Sure, why not? IME, anybody with heavy armor and the Shield spell can tank effectively at need, and wizards are better at it than most thanks to Blur/Web/Mirror Image/etc.. Some people will try to tell you that you don't have enough HP to do the job, but frankly there's not that much HP difference between the classes in 5E anyway, and there's nothing to stop you from taking the Tough feat in order to completely equalize your d6 with a fighter's d10.Where you're going to struggle is not with HP attrition, it is the fact that a Bladesinger's saving throws stinks. No Con save proficiency, no Dex save proficiency means that the first time you run into ghoul, ghast, gorgon, carrion crawler, banshee, or anything else that incapacitates you via Con/Dex saves, you have a pretty fair chance of getting taken out of the combat and/or munched, depending on how tough the combat is. Because you're a wizard you will have ways to work around this (e.g. stay at range and plink with Fire Bolts instead of entering melee) but don't get cocky just because you have a good AC. You're strong against about 50% of the nasty stuff but there's another 50% that you're weak against.</blockquote>