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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 4072372" data-attributes="member: 3146">Not necessarily so. WotC folks described the swordmage as an arcane defender--a character who uses magic to fight more effectively rather than a multi-role character who can swing a sword or toss a fireball as he sees fit. It is quite possible that the promised sword wielding wizard can fill the latter role effectively but has trouble functioning in the first role.It is also possible that the swordmage will be to the sword wielding wizard either as duskblade is to eldritch knight (a simpler and less clunky build with much more predictable effectiveness) or as the Abjurant Champion is to Eldritch Knight (a horribly overpowered version of a different way to accomplish the same goal).</blockquote>