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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Starfox" data-source="post: 6003519" data-attributes="member: 2303">Interesting comments, will bear some chewing upon. The spellsword is indeed an arcane-type paladin. Since spellswords are shield-users, the penalty of using a 2h weapon is that you don't get your shield bonus - same as any fighting class using a shield or 2h weapon. Pretty esential and no need to balance spellcasting around that. The magus is not a shield-user, so it needs other rules.About the spells, my first idea was to give them the Magus list. But I realized the point o the spellsword is not the utility combat spells magi get, but the odd/nifty spells wizards get - that's the feel I wanted for the class. I see now that some of the other abilities  need to be updated to keep up with that change.I cut back on the magus arcana mainly for balance reasons. but the class seems a little thin now so I may put some of it back.About a warlord-type discussed earlier in the thread, I made that as an archetype for the Cavalier, but my name is boring: <a href="http://hastur.net/wiki/Officer_%28Apath%29" target="_blank">Officer</a>.</blockquote>