Does Duskblade synergize well with Havoc Mage?

[RigaMortus2]

The Duskblade has the ability to channel touch spells through their melee weapon as a Standard Action. At 13th level you can channel the touch spell as part of a full round action.

The Havoc Mage (PrC from MiniHB p. 20) has an ability that allows them to cast a spell while making a weapon attack. He may take a full-round action to attack and cast a spell. The spell must be an arcane spell he knows of 2nd level or lower with a casting time of 1 standard action or less. When using his Battlecast ability, a Havoc Mage may cast spells requiring somatic components even if he has no free hands. Using Battlecast does not provoke and attack of opportunity.

So basically I am wondering if you made a Full-round action to attack, could you use the Havoc Mage's Battlecast ability and the Duskblade's Arcane Channeling (or even QuickCast) ability at the same time?

 

[shilsen]

No. At 13th lvl, the Duskblade can channel the spell as part of a full attack action. The Battlecast ability requires a full-round action to use, not the full attack action. So the two are not compatible.

 

[Nightfall]

What Shil said.

 

[RigaMortus2]

I gotcha.... They are two seperate full round actions...

Full Attack = Full Round Action
Battlecast ability = Full Round Action

And since you can (normally) only get 1 Full Round Aciton per turn, it is one or the other...

I guess you could do one or the other. Because the Battlecast ability is not limited to just touch attack spells. The Arcane Chanelling ability only allows you to channel touch spells through the blade, but with Battlecast you could make a melee attack and toss a fireball. Or cast True Strike and then make a single melee attack (preferably with Power Attack). So you might not get to use them well together at the same time, but it would open up a couple more options.

 

[Nightfall]

Next time Rig, try something else if you want to "synergize" Duskblade with something else. Just a suggestion.

 

[Andras]

Try the Raumathari Battlemage from UE.

It lets you cast a spell as a free action that goes off on the next melee attack and grants an attack bonus.

DB13/RBM7 will let you cast 3rd level spells 3x/day through your sword as you attack, grants 6/7 (9/10 in total) spellcasting, you get to replace all your material components <50gp with your 'Sword Focus', all your spells get +1CL and +1DC, and you can Silence, Still, or Empower a spell once each per day.

 

[Nightfall]

Well that's one idea...