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<blockquote data-quote="Draenar" data-source="post: 4481385" data-attributes="member: 70870">Thanks for the replies. To address a couple issues you had with it: I agree the prereqs are restrictive, but I'm looking to give duskblades a very specific place in my campaign, while still leaving open the possibility of PCs being able to be one. The problem of the shield is off-set by Knight's Warding, which lets them keep their full Swordmage Warding bonus. (My one concern is that this gives them too high of an AC, but I figured it would balance out since they can't use their Int bonus -- their primary stat -- for AC if they use their chainmail proficiency.)The wording of the prereqs needs editing, I agree. (Though a non-Swordmage wouldn't get full advantage of the path, who am I to deny them if they really want it?)I had the most trouble with the 11th and 16th level features (aside from Knight's Warding, which I knew I wanted). For Slashing Dispel, I glanced through the Monster Manual, and it didn't look like there were so many monsters with Sustain powers that the ability became too powerful -- I think it's a bit of a specialty ability, but one that could be cool in the right situation.I'll have to look at the numbers for Doomscarabs, for sure. Does anyone else have suggestions for it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Draenar, post: 4481385, member: 70870"] Thanks for the replies. To address a couple issues you had with it: I agree the prereqs are restrictive, but I'm looking to give duskblades a very specific place in my campaign, while still leaving open the possibility of PCs being able to be one. The problem of the shield is off-set by Knight's Warding, which lets them keep their full Swordmage Warding bonus. (My one concern is that this gives them too high of an AC, but I figured it would balance out since they can't use their Int bonus -- their primary stat -- for AC if they use their chainmail proficiency.) The wording of the prereqs needs editing, I agree. (Though a non-Swordmage wouldn't get full advantage of the path, who am I to deny them if they really want it?) I had the most trouble with the 11th and 16th level features (aside from Knight's Warding, which I knew I wanted). For Slashing Dispel, I glanced through the Monster Manual, and it didn't look like there were so many monsters with Sustain powers that the ability became too powerful -- I think it's a bit of a specialty ability, but one that could be cool in the right situation. I'll have to look at the numbers for Doomscarabs, for sure. Does anyone else have suggestions for it? [/QUOTE]

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