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<blockquote data-quote="StreamOfTheSky" data-source="post: 3350542" data-attributes="member: 35909">He said he wanted to make a balanced class.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> They're hardly better at spellcasting than Paladins, and get a limited list of spells known, to boot.I think the class is pretty good as is.&nbsp; My suggestion would be to cut back the bonus feats to only 5th and 15th levels (generally pretty dead levels).&nbsp; Amored Spellcasting (ability to cast in light armor) can be considered the first level &quot;bonus&quot; feat.&nbsp; To replace the loss, give the EK a fortitude equivalent of the Grace class feature of Swashbucklers, to effectively make fort. a &quot;medium&quot; save.&nbsp; Alternatively, just copy the Battle Fortitude feature of Scouts, although I don't see why this guy would get an initiative bonus.Also worth checking out is 1) Class feature swaps in Complete Mage.&nbsp; There's a pair intended for Fighter 1 / Sorcerer X combinations; and 2) the Mageblade from Arcana Unearthed/Evolved.&nbsp; Different system, where spells are weaker and go to 10th level, so getting access to 8th level spells isn't as big a deal.&nbsp; (Plus, they don't break into 8th level spells till after 20th level anyway)&nbsp; It's a cool, fresh, and balanced way of doing the fighter/mage, and you may want to incorporate ideas from the class's use of a single weapon for channeling spells.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StreamOfTheSky, post: 3350542, member: 35909"] He said he wanted to make a [I]balanced[/I] class. :) They're hardly better at spellcasting than Paladins, and get a limited list of spells known, to boot. I think the class is pretty good as is. My suggestion would be to cut back the bonus feats to only 5th and 15th levels (generally pretty dead levels). Amored Spellcasting (ability to cast in light armor) can be considered the first level "bonus" feat. To replace the loss, give the EK a fortitude equivalent of the Grace class feature of Swashbucklers, to effectively make fort. a "medium" save. Alternatively, just copy the Battle Fortitude feature of Scouts, although I don't see why this guy would get an initiative bonus. Also worth checking out is 1) Class feature swaps in Complete Mage. There's a pair intended for Fighter 1 / Sorcerer X combinations; and 2) the Mageblade from Arcana Unearthed/Evolved. Different system, where spells are weaker and go to 10th level, so getting access to 8th level spells isn't as big a deal. (Plus, they don't break into 8th level spells till after 20th level anyway) It's a cool, fresh, and balanced way of doing the fighter/mage, and you may want to incorporate ideas from the class's use of a single weapon for channeling spells. [/QUOTE]

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