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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 2777013" data-attributes="member: 3146">There are two things to point out here:1. The eldritch knight only has equal DCs if they have the same stats and feats as a standard wizard. That's all well and good, but if you are going to take the same feats and use the same stats as a normal wizard, why not be a normal wizard instead of being a subpar wizard who can also be subpar at hitting things with a sword when he runs out of spells (which he will do sooner than the normal wizard).2. Even if you have the same caster level and the same DC, there's still a big difference between casting empowered scorching rays and casting maximized scorching rays at level 9. And there's a big difference between casting maximized scorching rays and casting energy admixed scorching rays at level 11. Heck, there's a big difference between casting orb of fire at level 7 and being stuck with an ordinary scorching ray. (No SR, medium range, energy resistance applies only once, save or be dazed). The bottom line is that if what you want to do is cast spells, a straight-up wizard gets better spells and gets more of them.If your definition of works just fine is "doesn't suck as obviously as a multiclassed half-elf monk/druid/bard/ex-paladin with skill focus underwater basketweaving and skill focus swim" then you're right on the money. On the other hand, taking a prestige class to specialize in an attack form and ending up not being as good at it as you would be without the prestige class doesn't sound just fine to me.</blockquote>

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