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<blockquote data-quote="katahn" data-source="post: 4200411" data-attributes="member: 65004">Start from your goal, how the character will play and what portion of their abilities come from what sources.&nbsp; Your original description read as a character who primarily did damage via melee with a big sword (striker) and that this person had an array of magical spells they used to specifically enhance their effectiveness in battle.A wizard is a specialist in ranged AOE damage, so they don't really seem like a good primary fit to me.&nbsp; However, a splash of wizard abilities to enhance your ability to smash things with your sword does seem to fit.Without actually reading the rules and knowing if a wizard with a splash of melee training would fit bill, I can't really say.&nbsp; The combat skills of all characters are roughly equivilent, it's more the class-related at-will and encounter abilities that matter.&nbsp; Strikers like the rogue or ranger have very nice melee-oriented at-will abilities that fit the concept as I understand it.&nbsp; Multiclassing from a wizard base gives those at-will abilities as per-encounter ones.&nbsp; So while it reads backwards to you, the net result of &quot;guy who hits things with a sword and knows some spells&quot; is probably best served by MCing into wizard rather than basing on it.Of course, you could always wait and look for a melee-themed arcane striker type class (or just design one).&nbsp; The Forgotten Realms CS for 4e is supposed to have an arcane defender (swordmage) in it, that might suit you as a base class, depending on whether or not their defendering schtick comes from heavy-armor or personal and persistent magical protection spells.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="katahn, post: 4200411, member: 65004"] Start from your goal, how the character will play and what portion of their abilities come from what sources. Your original description read as a character who primarily did damage via melee with a big sword (striker) and that this person had an array of magical spells they used to specifically enhance their effectiveness in battle. A wizard is a specialist in ranged AOE damage, so they don't really seem like a good primary fit to me. However, a splash of wizard abilities to enhance your ability to smash things with your sword does seem to fit. Without actually reading the rules and knowing if a wizard with a splash of melee training would fit bill, I can't really say. The combat skills of all characters are roughly equivilent, it's more the class-related at-will and encounter abilities that matter. Strikers like the rogue or ranger have very nice melee-oriented at-will abilities that fit the concept as I understand it. Multiclassing from a wizard base gives those at-will abilities as per-encounter ones. So while it reads backwards to you, the net result of "guy who hits things with a sword and knows some spells" is probably best served by MCing into wizard rather than basing on it. Of course, you could always wait and look for a melee-themed arcane striker type class (or just design one). The Forgotten Realms CS for 4e is supposed to have an arcane defender (swordmage) in it, that might suit you as a base class, depending on whether or not their defendering schtick comes from heavy-armor or personal and persistent magical protection spells. [/QUOTE]

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