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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4438257" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>Ah...I just love playing arcane warriors...especially armored spellcasters. I wouldn't be surprised if someone looked at all of my FRPG PCs (in all systems) and found fully 60% of them to be arcane warriors of some kind.</p><p></p><p>And without PrCls, this is probably the way to go. He'll be wearing armor and casting spells...and even occasionally...err..."mouthing off."</p><p></p><p>Besides, I have no doubt that we'll have someone playing a Druid- we had 2 multiclassed Druids and a full Druid last campaign. The 2 MC Druids (hmm...there's a name for a rapper) both had at least 30% of their levels in Druid.</p><p></p><p>In contrast, we had a similar breakdown in arcane casters, but of the 2 MC Arcane (oooh...another rapper!) casters, one had only a single Sorcerer level. The other- mine- had 5 caster levels, but as a Diviner, didn't bring much "firepower" to the fight. (Nobody turned up their noses at his Bull's Strengths, though.)</p><p></p><p>This guy is different, on a lot of levels. He's a non-casting arcanist with a full spell progression. Depending upon which warrior class he takes, he's going to be wearing Studded Leather, Hide, or Splint Mail, freeing up spell slots for him to use Master's Touch to get proficiency with his melee weapon (martial or exotic, I haven't decided yet) until he multiclasses- 2nd or 3rd, depending on how things work out.</p><p></p><p>Its risky, its different, its...refreshing. He's armored and all, but he's only got a d4 HD. Its an RP circus stunt- I'll be walking a tightrope, and this guy might fall to his death in the first combat.</p><p></p><p>So be it. Then I'll rebuild him the conservative route and MC him into Sorcerer after taking warrior class levels.</p><p></p><p>At this point its looking like, despite the Cha synergy, Paladin won't cut it. The class's MC restrictions are a bit more restrictive than I can afford. And even though there are feats that let Paladins multiclass, none (of the ones in the books allowed, at least) let them MC with Sorcerers. None of the other divine casters float my boat, either.</p><p></p><p>So that leaves Barbarian, Fighter or Ranger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4438257, member: 19675"] Ah...I just love playing arcane warriors...especially armored spellcasters. I wouldn't be surprised if someone looked at all of my FRPG PCs (in all systems) and found fully 60% of them to be arcane warriors of some kind. And without PrCls, this is probably the way to go. He'll be wearing armor and casting spells...and even occasionally...err..."mouthing off." Besides, I have no doubt that we'll have someone playing a Druid- we had 2 multiclassed Druids and a full Druid last campaign. The 2 MC Druids (hmm...there's a name for a rapper) both had at least 30% of their levels in Druid. In contrast, we had a similar breakdown in arcane casters, but of the 2 MC Arcane (oooh...another rapper!) casters, one had only a single Sorcerer level. The other- mine- had 5 caster levels, but as a Diviner, didn't bring much "firepower" to the fight. (Nobody turned up their noses at his Bull's Strengths, though.) This guy is different, on a lot of levels. He's a non-casting arcanist with a full spell progression. Depending upon which warrior class he takes, he's going to be wearing Studded Leather, Hide, or Splint Mail, freeing up spell slots for him to use Master's Touch to get proficiency with his melee weapon (martial or exotic, I haven't decided yet) until he multiclasses- 2nd or 3rd, depending on how things work out. Its risky, its different, its...refreshing. He's armored and all, but he's only got a d4 HD. Its an RP circus stunt- I'll be walking a tightrope, and this guy might fall to his death in the first combat. So be it. Then I'll rebuild him the conservative route and MC him into Sorcerer after taking warrior class levels. At this point its looking like, despite the Cha synergy, Paladin won't cut it. The class's MC restrictions are a bit more restrictive than I can afford. And even though there are feats that let Paladins multiclass, none (of the ones in the books allowed, at least) let them MC with Sorcerers. None of the other divine casters float my boat, either. So that leaves Barbarian, Fighter or Ranger. [/QUOTE]
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