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<blockquote data-quote="Esker" data-source="post: 7912034" data-attributes="member: 6966824"><p>There are a lot of ways to play a bladesinger; it sounds like you want to play up the melee-gish aspect?</p><p></p><p>I think the only dip I would consider before hitting wizard 5 is maybe fighter 1, and that only because if you take fighter 1 later you don't get the CON save proficiency that comes with it. For anything else or any more fighter levels I'd wait until at least after you have your second attack. But even fighter 1 has reduced value for you since you will already have great concentration saves between bladesong and war caster, so your best bet might be to just stay straight wizard, at least until 6th level.</p><p></p><p>If you do decide to dip fighter, I would also consider whether a single weapon (with dueling or defense style if dipping fighter) would suit you better than TWF, for two reasons: First, if dipping fighter off the bat, you will have two levels (5th and 6th) when you only have one attack but the blade cantrips are doing extra damage automatically. But since they are not the attack action, you can't combine blade cantrips and TWF (at least not RAW). Second, you need your bonus action to start bladesong, and in addition, if you decide to use Shadow Blade, you will also need your bonus action to cast that. You might also want to do other things sometimes, like Misty Step, cast Animate Objects or Bigby's Hand, etc. that use your bonus action. So you probably don't want to have a major class feature (your fighting style) tied up in using your bonus action every round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Esker, post: 7912034, member: 6966824"] There are a lot of ways to play a bladesinger; it sounds like you want to play up the melee-gish aspect? I think the only dip I would consider before hitting wizard 5 is maybe fighter 1, and that only because if you take fighter 1 later you don't get the CON save proficiency that comes with it. For anything else or any more fighter levels I'd wait until at least after you have your second attack. But even fighter 1 has reduced value for you since you will already have great concentration saves between bladesong and war caster, so your best bet might be to just stay straight wizard, at least until 6th level. If you do decide to dip fighter, I would also consider whether a single weapon (with dueling or defense style if dipping fighter) would suit you better than TWF, for two reasons: First, if dipping fighter off the bat, you will have two levels (5th and 6th) when you only have one attack but the blade cantrips are doing extra damage automatically. But since they are not the attack action, you can't combine blade cantrips and TWF (at least not RAW). Second, you need your bonus action to start bladesong, and in addition, if you decide to use Shadow Blade, you will also need your bonus action to cast that. You might also want to do other things sometimes, like Misty Step, cast Animate Objects or Bigby's Hand, etc. that use your bonus action. So you probably don't want to have a major class feature (your fighting style) tied up in using your bonus action every round. [/QUOTE]
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