doctorbadwolf
Heretic of The Seventh Circle
So my favorite kind of Fighter is one with a spellbook, and we almost got that in 2014.
So, while all the “no magic!” folks talk about the purely martial fighter elsewhere, here we are gonna talk fighter as swordmage, which means the Eldritch Knight.
The way I see it, EK needs the following:
What’s your list? Is there anything else the base class can do to support magical subclasses without ticking off no-magic fighter fans?
So, while all the “no magic!” folks talk about the purely martial fighter elsewhere, here we are gonna talk fighter as swordmage, which means the Eldritch Knight.
The way I see it, EK needs the following:
- A fighting Style that is magic and doesn’t replace the attack action
- This means no “you learn two cantrips”. No. Your attacks have magic in them. Maybe they add 1d4 elemental damage of your choice once per turn, or maybe it lets you use a bonus action to magic your sword more impressively
- A choice at level 3 between a spellbook, whatever that looks like in 2024, and something else. Maybe 3 things, maybe to make it play like a mini wizard, sorcerer, or warlock?
- So maybe spellbook (with more spells prepared or a slice of whatever makes wizards cool in 2024), metamagic, or a warlock invocation?
- Better spells, or a slot=damage feature
- The ability to cast a cantrip as a bonus action or as a reaction if soemthing lets them make an attack as a reaction, around level 5
- More significance on thier bonded weapon. Maybe it upgrades as a magic item as you level? The EK’s weapon should be the sort of thing gets a Name
What’s your list? Is there anything else the base class can do to support magical subclasses without ticking off no-magic fighter fans?