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<blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 9269486" data-attributes="member: 63508">I've always said the swordmage is a &quot;warrior who mastered a set of arcane spells which require greater athleticism and martial skill than a normal mage to use effectively.&quot;They cast spell a wizard could cast but never would because the wizard would hurt themselves. The classic is the spell that &quot;teleports you above the foes head to make an overhead strike.&quot;&nbsp; The wizard would fail the strike and fall on their faces.This is why they are associated with elves, genasi, and gith. Only cultures that focus on arcane skill and martial might would both develop and keep these spells a wizard would have no use for. Those 3 races kinda have the magical military tradition needed for a swordmage. Elves needed bodyguards for their mages. Genasi fought for their djinn masters in the unpredictable and barely hospitable Elemental planes. And Gith need to strike the mind flayers hard and fast. That's the story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Minigiant, post: 9269486, member: 63508"] I've always said the swordmage is a "warrior who mastered a set of arcane spells which require greater athleticism and martial skill than a normal mage to use effectively." They cast spell a wizard could cast but never would because the wizard would hurt themselves. The classic is the spell that "teleports you above the foes head to make an overhead strike." The wizard would fail the strike and fall on their faces. This is why they are associated with elves, genasi, and gith. Only cultures that focus on arcane skill and martial might would both develop and keep these spells a wizard would have no use for. Those 3 races kinda have the magical military tradition needed for a swordmage. Elves needed bodyguards for their mages. Genasi fought for their djinn masters in the unpredictable and barely hospitable Elemental planes. And Gith need to strike the mind flayers hard and fast. That's the story. [/QUOTE]

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