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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 3370348" data-attributes="member: 926">Perhaps you are confusing the Duskblade and the Beguiler?&nbsp; The Duskblade is a straight up full BAB warrior who casts almost exclusively damaging spells, and can do so in armor in armor.&nbsp; I originally had a problem with the name Duskblade, until I realized that the derivation of Paladin is from the name of a hill... then I realized that a class or position's name can come from a tradition or place and not have anything to do with what a class actually does.&nbsp; Especially being an elven inspired class, the poetic nature of elves makes the name of the class perfectly fine, and probably more fantastic sounding if said in elvish.&nbsp; In fact, in Sindarin elvish, it comes out as Tinnu-Hathol, or maybe Uial-Lang, or several other possibilities.&nbsp; But back on topic, I hate the term gish.&nbsp; It sounds like an onomatopoeic term for stepping on something squishy.&nbsp; Ironically, &quot;gishes&quot; are my favorite character type to play.&nbsp; But I call them fighter/mages.&nbsp; Calling that term &quot;inaccurate&quot; because those two classes aren't&nbsp; exactly involved is pretty selectively invoking accuracy, as the term &quot;gish&quot; properly only applies to githyanki characters who can both fight and cast spells effectively.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 3370348, member: 926"] Perhaps you are confusing the Duskblade and the Beguiler? The Duskblade is a straight up full BAB warrior who casts almost exclusively damaging spells, and can do so in armor in armor. I originally had a problem with the name Duskblade, until I realized that the derivation of Paladin is from the name of a hill... then I realized that a class or position's name can come from a tradition or place and not have anything to do with what a class actually does. Especially being an elven inspired class, the poetic nature of elves makes the name of the class perfectly fine, and probably more fantastic sounding if said in elvish. In fact, in Sindarin elvish, it comes out as Tinnu-Hathol, or maybe Uial-Lang, or several other possibilities. But back on topic, I hate the term gish. It sounds like an onomatopoeic term for stepping on something squishy. Ironically, "gishes" are my favorite character type to play. But I call them fighter/mages. [i]Calling that[/i] term "inaccurate" because those two classes aren't exactly involved is pretty selectively invoking accuracy, as the term "gish" properly only applies to githyanki characters who can both fight and cast spells effectively. [/QUOTE]

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