Yaarel
He Mage
Which ones?
The various Sorcerer concepts − from Dragon to Shadow − can work as a Swordmage fullcaster warrior.
The concept of the Swordmage fullcaster is − melee attacks and defenses are spells or magical features.
D&D (2024) I'm getting increasingly worried about the fate of sorcerer
The various Sorcerer concepts − from Dragon to Shadow − can work as a Swordmage fullcaster warrior.
The concept of the Swordmage fullcaster is − melee attacks and defenses are spells or magical features.
Frozen_Heart
Hero
Not a fan of the idea of a swordmage class being a full caster. Being capable in melee while also being good at magic is like having your cake and eating it too.
A dedicated swordmage should be a half caster like paladins, rangers, and artificers.
A dedicated swordmage should be a half caster like paladins, rangers, and artificers.
Personally I think Sorcerers and Warlocks needed a list of themed known spells instead of just slightly expanded lists to choose from. I have a shadow sorcerer and the dearth of shadow based spells means I can't really get into it. I ended up multiclassing in warlock to get a darker vibe going.
I consider warlock closer to a half caster than full.
Yaarel
He Mage
Warlock is a full-on full-caster.
The Arcanums are proper high-slot spells at the appropriate class levels.
Neonchameleon
Legend
But warlocks can't cast the volume of spells of normal casters - it's legit to consider Pact Magic less than full casting.
Frozen_Heart
Hero
Warlock gets 9th level spells. They are absolutely a full caster.
There are a number of reasons to consider them less than a full caster, with plenty of similarities to other half casters. EB treated as similar to a magic weapon attack, hex vs hunter marks, invocations v. Imbuements, access to a class pet (companion, mount, golem, chain pact), number of spells a day closer to half caster amount. Pact blade progression mirrors paladin attacks.
Pact magic is weird enough that it falls outside classic definitions of full or partial caster. To many, full caster implies a suite of low level slots for utility that pact magics lack, for instance.
My personal view is to treat them as a half caster with access to high circles of magic in place of auras or expertise. I understand some will disagree, but I feel there's enough design similarities to the half casters that it's worth using them as a comparison instead of wizard, cleric, druid and bard.
EDIT - In either case, my point was that I feel like bladelock fills the caster spell sword niche. So it's not a great option for a unique sorcerer, imho. And that's before we talk about Bladesinger or Eldritch Knight.
Pact magic is weird enough that it falls outside classic definitions of full or partial caster. To many, full caster implies a suite of low level slots for utility that pact magics lack, for instance.
My personal view is to treat them as a half caster with access to high circles of magic in place of auras or expertise. I understand some will disagree, but I feel there's enough design similarities to the half casters that it's worth using them as a comparison instead of wizard, cleric, druid and bard.
EDIT - In either case, my point was that I feel like bladelock fills the caster spell sword niche. So it's not a great option for a unique sorcerer, imho. And that's before we talk about Bladesinger or Eldritch Knight.
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