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<blockquote data-quote="SteelDraco" data-source="post: 3649722" data-attributes="member: 359">Generally, I find sorcerers work better than wizards as fighter/mages. They have more spells per day, and can continue fighting for longer, as well as focusing their abilities tightly on spells they KNOW will be useful. Wizards tend to have quite a bit of the &quot;Shoot, if only I'd prepared X today instead!&quot; Careful use of scrolls can help with this problem, but I tend to still prefer a sorcerer for this kind of character.There's a lot of pretty powerful stuff you can do with a fighter/mage, regardless of which class you want to use. Check out the Spell Compendium - there are a number of excellent spells there for a warrior-caster. Look at the Whirling Blade and Wraithstrike spells. Both of those are good. Dragonskin's nice, as well - gives you a natural armor bonus and some energy resistance. Smiting Spell from PHB2 lets you use a touch spell as part of a melee attack. Arcane Strike, from Complete Warrior, lets you trade excess spell slots for attack and damage bonuses. The Abjurant Champion class is scary powerful. It has full caster progression and full BAB, as well as a bunch of very powerful abilities. The entrance requirements aren't very difficult to attain, either. It's powerful enough that I don't think I'd allow it, as written, but your DM may feel otherwise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SteelDraco, post: 3649722, member: 359"] Generally, I find sorcerers work better than wizards as fighter/mages. They have more spells per day, and can continue fighting for longer, as well as focusing their abilities tightly on spells they KNOW will be useful. Wizards tend to have quite a bit of the "Shoot, if only I'd prepared X today instead!" Careful use of scrolls can help with this problem, but I tend to still prefer a sorcerer for this kind of character. There's a lot of pretty powerful stuff you can do with a fighter/mage, regardless of which class you want to use. Check out the Spell Compendium - there are a number of excellent spells there for a warrior-caster. Look at the Whirling Blade and Wraithstrike spells. Both of those are good. Dragonskin's nice, as well - gives you a natural armor bonus and some energy resistance. Smiting Spell from PHB2 lets you use a touch spell as part of a melee attack. Arcane Strike, from Complete Warrior, lets you trade excess spell slots for attack and damage bonuses. The Abjurant Champion class is scary powerful. It has full caster progression and full BAB, as well as a bunch of very powerful abilities. The entrance requirements aren't very difficult to attain, either. It's powerful enough that I don't think I'd allow it, as written, but your DM may feel otherwise. [/QUOTE]

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