Militia Feat for Eldritch Knight?

[Kobold Stew]

...but if you actually use those weapon proficiencies and the synergies that wizard has to offer for melee combat, you can make those two levels pay for themselves pretty definitively.

Elder-Basilisk,

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but I'm curious: could you please expand on this a bit? Particularly what you mean by the "synergies" -- do you mean buffing and polymorph spells alone? (That is the strategy adopted by the only Eld Knight I've seen played.) Are there other tactical approaches for a "straight" Eldritch Knight?

Thanks.

 

[Glyfair]

If you decide to shift the balance of the class by allowing it at the loss of only a single caster level, it may well stay balanced for people who want to play their eldritch knight like he was a straight-levelled caster, but it will be a pretty significant increase in power for people who play the class as a heavily magical fighter.

I agree with this statement in principle. However, how many people who take this route are actually planning on playing a heavily magical fighter? Avoiding taking a fighter level in order to take this class certainly doesn't seem close to being attractive to the heavily magical fighter archetype.

 

[blargney the second]

Reported.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Reported.

What? Why?

 

[rgard]

Reported.

Not getting that either, but nice thread necromancy in any case. Makes me want to look at EK with the Militia feat as I've already done the Battle Sorcerer, Wiz/Fighter/Spellsword and Duskblade.

Thanks,
Rich

 

[blargney the second]

There was a spam that necro'd the thread, so I reported it. It was subsequently deleted, which made my post look funny.
-blarg

 

[rgard]

There was a spam that necro'd the thread, so I reported it. It was subsequently deleted, which made my post look funny.
-blarg

That explains it. Thanks for the follow up note.