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<blockquote data-quote="Esker" data-source="post: 7607494" data-attributes="member: 6966824">What are the main factors leading you to opt for 7/4 over 6/5? Is it eventually getting war magic? Notice that in the progression you gave above (Fighter 3 --&gt; Wizard 2 --&gt; Fighter 7 --&gt; Wizard 4), you don't get second level spells until level 9, two levels behind a single classed EK, and you don't get an ASI until level 6. That seems rough to me. You get a whole lot of cantrips and 1st level spells by level 4, but how many of those do you really need? There's so much tasty magic at 2nd level for a gish.Wouldn't you be better off going Fighter 1 --&gt; Wizard 4 --&gt; Fighter 6 --&gt; ? (assuming you're not planning to use haste)? I realize that this delays your extra attack until level 9 vs level 7, but if you're coming around to using shadow blade regularly, 3d8+4 from SB+BB is more average damage than 2 x (2d6+4), and at levels 7 and 8, for two fights a day you can boost that to 3d8+4+1d8.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Esker, post: 7607494, member: 6966824"] What are the main factors leading you to opt for 7/4 over 6/5? Is it eventually getting war magic? Notice that in the progression you gave above (Fighter 3 --> Wizard 2 --> Fighter 7 --> Wizard 4), you don't get second level spells until level 9, two levels behind a single classed EK, and you don't get an ASI until level 6. That seems rough to me. You get a whole lot of cantrips and 1st level spells by level 4, but how many of those do you really need? There's so much tasty magic at 2nd level for a gish. Wouldn't you be better off going Fighter 1 --> Wizard 4 --> Fighter 6 --> ? (assuming you're not planning to use haste)? I realize that this delays your extra attack until level 9 vs level 7, but if you're coming around to using shadow blade regularly, 3d8+4 from SB+BB is more average damage than 2 x (2d6+4), and at levels 7 and 8, for two fights a day you can boost that to 3d8+4+1d8. [/QUOTE]

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