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My warrior-mage has 4 Fighter levels--let's make them count!
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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 2416584" data-attributes="member: 8158"><p>I'm creating a character that will start taking warmage or sorcerer levels at 5th level, and work his way towards the eldritch knight or spellsword PrC. </p><p></p><p>I was originally thinking along the lines of a two-bladed swordsman, partially because I haven't seen one in action before and partially because I need to keep a hand free for casting. I figure when I can take a full attack action I'll use the sword and when I can't I'll toss a spell. </p><p></p><p>So, with four fighter levels to build on, I figure I'll go human since there's no other race that will compiment what I'm trying to do (with dwarf there's that hit to Cha). That gives me three feats of my choosing plus three from the fighter list. </p><p></p><p>1st--2WF, EWP, WF</p><p>2nd--PA</p><p>3rd--???</p><p>4th--WS</p><p></p><p>So, what to do at third level? Oversized 2WF is a bit of a waste with a two-bladed sword, but it does allow me to use power attack with each end at a reduced penalty. Alternatively, I can go the Monkey Grip route and have a large two-bladed sword with both ends doing 2d6, but I'm taking an additional -2 penalty on attacks doing so, which means I probably wouldn't even be bothering with Power Attack (drop PA and take Oversized 2WF and Monkey Grip perhaps?). Then there's Two-Weapon Defense; I will be wearing light armor so I can probably use all the defense I can get. </p><p></p><p>After 4th, feats are pretty well used-up for a while (Practiced Spellcaster at 6th, probably Improved 2WF at 9th, Improved Crit. at 12th...). Advice is appreciated.</p><p></p><p>On a related note, I do realize how badly I need good ability scores to pull off a fighter/warmage. I'm also looking at the possiblity of taking a template or level-adjusted race. It would have to be pretty good though. I was thinking the half-vamp from Libris Mortis; +2 Str, +2 Dex, +2 Cha, +2 natural armor, DR 5/silver or magic would all shore up some defecits. If you can think of anything that would work out here, please let me know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Felon, post: 2416584, member: 8158"] I'm creating a character that will start taking warmage or sorcerer levels at 5th level, and work his way towards the eldritch knight or spellsword PrC. I was originally thinking along the lines of a two-bladed swordsman, partially because I haven't seen one in action before and partially because I need to keep a hand free for casting. I figure when I can take a full attack action I'll use the sword and when I can't I'll toss a spell. So, with four fighter levels to build on, I figure I'll go human since there's no other race that will compiment what I'm trying to do (with dwarf there's that hit to Cha). That gives me three feats of my choosing plus three from the fighter list. 1st--2WF, EWP, WF 2nd--PA 3rd--??? 4th--WS So, what to do at third level? Oversized 2WF is a bit of a waste with a two-bladed sword, but it does allow me to use power attack with each end at a reduced penalty. Alternatively, I can go the Monkey Grip route and have a large two-bladed sword with both ends doing 2d6, but I'm taking an additional -2 penalty on attacks doing so, which means I probably wouldn't even be bothering with Power Attack (drop PA and take Oversized 2WF and Monkey Grip perhaps?). Then there's Two-Weapon Defense; I will be wearing light armor so I can probably use all the defense I can get. After 4th, feats are pretty well used-up for a while (Practiced Spellcaster at 6th, probably Improved 2WF at 9th, Improved Crit. at 12th...). Advice is appreciated. On a related note, I do realize how badly I need good ability scores to pull off a fighter/warmage. I'm also looking at the possiblity of taking a template or level-adjusted race. It would have to be pretty good though. I was thinking the half-vamp from Libris Mortis; +2 Str, +2 Dex, +2 Cha, +2 natural armor, DR 5/silver or magic would all shore up some defecits. If you can think of anything that would work out here, please let me know. [/QUOTE]
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