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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sitara" data-source="post: 4259917" data-attributes="member: 58107">In other words:1)Wizards lied when they said warrior-mages would be a viable concept. i could tell by their evasive squirming on the subject, but I held out hope. I like the fact that multi-classing is limited, but the warrior-mage concept is something that should have been designed intot he game from the ground up. It is such an important archtype. Even MMORPG'S have it.2)Its shocking! that we STILL cannot get warrior-mages right after the enitre 3E fiasco regarding this. Even the temporary fixes in 3E (aka eldritch knight) were still subpar. 3) With the way arcane 'magic' is  balanced against everything else, this would have been the best edition to write up a warrior-mage base class and have it balanced with everyone else.4)We should not have to wait for FR when we get the sword-mage. Also, from what JI gather sword-mage wont be a warrior-mage in the classical sense (i.e. a someone who swings a big sword with one hand and shoots lightning out the other) SM will have teleportation and buffs mostly.@OP: Sorry to sound grim, but I have to say if you want to play a warrior-mage in Dungeons and Dragons I say you play a game/campaign using AD&D 2E, which had the best iteration of fighter/mages of any edition of dnd. Just yoink the elven racial requirement, make sure you memorize mage armor and have it cast on yourself all the time (until you get a suit of elven chain and/or the stoneskin spell) and just go crazy. Yeah you will be a level or two behind other members of your party but thats a small price to pay.If you are dead set on playing a WM in 4e, you could go with what the others have said, though keep in mind you will not be as good in one of the departments (fighter or wizard/warlock). IMO the best option for a fighter-mage in 4e at this point may very well be the Paladin class, what with the glowy sword and calling fire down fom heaven and all that. mayeb take the wizard, warlock or cleric training to get one of their ranged powers.</blockquote>

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