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<blockquote data-quote="Cap'n Kobold" data-source="post: 8090971" data-attributes="member: 6802951">In actual terms however, Paladins and Rangers don't blend fighting and casting. They cast a concentration buff spell and then just fight in the same fashion as a fighter. They have some combat spells, but practical use of them is rare because they don't have the slots to sustain them usually. The Paladin will burn more slots in combat, but that is through slots powering their class ability, and only rarely actual spells.The class that I've seen blend actual spells and attacks together the best was the Stone Sorceror, because that had access to smite spells, the slots to power them, and no smite class ability that was a better use for their slots than the smite spells were.&nbsp;What sort of effects?&nbsp;That is magic. Just because its not technically casting a spell doesn't stop something from being magical. Artificers and Monks are two very different examples of this.&nbsp;Actually generating and using it effectively using the materials available in that period is going to require science fiction that invokes Clarke's Third Law.&nbsp;What sort of effects? I can guess at the Drugmaking, Battlefield tactics by looking at Alchemist Artificer and Warlord, but a class feature based around knowledge of &quot;Law&quot; does not seem particularly useful without a background or feature that actually grants authority.&nbsp;The issue you need to avoid is locking down a capability of a skill into a class feature.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cap'n Kobold, post: 8090971, member: 6802951"] In actual terms however, Paladins and Rangers don't [I]blend [/I]fighting and casting. They cast a concentration buff spell and then just fight in the same fashion as a fighter. They have some combat spells, but practical use of them is rare because they don't have the slots to sustain them usually. The Paladin will burn more slots in combat, but that is through slots powering their class ability, and only rarely actual spells. The class that I've seen blend actual spells and attacks together the best was the Stone Sorceror, because that had access to smite spells, the slots to power them, and no smite class ability that was a better use for their slots than the smite spells were. What sort of effects? That [I]is[/I] magic. Just because its not technically casting a spell doesn't stop something from being magical. Artificers and Monks are two very different examples of this. Actually generating and using it effectively using the materials available in that period is going to require science fiction that invokes Clarke's Third Law. What sort of effects? I can guess at the Drugmaking, Battlefield tactics by looking at Alchemist Artificer and Warlord, but a class feature based around knowledge of "Law" does not seem particularly useful without a background or feature that actually grants authority. The issue you need to avoid is locking down a capability of a skill into a class feature. [/QUOTE]

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