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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 5837532" data-attributes="member: 32536">I voted Duskblade, though I don't really see what is so elven about it... It's just a good magical warrior class. It wasn't on the poll, but some of the magical swordplay stuff seen by the non-Warblade Tome of Battle classes like the Swordsage worked pretty well too. 4E's Warden is also a very good magical warrior class, though not really an "arcanist".Anyways, I don't buy the argument that multiclassing should take care of this kind of thing, simply because it really can't. A multiclassed Fighter/Wizard will have a Fighter's strength and a Wizard's spells, but will have no real way to create true synergy between the two. You need new mechanics to create that synergy, and multiclassing doesn't provide them. This is why multiclassing tends to be a pretty poor system. It works better as a way to supplement archetypes rather than as a way to actually create them.An ideal magical warrior class should be able to use magic and weapons at the same time. Basically, such a class needs to be able to imbue every attack with magical effects. It should be the class that can light its sword on fire and enchant its shield to defend against any form of magic. It should have the power to create a giant blade of darkness out of pure magical energy and wield it like a sword. For such a class, spells should be weapon-like and weapons should be spell-like. Any attack should have traits of both.</blockquote>

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