Swordmage Class

[Traycor]

YES!

This was mentioned the most recent playtest: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drpr/20070907a&authentic=true

I really, really, really hope this makes it into the Player's Handbook. It's always so frustrating to need to multi/prestige class to play the type of character I wanted in the first place. I'm assuming this new class would bear some resemblance to the Duskblade. Overall, that class was fairly solid.

The Swordmage name is highly fitting. It's generic enough to allow a wide range of concepts.

Hopefully I can play that elven bladesinger at lvl 1

 

[Cadfan]

Oh, we all know its going to be a Duskblade.

 

[Howndawg]

Swordmage: the long lost love child of the Hexblade and Duskblade, who devoured his parents and took all their stuff. Sounds like it might make "The Complete Arcane Handbook"* when it comes out.

*Note: I totally made up the CAH. I'd lay odds WotC is doing one, but don't quote me as saying the CAH is coming out. Incidently, I'm also making up "The Complete Divine Handbook" and "The Complete Martial Handbook". Remember, I just made them up, I don't want anybody going around saying "WIZARDS IS DOING BLAH BLAH BLAH!"

Howndawg

 

[kenmarable]

I really, really, really hope this makes it into the Player's Handbook.

Considering he mentioned that he "should get around to designing it", I have serious doubts that they would start a new class at this point with any hopes of getting it into the first PHB. The classes are one of the most integral parts of the entire system, and I'm near positive the classes are 90% how they will appear in the PHB - just some fine tuning and possibly debate over whether to drop one or two for later. If they would actually consider adding in a new class at this point in development after they have already been playtesting internally for a year or two, it would be a very dumb and risky thing to do, and WotC R&D aren't dumb.

So, I'd love to see it was well, but it sounds like multiclassing is greatly improved with the swordmage/gish concept being very high on their list for getting it right. But I would not hold out any hope of it appearing as core in PHB 1.

I read that much more as "I should write the swordmage up for my PC" rather than "I should write the swordmage up for the Player's Handbook".

 

[JRR_Talking]

i thought there would be player handbooks 2,3,4,5 et al and not 'complete hamsters handbook'?

john

 

[Charwoman Gene]

i thought there would be player handbooks 2,3,4,5 et al and not 'complete hamsters handbook'?

john

Why can't they do both? They never said the weren't doing one, just people made assumptions.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

We already have the mageblade from Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved. Why not update that into 4E instead of inventing the wheel? (Oh wait, Wizards would have to use OGC and admit that other companies exist....)

 

[Victim]

We already have the mageblade from Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved. Why not update that into 4E instead of inventing the wheel? (Oh wait, Wizards would have to use OGC and admit that other companies exist....)

Or because without using the AE magic system, using an AE casting class is pretty worthless.

 

[The_Gneech]

I don't want anybody going around saying "WIZARDS IS DOING BLAH BLAH BLAH!"

Are you trying to suggest that Wizards isn't doing BLAH BLAH BLAH?

-The Gneech

 

[Elsenrail]

There will be such a class... because there is a novel Swordmage by R. Baker to be released in Mah 2008 as far as I remember.