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<blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 3774797" data-attributes="member: 32536">I really like the idea for the Swordmage that was given in that blog post. It makes it sound like something different than what a multicalss Fighter/Wizard would be, and I think that is important. Even if you have good multi-classing rules which allow a Fighter/Wizard multiclass character, there is plenty of room for something which takes the concept of an armored arcane weapon-user and does something that can't be replicated with multiclassing.To use a slightly obsure videogame example...In Final Fantasy 5, it is possible to have a Traveller (fighter) or Knight (a fighter who protects his allies) who knows magic of some kind. Also, the Red Mage class (which can fight, as well as use both healing and destructive magic) is similar. However, there is also a dedicated Sorcerer (in Japan, called the Sword-magic User) who combines magic and swordplay in ways that a Knight with magic skills cannot, infusing hiw weapon with magic and casting destructive spells with each strike of his sword.A Fighter/Wizard multiclass is like a Final Fantasy Knight with Black Magic, or a Red Mage. A Swordmage would be the Final Fantasy Sorcerer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TwinBahamut, post: 3774797, member: 32536"] I really like the idea for the Swordmage that was given in that blog post. It makes it sound like something different than what a multicalss Fighter/Wizard would be, and I think that is important. Even if you have good multi-classing rules which allow a Fighter/Wizard multiclass character, there is plenty of room for something which takes the concept of an armored arcane weapon-user and does something that can't be replicated with multiclassing. To use a slightly obsure videogame example... In Final Fantasy 5, it is possible to have a Traveller (fighter) or Knight (a fighter who protects his allies) who knows magic of some kind. Also, the Red Mage class (which can fight, as well as use both healing and destructive magic) is similar. However, there is also a dedicated Sorcerer (in Japan, called the Sword-magic User) who combines magic and swordplay in ways that a Knight with magic skills cannot, infusing hiw weapon with magic and casting destructive spells with each strike of his sword. A Fighter/Wizard multiclass is like a Final Fantasy Knight with Black Magic, or a Red Mage. A Swordmage would be the Final Fantasy Sorcerer. [/QUOTE]

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