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<blockquote data-quote="deganawida" data-source="post: 5143236" data-attributes="member: 67836">Hmm.&nbsp; That seems more to me like a battle-wizard than a warrior-mage.&nbsp; We may have a semantic conflict here, in that warrior-mage means something specific to me, that of a man who fights with both steel and spell equally.&nbsp; The way you describe the swordmage makes it seem as though they only fight with spell, which reflects what I have seen of the powers, in that many involve attacks with the sword and yet do no physical damage.This helps, in that it gives me a good idea of how the swordmage plays.&nbsp; Personal opinion, but this is probably what throws me off about the swordmage:&nbsp; They don't really engage their targets.&nbsp; It may be limiting, but I see a Defender as holding the line, standing toe-to-toe with his foe.&nbsp; The swordmage, as you so well described, does not do this.&nbsp; I'm not sure that I can come to terms with that, as far as playing one. That's probably due to many of the paragon paths for it having Realms-specific fluff in them, and the origins of the swordmages relying heavily upon two specific races (genasi and eladrin), one of which was also (re)introduced in the FRPG.&nbsp; I'm not a fan of the Realms, and so I'm probably over-emphasizing the influence the Realms fluff has on the class. It has, thanks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="deganawida, post: 5143236, member: 67836"] Hmm. That seems more to me like a battle-wizard than a warrior-mage. We may have a semantic conflict here, in that warrior-mage means something specific to me, that of a man who fights with both steel and spell equally. The way you describe the swordmage makes it seem as though they only fight with spell, which reflects what I have seen of the powers, in that many involve attacks with the sword and yet do no physical damage. This helps, in that it gives me a good idea of how the swordmage plays. Personal opinion, but this is probably what throws me off about the swordmage: They don't really engage their targets. It may be limiting, but I see a Defender as holding the line, standing toe-to-toe with his foe. The swordmage, as you so well described, does not do this. I'm not sure that I can come to terms with that, as far as playing one. That's probably due to many of the paragon paths for it having Realms-specific fluff in them, and the origins of the swordmages relying heavily upon two specific races (genasi and eladrin), one of which was also (re)introduced in the FRPG. I'm not a fan of the Realms, and so I'm probably over-emphasizing the influence the Realms fluff has on the class. It has, thanks! [/QUOTE]

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