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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ppaladin123" data-source="post: 4486592" data-attributes="member: 60923">A common complaint (based on anecdotal evidence: conversations and message board posts) during the 3.0-3.5e era (and possibly before that) was that it was difficult to build a good "gish." Whether because of caster-level loss, arcane spell failure, flavor (e.g. the fighter and wizard abilities didn't work together)or something of the sort, the various prestige classes didn't cut it for some people. The duskblade base class may have approached the gish more closely but (on the wizard's board at least) it was typically characterized as a (mechanically) weak option. I am interested in the opinions of those who have had a chance to look through the new FRPG and evaluate the swordmage class. I am especially interested in the opinions of those who were previously frustrated in their attempts to build a gish/or who were otherwise dissatisfied with the results.: Does this class adequately capture the flavor of a fighter-wizard hybrid? Mechanically does it work? Is it different enough from both the fighter and the wizard to suggest a distinct fighting-style?  Is there anything important about a gish that the creators seemed to miss? I'd liek to hear comments/critique/evaluation of the class. It's impossible not to bring edition comparisons into the conversation but please, let's try not to turn this into an edition war thread.</blockquote>