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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shin Okada" data-source="post: 5054599" data-attributes="member: 1956">Duskblade is not underpowered at all. It is a full-BAB class with spell-casting ability. Thus, a single-class Duskblade can have better BAB than multi-classed fighter mages and yet have unique class ability which can combine your spellcasting ability and melee attacks.At lower levels, you can just channel damaging touch attack spells such as Shocking Grasp or Vampiric Touch via your sword. And when needed, you can quick cast True Strike and use Power Attack to increase damage. At higher levels, you start to combine spell channeling and Arcane Strike feat, almost all of your combat turns.The class is rather weak in ranged spells, though. Still, Scorching Ray is not a bad spell and you can change it's energy type via Energy Substitution feat if needed.For defense, you have to start from chain shirt (but even fighters do so at the 1st-level). But you will eventually start to wear Mithral Full-Plate (or Heavy Plate) as a suit of heavy armor made of mithral is considered to be a medium armor. And you will likely to combine it with an animated heavy shield. And Duskblade has, like cleric, two good saving throws. Fort and Will, the more important ones.</blockquote>