What do you think of the Duskblade?

[wildstarsreach]

The character that I have in play is at 6th level. I'm going the route of a backup tank with mithril fullplate. I did some projections out to 20th level and I come up with an AC of over 40 and +35 to attack and spells to boot. Going down to a medium BAB and increasing the spell list would be great but I like the class as is.

The class comes out to a decent backup fighter and an adequet backup wizard. It's not everything but it is a good compromise. Most people I think from impressions think you need to be cast 9th level spells, fight as well as a fighter in full armor. This class offer everything that I want. In fact my group bristles with irritation when I do an attack that does 5d6 shocking grasp + 3d6 Blade of blood and a d8 +3. I'm doing about 40% of the CR's that we are fighting in one hit. The class is incredibly strong in a short single encounter. It is a good class on the strong side for the long 3-5 encounter stint.

 

[DM-Rocco]

Oh, that is a new one for me, thanks

 

[DM-Rocco]

slightly off topic, what do you guys think of the eldritch knight? Do you think it is worth the reduction in spell casting ability?

 

[Wolfwood2]

slightly off topic, what do you guys think of the eldritch knight? Do you think it is worth the reduction in spell casting ability?

The Eldritch Knight will be less useful than a straight spellcaster, but if spells are selected to play to its strengths, it can be useful enough so that the player doesn't feel frustrated at how inferior their PC is to the other PCs.

 

[wildstarsreach]

slightly off topic, what do you guys think of the eldritch knight? Do you think it is worth the reduction in spell casting ability?

I love it since I love the general idea of the gish. Somewhere is a perfect gish build but here is what I think is idea Human

1 F1 WF 2Hand Sword, Improved Initiative, Power Attack
2 W1
3 W2 Empower even though you can't effectively use it yet
4 w3
5 w4
6 w5 Sudden maximize, Arcane Strike
7 EK1/w5 Practiced Spell caster
8 EK2/w6(8)
9 Spellsword1/W7(9) Extend spell, get -10% arcane penalty
10 Abjurant Champion 1/W8(10)
11 AC 2/W9(11)
12 AC 3/w10(12) Craft Arms and Armor, I like the idea of custom making my own items
13 AC 4/w11(13)
14 AC 5/w12(14)
15 EK3/w13(15) Craft Contingent spell, an awesome prepatory ability
16 EK4/w14(16)
17 EK5/w15(17)
18 ek6/w16(18) Persistant because I like the idea of a broken 24 hour wraithstriking power attacking arcane strike monkey. Broke and should be banned.
19 ek7/w17(19)
20 ek8/w18(20)

BA +17, enough HP but with great prepatory abilities, custom magic items, 9th level spells, ability to wear lt mithril armors with no or almost no penalty or mithril plate with only 1 in 6 spells failing and the potential for brokenness.

You also cast in damage potential per spell equal to the wizard/sorcerer in your group.

You could substitute Sorcerer and still have 9th level spells at 20th level instead of 19th for the wizard base class.