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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Winterthorn" data-source="post: 3442541" data-attributes="member: 1702">pfffffft!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":eek:" />   <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />  My gawd, I almost spit up all over my keyboard!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Seriously: given the name "Duskblade" and it's elven roots, I think this class should have been presented as a prestige class of 10 levels along time ago; its tight specificities beg a prestige treatment. Alas there are already oodles of prestige classes, and plenty combining some magical ability with melee warrior abilities, so making the Duskblade a prestige class probably risked being redundant. Maybe it can be tweaked into being one in someone's campaign? It's the creative thing I might do in mine if there was player interest for that.I also like the concept of an intelligent warrior who has also mastered some wizardly magic to support his combat effectiveness (in lieu of feats in the case of 3E). I am surprised the Duskblade has not appeared already in some elven oriented material given the popularity of the elf fighter-mage of earlier editions. But 3E studiously steered clear of racial prerequisites for full sized classes; maybe WotC should have said "these full-sized classes in the PH never have racial prerequisites, while those full-sized classes appearing in supplements might depending upon nature of said supplemental material..." (Of course, in the absence of official material, there are always house rules to fall back on **shrug**) As DM the Duskblade looks mecanically respectable. While I still find the name kind of awkward, the class' elven history has potential. I definitely would expand its spell list with spells appropriate and plausible with respect to the class concept - if I played one I'd ask my DM if there were options on the spells. While greater choice can empower a players usage of a PC, it does not always follow that said expanded choice actually raises a PC's mecanical power in game/combat. In other words, greater spell flexibility may enhance PC playability in more situations (given the fiats of DM encounter choices), but it doesn't guarantee an increase in basic power; one just covers more bases. I think the greatest risk to expanding the Duskblade spell list: treading too much upon another class' turf - options should be made with care! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Gee, I hope made sense in all that there  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></blockquote>

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