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<blockquote data-quote="auburn2" data-source="post: 8059326" data-attributes="member: 6855259">In a party of characters where allies can help keep the enemy off you maybe.&nbsp; By yourself no, especially if you are not using blur, mirror image or a similar defensive spell (which would eliminate most of the extra damage).&nbsp; There is also a big difference between not &quot;getting hit all that much&quot; and very rarely getting hit at all.&nbsp; A pure bladesinger is the latter.&nbsp; With a pure bladesinger you should enter most battles and fully expect that you will not get damaged by a weapon attack at all.It is simple&nbsp; math.&nbsp; An enemy with a measly +3 to hit will make you take damage or put up a shield once out of every four times he attacks, twice as many spell slots is twice as many shields.&nbsp; Add in blur and that same enemy only has about 1 in 18 chance of making you use shield at all and only 1 in 400 chance of hitting if he does.&nbsp; Mathematically, your mixed bladesinger has fewer slots but uses shield 5 times as much, gets hit 20 times more often while using shield and gets hit 100 times more often if he runs out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="auburn2, post: 8059326, member: 6855259"] In a party of characters where allies can help keep the enemy off you maybe. By yourself no, especially if you are not using blur, mirror image or a similar defensive spell (which would eliminate most of the extra damage). There is also a big difference between not "getting hit all that much" and very rarely getting hit at all. A pure bladesinger is the latter. With a pure bladesinger you should enter most battles and fully expect that you will not get damaged by a weapon attack at all. It is simple math. An enemy with a measly +3 to hit will make you take damage or put up a shield once out of every four times he attacks, twice as many spell slots is twice as many shields. Add in blur and that same enemy only has about 1 in 18 chance of making you use shield at all and only 1 in 400 chance of hitting if he does. Mathematically, your mixed bladesinger has fewer slots but uses shield 5 times as much, gets hit 20 times more often while using shield and gets hit 100 times more often if he runs out. [/QUOTE]

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