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<blockquote data-quote="jmartkdr2" data-source="post: 8199984" data-attributes="member: 7017304">Welcome!I pulled out this paragraph because I want to say: there's a darn good argument to be made that this character concept doesn't need a new class. 5e doesn't have a good swordmage, but that's not intrinsic to 5e's core rules. Nor is it because swordmage can't be fit into any existing class. It's just that there aren't any good/satisfying official options.Paladin and hexblade both do a pretty good job getting the feel of blended magic and weapons, but with rp baggage that's hard to excise without a lot of houseruled changes to class features. Eldritch Knight gets enough spell slots, they just don't get the right spells. Even swords bard comes close-ish, although again you don't have enough of the right kinds of spells to make playing like a swordmage attractive compared to playing like a bard. So I suppose part of the answer to OP's question is &quot;because it shouldn't be necessary&quot; (or even &quot;we do, but nobody likes the one we have.&quot;)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jmartkdr2, post: 8199984, member: 7017304"] Welcome! I pulled out this paragraph because I want to say: there's a darn good argument to be made that this character concept [I]doesn't[/I] need a new class. 5e doesn't have a good swordmage, but that's not intrinsic to 5e's core rules. Nor is it because swordmage [I]can't[/I] be fit into any existing class. It's just that there aren't any good/satisfying official options. Paladin and hexblade both do a pretty good job getting the feel of blended magic and weapons, but with rp baggage that's hard to excise without a lot of houseruled changes to class features. Eldritch Knight gets enough spell slots, they just don't get the right spells. Even swords bard comes close-ish, although again you don't have enough of the right kinds of spells to make playing like a swordmage attractive compared to playing like a bard. So I suppose part of the answer to OP's question is "because it shouldn't be necessary" (or even "we do, but nobody likes the one we have.") [/QUOTE]

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