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<blockquote data-quote="Tales and Chronicles" data-source="post: 8201193" data-attributes="member: 6871653">As for the ''job'' of a swordmage, I quite like the idea behind the Malec-Keth Janissary paragon path from 4e, in which you were a bodyguard for elemental lord (mostly genies). I modified the text a little to fit more general swordmages, I kept the term Janissary, since it sounds to me a nice equivalent to the Paladin:''Janissaries are products of the elite arcane and military practices and experimentations taught in the war-magic academies in the City of Brass, Abeir, lost Netherese enclaves or other planar metropolises. Highly disciplined and rigorously trained, Janissaries have a fighting style demonstrative of their mastery of mind and body. They learn offensive and defensive techniques to protect their wards, and they also study music, art, and language.Many Janissaries are servants to powerful masters, both humanoid and elemental, fey and undead. Proud and loyal, janissaries are single-minded in defense of their allies and masters. They favor a modest appearance; the only distinguishing mark a janissary bears is the tattoo of single blue flame on the brow that declares him or her a graduate of a planar academies. Those who wear the mark of janissaries are known far and wide among the elemental or other planar realms for their determination and deadly skill with spell and blade.Many powerful lords and ladies favor janissaries as bodyguards for their defensive abilities and courtly grace. Other janissaries owe allegiance to no clear master, preferring to use their training to further their own ambitions.''</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tales and Chronicles, post: 8201193, member: 6871653"] As for the ''job'' of a swordmage, I quite like the idea behind the Malec-Keth Janissary paragon path from 4e, in which you were a bodyguard for elemental lord (mostly genies). I modified the text a little to fit more general swordmages, I kept the term Janissary, since it sounds to me a nice equivalent to the Paladin: ''Janissaries are products of the elite arcane and military practices and experimentations taught in the war-magic academies in the City of Brass, Abeir, lost Netherese enclaves or other planar metropolises. Highly disciplined and rigorously trained, Janissaries have a fighting style demonstrative of their mastery of mind and body. They learn offensive and defensive techniques to protect their wards, and they also study music, art, and language. Many Janissaries are servants to powerful masters, both humanoid and elemental, fey and undead. Proud and loyal, janissaries are single-minded in defense of their allies and masters. They favor a modest appearance; the only distinguishing mark a janissary bears is the tattoo of single blue flame on the brow that declares him or her a graduate of a planar academies. Those who wear the mark of janissaries are known far and wide among the elemental or other planar realms for their determination and deadly skill with spell and blade. Many powerful lords and ladies favor janissaries as bodyguards for their defensive abilities and courtly grace. Other janissaries owe allegiance to no clear master, preferring to use their training to further their own ambitions.'' [/QUOTE]

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