Stormbinder86
2011-08-07, 01:25 AM
I just started a campaign in which I will eventually become a duskblade.
For this campaign, our DM gave us a restricted list of basic classes to start with, most of which are slight variations of DMG NPC classes, that we will build up until 5th level before taking our main classes which have become 15-level prestige variants of the original class, a la the Unearthed Arcana prestige bard, paladin, and ranger. As stated above, I will eventually be taking duskblade as a prestige class.
However, I am now having second thoughts after being introduced to the Magus from Pathfinder. I honestly cannot see which class I would prefer.
So, I decided to try and come up with a way to have my cake, eat it, and finally blast it with a scorching ray by mashing together the two classes in the following manner.
Remember that my character will already be 5th level by the time I get my first duskblade level. Another thing I should mention is that there are very few magic items in this world. Aside from powerful ancestral relics/legacy weapons left over from an age gone by, most regular magic items have lost power over the years. Mages are sequestered away in a central location and magic is distrusted in general so there's no market to drive the creation of new items en masse. As a result, my character will be exceptionally lucky to have more than 3 or 4 magic items by 20th level:
Gains from Magus class:
Magus Arcana at 1st, 4th, 7th , 10th, and 13th duskblade levels (maintains the progression from Magus class)
Arcane Pool (points only, weapon enhancing ability is a magus arcana choice requiring three levels of Duskblade, this replaces Broad Study on the magus arcana list)
Spell Recall/Improved Spell Recall (both as magus arcana choices, lesser version is a prerequisite for improved version, these replace Dispelling Strike and Spell Blending on the magus arcana list)
Losses from Duskblade class:
Arcane Attunement (we have two other arcane casters in the party, no need for cantrips that I'll never use by the time my character becomes a duskblade)
Spell power (forces me to use feats to augment caster level checks instead of simply channeling, which would deal weapon damage first and resolve the spell afterward)
Quick cast (keeps me from casting anything before/after I attack, cast a different spell, or channel)
Everything else will follow Duskblade rules (good BAB, good Fort, bad Ref, good Will, channeling, duskblade spells/day, spells known, and spell list)
Thoughts? Do my losses seem to balance the gains? Is it skewed one way or another? Is attempting this combination empirical evidence of having my head up my rear end? Thanks ahead of time.
For this campaign, our DM gave us a restricted list of basic classes to start with, most of which are slight variations of DMG NPC classes, that we will build up until 5th level before taking our main classes which have become 15-level prestige variants of the original class, a la the Unearthed Arcana prestige bard, paladin, and ranger. As stated above, I will eventually be taking duskblade as a prestige class.
However, I am now having second thoughts after being introduced to the Magus from Pathfinder. I honestly cannot see which class I would prefer.
So, I decided to try and come up with a way to have my cake, eat it, and finally blast it with a scorching ray by mashing together the two classes in the following manner.
Remember that my character will already be 5th level by the time I get my first duskblade level. Another thing I should mention is that there are very few magic items in this world. Aside from powerful ancestral relics/legacy weapons left over from an age gone by, most regular magic items have lost power over the years. Mages are sequestered away in a central location and magic is distrusted in general so there's no market to drive the creation of new items en masse. As a result, my character will be exceptionally lucky to have more than 3 or 4 magic items by 20th level:
Gains from Magus class:
Magus Arcana at 1st, 4th, 7th , 10th, and 13th duskblade levels (maintains the progression from Magus class)
Arcane Pool (points only, weapon enhancing ability is a magus arcana choice requiring three levels of Duskblade, this replaces Broad Study on the magus arcana list)
Spell Recall/Improved Spell Recall (both as magus arcana choices, lesser version is a prerequisite for improved version, these replace Dispelling Strike and Spell Blending on the magus arcana list)
Losses from Duskblade class:
Arcane Attunement (we have two other arcane casters in the party, no need for cantrips that I'll never use by the time my character becomes a duskblade)
Spell power (forces me to use feats to augment caster level checks instead of simply channeling, which would deal weapon damage first and resolve the spell afterward)
Quick cast (keeps me from casting anything before/after I attack, cast a different spell, or channel)
Everything else will follow Duskblade rules (good BAB, good Fort, bad Ref, good Will, channeling, duskblade spells/day, spells known, and spell list)
Thoughts? Do my losses seem to balance the gains? Is it skewed one way or another? Is attempting this combination empirical evidence of having my head up my rear end? Thanks ahead of time.