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Speaking of, you’ll spend a good deal of your slots buffing yourself ( hasted Bladesinger? Even more unhittable) or casting reaction spells. This is especially good at lower levels when spell slots are more scarce. The Bladesinger also gets Extra Attack at 6th level, like the bards mentioned next, but the Bladesinger’s is better because one of them can be a cantrip. Naturally, there are restrictions: no shield, no medium or heavy armor, no two-handing weapons. Super powerful feature! It’s why a two-level wizard dip is attractive to Dexterity-based eldritch knights and arcane tricksters.

and a bonus to your Constitution saving throws to maintain concentration equal to your Intelligence modifier.

Advantage on Dexterity (Acrobatics) checks,.

an increase to your AC equal to your Intelligence modifier,.

You can use it-for up to a minute at a time-as many times as your proficiency modifier between long rests. More importantly, you get the bladesinger’s signature feature: Bladesong. When you choose the Bladesinger subclass at your second wizard level, you get proficiency with one type of one-handed melee weapon and light armor. Your Dexterity plays a big role in rocketing your AC, so deprioritizing it to dish out bonks is a significant blow to your survivability as a frail d6 hit die caster. Hammertime? You can, but Strength weapons are inadvisable. I’ll spare you the trouble of looking up which subclasses make the cut without multiclassing: Bladesinger Wizardīut seriously, the way this subclass works is buffing the character’s Armor Class (AC) up past 20, so they can dart around the battlefield carving up their foes or blasting the hell out of them. A proper spellsword uses magic frequently and flexibly and can cast spells above 5th-level in their prime. The ranger gets close, but not quite there, as it still skews too martial.

A paladin’s slots are mostly for smiting if they’re playing efficiently. Neither are the pure paladin, ranger, and artificer. Second, they also lack the spell slots to make leveled spells an integral part of their fighting until the late game, especially rogues, who are expected to bring a lot of utility to the party. A striker, not a tank.īy this definition, third-caster subclasses of martial classes, like the eldritch knight and arcane trickster, aren’t spellswords.įirst, they only get close to wielding powerful spells late in the game (and most campaigns don’t get anywhere near high-level play ( source)). They move quickly to make the most of good positioning, switching between weapons (often magically enhanced) and spellcasting as needed.

#5E SORCERER GISH FULL#

Animes are chock-full of magic swordsfolk, the Witcher series is super popular (longsword in one hand, magic in the other), and Gandalf himself is an early example of this type of character.ĭ&D 5e is the go-to fantasy tabletop RPG, and you can certainly mix and match magic and martial prowess with its vast array of player options, but I’m going to argue for-and use-a stricter definition of spellsword that narrows things to a particular playstyle.Ī spellsword is more magically adept than a half-caster, better at melee than most full casters, and not as hardy as a martial character.

The all-rounder warrior who’s competent at swinging a sword and slinging spells-and they’re probably up for some skulduggery, too! Many people want to play this character type in D&D.