The Purpose of a Spellsword

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The Purpose of a Spellsword

Post by DeflectiveQuestion » Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:05 pm

Are they meant to be spill-slingers with some utility in melee, front-liners with some utility in casting, party-support buffers?

What is the endgame gear? Right now, I'm planning on greensteel and using the spellsword as a flanking melee support with some direct damage spells, but is that "correct"?


Or are they meant to buff, equip armor and swing for the fences?

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Re: The Purpose of a Spellsword

Post by Miskol » Sat Dec 01, 2018 9:33 pm

They can be stand alone melees. In end game their AC can reach mid 60s and AB low 40s I believe.

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Re: The Purpose of a Spellsword

Post by DeflectiveQuestion » Sun Dec 02, 2018 8:39 pm

Do they have any utility as a DC-based caster with some minor ability in melee? Or are they basically up-trumped battle-bards?

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Re: The Purpose of a Spellsword

Post by The Rambling Midget » Sun Dec 02, 2018 8:48 pm

DeflectiveQuestion wrote:
Sun Dec 02, 2018 8:39 pm
Do they have any utility as a DC-based caster with some minor ability in melee? Or are they basically up-trumped battle-bards?
You could play that way early game, but when you get to epics, you'll just end up being bad at both. Spellswords, as they are on Arelith, are meant to focus on melee. If you focus on casting, your restrictions will make you a less useful mage with no special abilities, and the cost of boosting your DCs will make you worthless in melee against anything that matters.
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Re: The Purpose of a Spellsword

Post by Maladus » Mon Dec 03, 2018 1:04 am

They hit like truck in melee.

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Re: The Purpose of a Spellsword

Post by Miskol » Mon Dec 03, 2018 3:59 pm

DeflectiveQuestion wrote:
Sun Dec 02, 2018 8:39 pm
Do they have any utility as a DC-based caster with some minor ability in melee? Or are they basically up-trumped battle-bards?
See: http://wiki.arelith.com/Spellsword

Should answer most, if not all of your questions.

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