Questions tagged [swordmage]
In 4th edition D&D the swordmage is an arcane class that fills the defender role, using magically-powered sword attacks to hinder enemies.
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What is the allure of Ensnaring Swordmages?
I know this is bordering on off-topic for this site. However, many of the old class guides started with a section explaining why you would pick each subclass, which gave a quite good answer for these ...
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How to increase the burst size of Swordmage Aegis?
I think I saw a feat somewhere years ago that increased the distance I could use my Swordmage Aegis at, but I can't find it.
What is it called? Or was is a Paragon Path?
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Can a Swordmage use Spikes of Agony with every use of Aegis of Assault, or only once per encounter?
The Swormage has the 7th level Encounter Power Spikes of Agony. This Encounter has an effect that includes the At-Will Aegis of Assault. When attacking with Aegis of Assault you normally make a melee ...
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What counts as a successful melee attack for Juan Marcano's Swordmage?
I'm using Juan Marcano's Swordmage in D&D 5e (published via the Dungeon Masters Guild).
Most of the Swordmage's spells require a "successful melee attack" in order to be cast. Does this count as ...
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Does Double or Total Aegis require dropping all targets to zero to reactivate Aegis?
With Hybrid Swordmages, you only get the Aegis once per encounter, but you can regain it by dropping the marked enemy to 0. What if you mark using Total Aegis or Double Aegis, though? Do you have to ...
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How do Primordial Blade and Githyanki Silver Weapon interact?
So, the Githyanki Silver Blade turns all damage dealt by it to Psychic, and Primordial Blade (16th level Malec-Keth Janissary) adds +1d4 of one of (Fire, Lightning, Thunder, Cold) to the damage. If I ...
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Question about Inescapable Fisherman Variant
Specifically, I'm asking about the single-class Swordmage
Deva build in the bottom spoiler in this link:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150916223017/http://community.wizards.com/content/forum-topic/...
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What paragon path should I choose for my Kobold Ensnaring Swordmage?
I've got a Kobold Ensnaring Swordmage (currently L9) in an ongoing War of the Burning Sky campaign, and I am slightly stumped on paragon path choices.
Yes I'm aware that Swordmage is a janky class ...
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Which book is the Black Blade feature for the SwordMage in?
I remember reading something about a 'black blade' class feature for the swordmage but now I can't find it. It was basically where the 'black blade' was an intelligent weapon with it's own agenda. I ...
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Does this combination of Battlemage Readiness & Spellsword Perfection with Dimensional Charge work?
Can an assault swordmage combine Battlemage Readiness & Spellsword Perfection to gain a 4[W] immediate reaction whenever an enemy violates its mark?
Battlemage Readiness (11th level): When you ...
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Is there a Swordmage in 3.5e? [duplicate]
My friend plays 4e and he enjoys the swordmage class. He was wondering if it's in 3.5 so he can use it in a campaign I'm making. Is it?
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How Powerful is a Swordmage's Swordbond?
Swordmage's have a class feature called Swordmage Bonding. I'm wondering about two aspects of this feature.
Calling Your Sword
You're supposed to be able to call your sword to your hand:
As a ...
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Can I Skip the Shift and Slide from Luring Strike's Hit?
Luring Strike is a swordmage melee at-will attack power found in Arcane Power. It's Hit line reads:
1[W] damage. You shift 1 square and slide the target 1 square into the space you occupied.
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Do I Have to take a Power's Extra Benefit Granted by my Class Feature?
Some powers have extra or different benefits depending on which class features you pick. For the purposes of this question I will refer to the power which prompted it, the Swordmage's level 3 ...
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Can I Take Advantage of both a Versatile Weapon and Swordmage Warding?
In 4th Edition D&D, Swordmages have a feature called Swordmage Warding, which reads:
While you are conscious and wielding either a light blade or a heavy blade, you maintain a field of magical ...
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Does Intelligent Blademaster affect Thrown Melee Weapons?
The Intelligent Blademaster Feat says that it allows the swordmage to use intelligence for basic attacks with melee weapons.
As it doesn't specify whether the melee weapons have to perform a melee ...
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Does Swordmage Warding benefit a multiclassed wizard's summoned creatures?
Okay, I looked around online and read both Forgotten Realms and Arcane Power, but am unclear on if Swordmage Warding benefits a Wizard's Summoned creatures.
I'm a wizard who has the Blade Initiate ...
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What kinds of misc (implement, ki focus, that sort of thing) items can a swordmage equip?
I am playing a swordmage, and have 620 gp. My DM decided to open the shop so that we can buy some items with our cash. I don't know what I can actually use though.
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How do brutal and high crit weapons interact with non [W] damaging attack powers?
At least two Swordmage powers are weapon powers, that deal fixed dice of damage rather than [W]s of damage.
Spidersilk Slash ddi is a weapon power that deals 1d10 + int mod damage.
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