Metal or magery [Archive] - Wizards Community

Metal or magery [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Henry_Fitsroy
08-23-07, 11:23 PM Hi im tossing up between a warforged fighter with adamantine skin towershield and bastard sword or a Elf Wizard who using the complete mage rules is a focused specalised caster and i was wondering on oppinions on how to max them out only using core ebberon and the complete series
Michael_Silverforge
08-24-07, 03:12 PM How about both?

Start with a Warforged fighter with Adamantine Body Feat, take four levels of fighter, then two levels of Wizard, go into the Abjurant Champion prestige class (Complete Mage), take all five levels there, then switch into Eldritch Knight (DMG).

Only problem may be Arcane Spell Failure Chance with the Adamantine Body Feat, I don't have ECS in front of me to check. However, you can overcome that with the Still Feat, raises the spell level but you can still cast them with no Failure Chance.
TiwazTyrsfist
08-24-07, 08:08 PM Go Mithral Body if you go the Gish route, less spell failure, and I think the secondary feat (Mithral Fluidity?) reduces the Spell failure even more.

Still good AC, but less spell failure.
And if you take the Armored Caster Substitution level in (I think) complete arcane, you have no spell failure chance then.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Henry_Fitsroy 08-23-07, 11:23 PM	Hi im tossing up between a warforged fighter with adamantine skin towershield and bastard sword or a Elf Wizard who using the complete mage rules is a focused specalised caster and i was wondering on oppinions on how to max them out only using core ebberon and the complete series
Michael_Silverforge 08-24-07, 03:12 PM	How about both? Start with a Warforged fighter with Adamantine Body Feat, take four levels of fighter, then two levels of Wizard, go into the Abjurant Champion prestige class (Complete Mage), take all five levels there, then switch into Eldritch Knight (DMG). Only problem may be Arcane Spell Failure Chance with the Adamantine Body Feat, I don't have ECS in front of me to check. However, you can overcome that with the Still Feat, raises the spell level but you can still cast them with no Failure Chance.
TiwazTyrsfist 08-24-07, 08:08 PM	Go Mithral Body if you go the Gish route, less spell failure, and I think the secondary feat (Mithral Fluidity?) reduces the Spell failure even more. Still good AC, but less spell failure. And if you take the Armored Caster Substitution level in (I think) complete arcane, you have no spell failure chance then.