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auron5881 08-13-05, 04:48 PM	I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on making an effective SINGLE player War mage.Im making one now for a game im gonna be playing in and im not familar with spellcasting cause i have always played rogues and etc :P but yeah...probably will be fighting alot of rogue type characters, dextrous fast some weapon finesse...not getting to that high of levels (10 at MOST) AC is ok as i got him 17 ac studded leather and a buckler.Planning on upgrading to a chain shirt later.I would like to give him a reach weapon but then i would need a prof feat unless i wanted to use a long spear ;) gave him imrpoved init, and precoscious apprentice(scorching ray), which should help me keep up with the rogues im expecting and scorching ray will be quite useful as i dont even get 2nd level spells until lv 4. scores are STR 13 DEX 17 CON 12 INT 16 WIS 10 CHA 18 cha was ofcourse my most important along with dex and int (i put 17 on dex as i figured a potential higher AC will be more important than +1 damage) then STR as my backup attacks are my weapons, then 12 in con to get a little extra hp and well wis is a dump for me... Any suggestions? sry if this is the wrong board but i saw the other optimizing thread here and decided i might as well make on for myself, move it if necessary
allenchan 08-13-05, 05:00 PM	This should be on the character optimization forums.
auron5881 08-13-05, 05:34 PM	well thats what i was thinking..as i said i just made this on the whim cuz i saw another thread like it here.. :rolleyes: if a wizo can move it please do so
Merestil Haye 08-13-05, 06:03 PM	Some feats. Extra Edge gives you a higher damage bonus for your spells. Makes even things like Ray of Frost carry a punch. Need to be 4th level Warmage for that though. Battle Caster allows you to wear medium armour and ignore ASF. Arcane Strike (a feat from Complete Warrior, I think) is very good if you enter combat a lot. Enables you to spend a spell slot for a bonus to hit equal to the level of the spell slot expended, and a number of d4 bonus damage equal to the bonus to hit. Two small problems with the class. You are a spontaneous caster, so using metamagic feats is a full round action (and since the Sudden feats are metamagic the full-round action rule does apply). The Extra Learning class ability, particularly the 3rd level one, is very limited in application. From the PHB and all the Complete books combined, the only spell you can take is Tenser's Floating Disk. You may not like that very much.
auron5881 08-13-05, 08:20 PM	hmm ya i forgot all about battle caster, and i did not know that arcan strike adds a bonus to hit...*reconsiders* i shall ponder..in meantime any wizos, please move thread to CO forum :D