"Gun Mage" - How would you do it? - Downloaded from the Wizards Community, all coding removed by Solauren

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#1 gremlin582 Dec 10, 2010 19:22:54	Hey all, I had some ideas for a kind of "Gun Mage" archetype. I was thinking Wizard 6/Fighter2/Abjurant Champion 5/Eldritch Knight 7. But I was curious how other people might optimize and/or build such a being.
#2 cosmo007 Dec 11, 2010 0:15:10	I know it's 3rd party, but look at the Iron Kingdoms player's guide. There's a base class with the Gun-Mage moniker. It's not bad. 6th level spells, spontaneous casting. I dig it. Best to you!
#3 NiteCyper Dec 11, 2010 7:05:27	I would optimize the Artificer base class (Blastificer). Last resort: I would mute fluff, and gun with any blaster (e.g., Warlock, Warmage, etc.). ideas, lines ordered by appeal, descending Wand sheath Warforged component, the "Magic Device Attunement" feat and other UMD-related feats from Complete Mage, "Shrink Item" abuse (Launch Bolt), the "Spellwarp Sniper" PrC (Complete Scoundrel, pg.64), Runestaffs and the like, JanusJones's "Spark: Plasma-Cannon Warforged", the Soulbow class, the "Arcane Archer" PrC, Awesome: A Shadowcraft Mage (PrC from Tome of Magic) that uses a Runestaff as the barrel of a homebrew, rifle-focus (you know...without the rifled bore) (optional) spell component that gives a bonus on ray spell attacks, that contains Silent Image. It's funny as word-play because it'd fit the definition of mage as one who performs tricks of illusion. Heck, take it steps further with Metamagic Rods that are like gun attachments!

ideas, lines ordered by appeal, descending

Wand sheath Warforged component, the "Magic Device Attunement" feat and other UMD-related feats from Complete Mage, "Shrink Item" abuse (Launch Bolt), the "Spellwarp Sniper" PrC (Complete Scoundrel, pg.64),
Runestaffs and the like, JanusJones's "Spark: Plasma-Cannon Warforged",
the Soulbow class, the "Arcane Archer" PrC,

Awesome: A Shadowcraft Mage (PrC from Tome of Magic) that uses a Runestaff as the barrel of a homebrew, rifle-focus (you know...without the rifled bore) (optional) spell component that gives a bonus on ray spell attacks, that contains Silent Image. It's funny as word-play because it'd fit the definition of mage as one who performs tricks of illusion. Heck, take it steps further with Metamagic Rods that are like gun attachments!