Eldritch Knight

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#1

mrsrockguru

Aug 01, 2014 8:48:03

So how do people think the Eldritch Knight Subclass will be implemented in PHB

#2

mellored

Aug 01, 2014 10:24:38

1/2 caster (same as the paladin).

 

With evocation and abjuration spells.

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Overpromises

I expect them to be a ⅓ caster with evocation and abjuration spells, not as good a caster as the paladin.

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ZanderKreegan

mellored wrote:
#5

Tichrimo

Aug 01, 2014 17:47:50 		And expect a parallel experience with rogue(arcane trickster), except with illusion and enchantment.
#6

Bitharne

Aug 01, 2014 23:03:27

ZanderKreegan wrote:
#7

Sands666

Aug 02, 2014 0:31:09

My bets are that they'll match Eldritch Knight to the Paladin, making the class like an Arcane Paladin in a way. The Eldritch Knight might or might not have less spells, but it'll garner abilities that invoke magic through the subclass abilities and will probably be pretty awesome.

 

Imagining two foes, one an Eldrich Knight and the other a Paladin, brings to mind some cool story ideas...

#8

mrsrockguru

Aug 02, 2014 5:31:52

Ok being that a fighter's main stats are Con & Str - what do you think will be used to generate the spell power...?

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Overpromises

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#10

Mephi1234

Aug 02, 2014 8:25:57

Some people think that its 1/3 progression because of the alpha document, which has proven to not be 100 percent accurate.      Mike's Tweets called it a half-caster, though, so I'm sticking with that.

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Overpromises

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ObeseBoyWonder

Aug 02, 2014 11:37:55

I agree Eldritch Knight will probably be 1/3 spellcasting, but I was curious if they'll be able to use an arcane focus (specifically using their weapon as one), as spellcasting foci currently do not call out Fighters as being able to use them. I'm not sure if it's a general thing any character can do, or a class feature. Could a character with Magic Initiate use a spellcasting focus if they weren't a class explicitly called out for using them?

#13

Mephi1234

Aug 02, 2014 12:19:25

Overpromises wrote:
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GladiusLegis

Mephi1234 wrote:
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Swamp_slug

ObeseBoyWonder wrote:
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ObeseBoyWonder

Swamp_slug wrote:
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Ashrym

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GladiusLegis

Aug 03, 2014 7:37:43

Yeah, caster level itself will really only be a factor when you're multiclassing.

#19

shivafang

Aug 04, 2014 14:30:36

GladiusLegis wrote:
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GladiusLegis

Aug 04, 2014 14:47:24

Yeah, what I meant by that was your spellcaster levels adding up to see how many spell slots your character gets. And how, say, an Eldritch Knight/Wizard MC would add 1/3 of his Fighter levels rounded down to his Wizard level to determine the progression of his spell slots beyond just his Wizard level.

#21

Polaris

Aug 04, 2014 14:49:37

shivafang wrote:
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shivafang

I missed that chart in the last playtest, thanks for sharing.

 

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Ashrym

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Polaris

Aug 04, 2014 15:47:50

Ashrym wrote:
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shivafang

Uhm.. Do you mean 'Slots equal to that of a 9th level character'?  I can't imagine getting 9th level slots at level 10 for any reason.

 

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Polaris

Aug 05, 2014 7:18:37

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