Questions about Spellsword.
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Questions about Spellsword.
So I've not played in...well..quite some time. I have a kobold dexer dual Weild weaponmaster build I was working on...he's currently level 21.(but sitting at level one as he got reset when the new class came in.)
So two questions. Number one..whirlwind attack is now completely unavailable as a feat
I guess the powers that be thought wm and ss were a bad synergy..or too good.
Disappointing but ok.
Then I realized the only path of the new three that's suitable to a dexer is locked to elves only?
Whyyyyyy
He has no strength and doesn't use a two hander so the other two paths are no good to him.
Should I just roll him?
So two questions. Number one..whirlwind attack is now completely unavailable as a feat
I guess the powers that be thought wm and ss were a bad synergy..or too good.
Disappointing but ok.
Then I realized the only path of the new three that's suitable to a dexer is locked to elves only?
Whyyyyyy
He has no strength and doesn't use a two hander so the other two paths are no good to him.
Should I just roll him?
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Re: Questions about Spellsword.
You don't need a path, DEX spellsword performs just fine without one since Bladedancer is mostly a flavor upgrade. In fact, without the path you can afford dual-wield feats, which will make your spellsword a lot more reliable.
I'd encourage you to give the class a spin for a few weeks before considering to roll. Initially there's been quite a few responses like yours, yet most people I've talked to ended up having a lot of fun with the new class in the end :)
I'd encourage you to give the class a spin for a few weeks before considering to roll. Initially there's been quite a few responses like yours, yet most people I've talked to ended up having a lot of fun with the new class in the end :)
Re: Questions about Spellsword.
Can I ask why Spellsword/weaponmaster was completely disallowed? Too powerful?
Xyxz - Goblin spider druid. RIP
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Muck - munching on carion. ACTIVE
Flail - Orog weapon master RIP
Krom - Half orc Barbarian RIP
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Re: Questions about Spellsword.
Essentially doing so let me give the class solid damage without enabling WM builds with broken damage :) WM scales extremely well with any weapon damage sources that can crit, so the Imbue Weapon damage would've needed to be lower across the board, and the only way to play a solid spellsword would likely have been with WM levels.
The inability to select Whirlwind Attack was a side effect of a workaround that was required to make Elemental Maelstrom happen. Essentially the feat is just reskinned whirlwind attack, and characters cannot select feats on levelup that their class will eventually grant them. You could still select it if you had a third class in your SS/WM build.
Re: Questions about Spellsword.
Right on, Ty for this info. I still think limiting one of their paths to a single race was a strange decision, but I'll keep on and see how he looks at 30
Xyxz - Goblin spider druid. RIP
Flail - Orog weapon master RIP
Krom - Half orc Barbarian RIP
Glyngolyn - Firbolg Shadowdancer RIP
Jigjog - the least industrious Kobold ACTIVE
Muck - munching on carion. ACTIVE
Flail - Orog weapon master RIP
Krom - Half orc Barbarian RIP
Glyngolyn - Firbolg Shadowdancer RIP
Jigjog - the least industrious Kobold ACTIVE
Muck - munching on carion. ACTIVE
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Re: Questions about Spellsword.
It's a lore thing. Bladesinging is an exclusively Elven tradition with sacred connotations (even though they're arcane practitioners), handed down to elves by Corellon himself. The teaching of it is carefully controlled.
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Re: Questions about Spellsword.
Makes sense lore wise I suppose..but are there any other classes in the game locked to one race? It's a cool path but I'll literally never play a surface elf. Seems like a class path like that could have been named something else and the elves could just RP it that way. Giving one race exclusive access to a whole class is just. I dunno..
Xyxz - Goblin spider druid. RIP
Flail - Orog weapon master RIP
Krom - Half orc Barbarian RIP
Glyngolyn - Firbolg Shadowdancer RIP
Jigjog - the least industrious Kobold ACTIVE
Muck - munching on carion. ACTIVE
Flail - Orog weapon master RIP
Krom - Half orc Barbarian RIP
Glyngolyn - Firbolg Shadowdancer RIP
Jigjog - the least industrious Kobold ACTIVE
Muck - munching on carion. ACTIVE
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Re: Questions about Spellsword.
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also it's not a class it's a specific path of a class that's elf-only
also it's not a class it's a specific path of a class that's elf-only
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Re: Questions about Spellsword.
Good point. So elves have two exclusive subclass paths to every other races 0.
Interesting.
Interesting.
Xyxz - Goblin spider druid. RIP
Flail - Orog weapon master RIP
Krom - Half orc Barbarian RIP
Glyngolyn - Firbolg Shadowdancer RIP
Jigjog - the least industrious Kobold ACTIVE
Muck - munching on carion. ACTIVE
Flail - Orog weapon master RIP
Krom - Half orc Barbarian RIP
Glyngolyn - Firbolg Shadowdancer RIP
Jigjog - the least industrious Kobold ACTIVE
Muck - munching on carion. ACTIVE
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Re: Questions about Spellsword.
Earthkin defender is exclusively open to earthkin--dwarves, halflings, gnomes.
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Re: Questions about Spellsword.
I count three races there
Xyxz - Goblin spider druid. RIP
Flail - Orog weapon master RIP
Krom - Half orc Barbarian RIP
Glyngolyn - Firbolg Shadowdancer RIP
Jigjog - the least industrious Kobold ACTIVE
Muck - munching on carion. ACTIVE
Flail - Orog weapon master RIP
Krom - Half orc Barbarian RIP
Glyngolyn - Firbolg Shadowdancer RIP
Jigjog - the least industrious Kobold ACTIVE
Muck - munching on carion. ACTIVE
Re: Questions about Spellsword.
dawg you can stop now
Re: Questions about Spellsword.
I've locked this as the initial question was answered.
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