![]() are worth mentioning but if you accept persistomancy, any class is just as good a gish as the next. Classes like Runesmith (can wear heavy armor while casting), Spellguard of Silverymoon (can cast Abjurations on others), etc. That's of course only scraping the surface. Of course, Emerald Immolation + Transcend Mortality requires level 20 so meh. Notably Transcend Mortality + Emerald Immolation, but simple stuff like Giant Size and Body Outside Body can also do all sorts of sweet stuff. Wu Jen spells have some cute synergies with Jade Phoenix Mage. Wu Jen 5/Crusader 1 /Jade Phoenix Mage 10/Abjurant Champion 4.Add Charming the Arrow if you have the Fey-type (Unseelie Fey and Half-Fey are the reasonable RAW options for an Elf, though making Elves Fey isn't unreasonable either) for almost complete Charisma SAD. A pretty cute full casting Arcane Archer: most notably Imbue Arrow to fire Antimagic Fields at enemies and Divine Might for Cha to damage. Bard 8/Arcane Archer 2/Sublime Chord 2/Abjurant Champion 4/Sacred Exorcist 4.Outsider-type can be gained through Otherworldly-feat. Requires the Militia feat or Outsider-type (or Giant - both get martial weapon proficiencies from race). Wizard 6/Eldritch Knight-or-Knight Phantom 9/Abjurant 5.Simple, when you want to get two levels of a martial this still gets you 18th level casting and BAB 16. Martial 2/Wizard 4/Spellsword 1/Abjurant Champion 5/Sacred Exorcist 8.Simple, not very fancy, but perfectly playable. Martial 1/Wizard 5/Eldritch Knight-or-Knight Phantom 9/Abjurant Champion 5.The last level of Swiftblade is not worth it compared to 9th level spells but the rest of the benefits are pretty nifty. Loses a lot of casting but gets a super-Haste as a payoff. Wizard 6/ Swiftblade 9/Abjurant Champion 5.These can be literally any arcane builds with 1 level of Spelldancer or 3 levels of Incantatrix. The most generic arcane "gish" is persisting (Spelldancer, Incantatrix or some such) Divine Power (acquired through Arcane Disciple or other means) on a full caster shell giving you 20 levels of casting and full BAB. ![]() Some options I could think of off the top of my head: Duskblade and Psychic Warrior are the ones that work the best, IMO Psychic Warrior is actually mid BAB, but it makes up for it with a selection of combat buffs and an unusually high selection of naturally Swift or Immediate powers so it can buff with minor actions and spend its main actions on beating face.Īrcane gishes come in all shapes, sizes and forms. If you want to gish from level 1, you pretty much have to use one of the gish-in-a-can base classes. There's a few more obscure prestige classes you could use, or just throw in Ranger to more easily meet Slayer's entry requirements and call it a day. Psion 10/Slayer 10 is a reasonably workable gish if you pick your powers well, but you probably want to sub a couple of the Psion levels for something else with full BAB so you can hit at least the +16 BAB benchmark. Psionics can use the Slayer PRC, which is basically Eldritch Knight for psionics only you also get to have some actual class features. Most full casters can more or less gish by focusing on self-buff and combat boost spells divine classes are usually better for this, as they generally get medium or full BAB to arcane class's poor BAB progression. Finish off with Eldritch Knight/Swiftblade/Knight of the Phantom or go book-diving for more classes with +1 BAB/+1 level spellcasting - there's a good handful around, but it's up to you if you want to spend the assorted skill points and feats required to get into all of them.Ĭrusader/(Wizard or Sorcerer)/Jade Phoenix Mage would be a similar approach if you want to work with Tome of Battle instead, although you have to decide if you want to pursue maneuvers or spellcasting after you finish JPM - there isn't another manuever+casting gishing class that I know of. The 'Sorcadin' is a classic leveraging Charisma benefits- Paladin 2 for BAB, weapon/armor proficiency and Divine Grace, Sorceror 4 for the requisite level of spellcasting and BAB to enter Spellsword, Spellsword 1 gets you a point of BAB that qualifies you for Abjurant Champion. Spellsword 1/Abjurant Champion 5 is a keystone of most arcane gish builds almost any combination of entry classes that lets you get into that will probably work.
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