Spellsword
NWN requirements
- Base Class: Wizard.
- General spell school (no specialization)
General information
Spellswords, also known as spellblades, are arcane warriors; students of both blade and magic that combine their arts to retain the massive array of abilities of the mage and the prowess of a martial fighter. For either code, ritual, choice or dogma, their discipline forces them to abandon the use of conjuration spells and another school of their choice, but while they are not studying the fine details of magic, they are honing their skill with blade and staff.
Despite their name, spellswords are not limited in any way to the use of swords, though they do not start with any weapon affinity feat.
Mechanical information
The spellsword is a wizard path. A character can become a spellsword at character creation, turning the wizard levels into spellsword levels, as long as they have no school specialization. There is a way to become a spellsword after creation as well, though the method, and price if any, remains secret.
Spellsword Abilities
- Wizard Hit Die upgraded to d6
- They gain Martial Weapon proficiency
- They gain +3 CL against dispels
- They gain +1 melee Damage per INT modifier, capped to wizard level/2
- They gain +1 (Soft) Discipline each 3 wizard levels
- If they aren't holding anything in their offhand (shield, bow, etc), they gain +1 (Dodge) AC at first level, and every 6 levels (6, 12, 18...)
If their majority of levels is Wizard, they gain increased AB and their APRs change to:
| Level | AB | Level | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | +1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | +2 | |||
| 11 | +3 | 8 | 2 | |
| 15 | +4 | 15 | 3 | |
| 19 | +5 | |||
| 23 | +6 | 22 | 4 | |
| 27 | +7 |
Notes:
- These changes do not appear in the character sheet, but they will be reflected in the combat log.
- The AB is soft, counting toward the +20 cap.
- The Attacks Per Round will replace the natural attack progression and will not stack in any way with the monk progression.
In addition, Spellswords lose access to:
- One spell school of their choice
- All summoning spells and abilities
- All epic level spells except Epic Mage Armour