Marked Battlemage

[Katrina]

Decided I wanted to play with a battle mage and came up with the following.
The main idear is to buff and use dps spells to be an effective combatant as well as playing with the mark of passage. Any opinions and advice would be appreciated :D


Kyrrin - 28pt.
Level 14 Lawful Good Human Female
(2 Paladin / 12 Sorcerer)
Hit Points: 132
Spell Points: 1116

Stats: (these are starting numbers, additional points from tomes/enhancements will be put into CHA)
Strength 16
Dexterity 10
Constitution 14
Intelligence 8
Wisdom 8
Charisma 16

BAB: 8/8/13
Fortitude: 17
Reflex: 12
Will: 15
Level 1 (Paladin)
Feat: (Human Bonus) Least Dragonmark of Passage
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons
Enhancement: Paladin Armor Class Boost I
Enhancement: Paladin Attack Boost I
Enhancement: Human Versatility I

Level 2 (Paladin)

Level 3 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell
Enhancement: Sorcerer Elemental Manipulation I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonblooded I

Level 4 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark I

Level 5 (Sorcerer)

Level 6 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Lesser Dragonmark of Passage
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Charisma I
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery I
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Concentration I
Enhancement: Paladin Diplomacy I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Lineage of Elements I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Elemental Manipulation II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Charisma I

Level 7 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonblooded II

Level 8 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Sorcerer Charisma II

Level 9 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Dragonmark of Passage

Level 10 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Sorcerer Elemental Manipulation III

Level 11 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Human Improved Recovery III
Enhancement: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonbblooded III

Level 12 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Toughness

Level 13 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Strength II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Charisma III

Level 14 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Subtle Spellcasting I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Subtle Spellcasting II

[Varis]

i'm not sure what to make of it. Are you a subtle melee nuker with a dragon mark??

If you want to fight inside a firewall, you want the aggro.

How do you intend to actually fight? 16 base charisma is not good for crowd controll, especially if you don't have a spell focus to make up for the missing charisma.

[Katrina]

Mostly thinking that fighting in a firewall or something similar would be optimal. Your right regarding the spell dc, I'm gonna change the spell selection around. Most of my spell selections is now based on buffing and supplementing melee damage with spells i.e. scorching ray ect...

[moorewr]

You know, I'm working on a drow sorc/pal - also intended to be 2/12 (he's 2/8 at the moment). I'm curious what your spell selection will be - what with the focus on buffing & fighting.

I went max charisma and the best con I could muster, so I'm not as focused on melee dps. My main spells at the moment are, offensively: scorching ray and wall of fire.

buff-wise, I cast nightshield, haste and blur, and recite stoneskin and greater heroism from scrolls.





Kyrrin - 28pt.
Level 14 Lawful Good Human Female
(2 Paladin / 12 Sorcerer)
Hit Points: 132
Spell Points: 1116

[Impaqt]

Interesting.. a Line of Dragonmarks that your primary class can cast. 2 of the 3 from Wand/Scroll even.....

Thats interesting.......

[moorewr]

Interesting.. a Line of Dragonmarks that your primary class can cast. 2 of the 3 from Wand/Scroll even.....

Thats interesting.......


Yeah, I admit I don't get that - I but if it works for you.

Mark of the Sentinel is the same way - stuff you can cast.
I could see the Mark of the Shadow, although, again, you can cast shadow walk... or a halfling sorc with the mark of healing? Something that doesn't duplicate what you've got.

I'm wrestling with the whole dragon mark question. I keep not taking them...

A pure cleric (or any non-caster class) with the mark of passage could be cool.

[Lithic]

In a battlemage you have to remember that AC is pointless. You will NEVER get a decent ac (well not past lvl 8 anyway) so why bother? My battlemage has 14 ac most of the time, and thats only cause of 14 dex and +2 innate WF armour. Just rely on displacement and stoneskin, and a fearsome robe/docent to get you by.

[amysrevenge]

I'm wondering about Toughness. Without access to the Toughness enhancement lines, you might be better off with a different feat. Mental Toughness maybe, or Empower.

Mike

[Katrina]

Interesting.. a Line of Dragonmarks that your primary class can cast. 2 of the 3 from Wand/Scroll even.....

Thats interesting.......

Mostly just for fun and to find out what it's like. For the most part I'm thinking it would be usefull as well to have the spells and not take up valuable sorcerer spell slots :D
As for planned spells

1: Nightshield, Chill Touch, Niac's, MM, Jump
2: Blur, Scorching Ray, Resist Energy,
3: Haste, Displacement, Rage
4: Firewall, PK, Stoneskin
5: Hold Monster, Symbol of Pain
6: G. Heroism

[Jakylpops]

Hate to say it, but blech...I usually point and laugh when I see a Dragonmark on another sorcerer.

How about a HALFLING 3pally/11Sorc melee nuker with 2 Lay on hands, all 3 healing dragonmarks, Maximize and Extend...if you're going to waste feats on a dragonmarks you might as well take the only good ones.


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Level 14 Lawful Good Halfling Male
(3 Paladin \ 11 Sorcerer)
Hit Points: 122
Spell Points: 1003
BAB: 8\8\13
Fortitude: 17
Reflex: 14
Will: 16

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Stats Modified Stats
Abilities (Level 1) (Level 14)
Strength 14 14
Dexterity 12 13
Constitution 14 14
Intelligence 8 8
Wisdom 8 8
Charisma 16 22

Starting Feat/Enhancement
Base Skills Modified Skills
Skills (Level 1) (Level 14)
Balance 1 1
Bluff 3 6
Concentration 6 19
Diplomacy 3 6
Disable Device n/a n/a
Haggle 3 6
Heal -1 -1
Hide 1 3
Intimidate 3 6
Jump 2 4
Listen -1 1
Move Silently 1 3
Open Lock n/a n/a
Perform n/a n/a
Repair -1 -1
Search -1 -1
Spot -1 -1
Swim 2 2
Tumble n/a n/a
Use Magic Device n/a n/a

Level 1 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Least Dragonmark of Healing

Level 2 (Paladin)

Level 3 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Maximize Spell

Level 4 (Sorcerer)

Level 5 (Paladin)

Level 6 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Lesser Dragonmark of Healing
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark I
Enhancement: Paladin Bulwark of Good I
Enhancement: Paladin Resistance of Good I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Lay on Hands I
Enhancement: Paladin Extra Smite Evil I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Elemental Manipulation I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonblooded I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Charisma I

Level 7 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark II
Enhancement: Halfling Dexterity I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Lineage of Elements I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Elemental Manipulation II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Wand Mastery I

Level 8 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Sorcerer Lineage of Deadly Elements I
Enhancement: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonblooded II

Level 9 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Greater Dragonmark of Healing
Enhancement: Sorcerer Charisma II

Level 10 (Sorcerer)

Level 11 (Sorcerer)

Level 12 (Sorcerer)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell

Level 13 (Sorcerer)

Level 14 (Sorcerer)
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark III
Enhancement: Extra Dragonmark IV
Enhancement: Sorcerer Lineage of Elements II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Lineage of Deadly Elements II
Enhancement: Sorcerer Elemental Manipulation III
Enhancement: Sorcerer Elemental Manipulation IV
Enhancement: Sorcerer Energy of the Dragonblooded III
Enhancement: Sorcerer Charisma III
Enhancement: Sorcerer Wand Mastery II



so that's 5 heals and 6 cure serious per rest?? Not to mention the 2 Lay on hands...Does maximize boost a dragonmark heal??

[Litz]

Bah go with House Cannith dragonmark and heal WF with all the SP, and let them do the work.

[wiglin]

Dragaonmarks are like spells, if a particular meta-feat affects the spell it will affect the dragonmark. In this case you can maximize your clw and csw. This adds some serious healing power to a halfling caster.