Tier · II · Expert Path · Martial

Spellfighter — discipline of the blade —

Those poor deluded fools. So often you meet people who say that blending magic use with skill at arms is impossible, and to them you have but one answer: a blast of fire to the face. Not only do you know what’s possible—you prove it with your magical attacks. You exult in the wonder your mad skills evoke. Some say your methods originated from a society of exceptional warrior-mages who threw themselves into both magic and skill at arms, all to protect the magicians who recruited them. You’ve…

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Level Progression

Reference during build

Level 3 Spellfighter

Attributes: Increase two attributes by 1 each. Health: +8, Bonus Damage: +1d6 Tradition: One, Spells: One novice Languages: Any one Spell-Charged Weapon (Magical): You can perform a ritual to imbue one weapon you touch for the entire performance with magical energy. When you finish, the weapon becomes charged until it’s destroyed or you use this talent again. Being charged in this way grants the following benefits:

  • While you hold the weapon, you impose 1 bane on rolls against your Defense.
  • When you attack with the weapon, you can use the higher of your Intellect or Will score in place of the attribute you normally use to attack with the weapon.
  • When you attack with the weapon, you roll to attack with 1 boon.
  • When you get a critical success on an attack using the weapon, you roll to attack the target with 1 boon until the end of your next turn.

Level 4 Spellfighter

Health: +8 Spells: One novice Spellstrike: When you cast a spell, the next attack you make before the end of your next turn deals extra damage. You deal an extra 1d6 damage if you cast a novice spell, 2d6 for an expert spell, or 3d6 for a master spell.

Level 6 Spellfighter

Health: +8 Spells: One novice Battle Casting: When you use an action to attack, you can also cast a novice spell as part of the attack, provided you can expend a casting to do so. Casting a spell in this way triggers additional effects from your Spellstrike talent. Once you use this talent, you lose access to it (luck ends).

Level 9 Spellfighter

Health: +8, Bonus Damage: +1d6 Spells: One expert Bestow Magic Weakness: When you get a critical success on a roll to attack, you can use this talent to make the target vulnerable to magic (luck ends). While vulnerable to magic, the target makes rolls to resist magical effects with 1 bane and takes double damage from magic. Once you use this talent, you lose access to it (luck ends).