Bladecaller

[thachaotix]

Bladecaller
Do you have enough swords at your disposal?

Characteristics: Wisdom, Willpower, Dexterity
Skills: Academic Lore, Arcana, Crafts, Acrobatics, Athletics, Ballistics, Weaponry, Command, Intimidation, Scrutiny
Sword Schools: Eldritch Advent, Promised Victory
Magic Schools: Gladiotheurgy, Reinforcement
Completion Bonus: While armed with any Melee weapon(s), reduce Focus Power TNs by 1. (Does not apply to Brawling)

Level 1 - Tracer
Prerequisites: Arcana 2, Weaponry 3
Elemental Shot 1
Weapon Proficiency (Melee 1 OR Melee 3)
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Arcane Blade
Tested*
Spell Book*

Level 2 - Requiper
Prerequisites: Arcana 3, Weaponry 3, Elemental Shot 1
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
Weapon Focus (Any) OR Spell Focus (Gladiotheurgy) OR Spell Focus (Reinforcement)
Hardy
Spell Book*
Quick Draw*

Level 3 - Steel Binder
Prerequisites: Arcana 3, Weaponry 4, Elemental Shot 1, Spell Focus, Weapon Focus
Elemental Shot 1
Weapon Specialization (Any) OR Spell Penetration
Armor Proficiency (Heavy)
Touch Spell Specialization
Spell Book*

Level 4 - Ghirahim
Prerequisites: Arcana 4, Weaponry 4, Elemental Shot 1 (twice), Touch Spell Specialization, Weapon Specialization
Iron Jaw
Improved Weapon Focus (Any) OR Greater Spell Focus (Gladiotheurgy) OR Greater Spell Focus (Reinforcement)
Armor Proficiency (Extreme)
Sword Beam*
Spell Book*

Level 5 - Seiken
Prerequisites: Arcana 5, Weaponry 5, Elemental Shot 1 (twice), Greater Spell Focus, Improved Weapon Focus
Elemental Shot 2
Armor Proficiency (Power)
Improved Weapon Specialization (Any) OR Greater Spell Penetration
Iron Tower
Spell Book*

[GuardianTempest]

Aside from letting you play as EMIYA, what else should this class do? Why would it need these feats? It feels like Arcane-Knight V3 that's just Magic User and Paladin slapped together. I think you can do away with the Elemental Shot feats.

I'm very sleepy at the moment so my C&C ain't that great.

EDIT: You know what you could add? Trusty Sidearm and Rebound as optional feats. Wait, nvm, there are spells that let you recall your swords anyway.

I'm not familiar with D&D's namesake source but some inspiration can be drawn from it.

EDIT 2: I think this is a more concise way of arranging your feats.

Level 1
Extracurricular Study
Weapon Proficiency (Melee 1 OR Melee 3)
Armor Proficiency (Light)
Arcane Blade
*Tested
*Spell Book OR Two Weapon Fighting

Level 2
Armor Proficiency (Medium)
Weapon Focus (Any) OR Spell Focus (Any)
Hardy
*Spell Book OR Weapon Proficiency (Any)
*Quick Draw

Level 3
Extracurricular Study
Weapon Specialization (Any) OR Spell Penetration (Any)
Armor Proficiency (Heavy)
Touch Spell Specialization
*Spell Book OR Swift Attack

Level 4
Daggerspell Stance
Improved Weapon Focus (Any) OR Greater Spell Focus (Any)
Armor Proficiency (Extreme)
*Sword Beam
*Spell Book OR Iron Jaw

Level 5
Extracurricular Study
Armor Proficiency (Power)
Improved Weapon Specialization (Any) OR Greater Spell Penetration (Any)
Iron Tower
*Spell Book OR Devastating Critical

This also rewards players who pick tutor exalts that fetch a school outside the class. Also, I suggest the prerequisites should have an OR, otherwise it would be impossible to progress because they require both feats when you could normally have one from the same line. The omission of the elemental shot feats is for thematic specialization, Emiya deals in weapons not blades. Plus, not relying on E-Shot makes this class stand out from the few other gishes.

[thachaotix]

Update: Changed the spell & weapon feats to be an either/or rather than an and/and situation. And made it explicit that the class bonus doesn't apply to brawling.

[Dannakar]

I agree with the adding the brawling to to the completion terms. But this was way better for the original than it stands now. I'm just glad I'm just glad I decided to screenshot before these changes.

[GuardianTempest]

Brawl isn't a class skill and the prerequisites require Weaponry specifically. In my opinion it also wouldn't make sense for a class about blades to support punching stuff though a better way of wording it would be "While wielding non-Unarmed melee weapons". EMIYA isn't known for his Kung Fu after all.

[Divergent Reality]

Apr 20, 2022 18:24:31 GMT -6 GuardianTempest said:

Brawl isn't a class skill and the prerequisites require Weaponry specifically. In my opinion it also wouldn't make sense for a class about blades to support punching stuff though a better way of wording it would be "While wielding non-Unarmed melee weapons". EMIYA isn't known for his Kung Fu after all.

Specifying weapons with the Brawling property includes all the Unarmed weapons and also goofy outliers like the Chainfist, which is a Chain type instead of an Unarmed type.

[Amanojyaku]

"While wielding a non-natural melee weapon that does not have the Brawling special quality (...)"

Should probably cover the natty weapon outliers as well.

[GuardianTempest]

I like this class but there's a lot of room for improvement. Thachaotix hasn't been active in a while but thankfully he gave me permission to adopt this when I asked. This thread is locked as I put up my own version. If ever thechaotix comes back I'll unlock this thread and return ownership of the class.