Another PrC Idea

[Canyonman]

Forgive me if I am posting in the wrong area, just move me if I am.  I just wanted to post an idea for a new prestige class and I saw a lot of them are posted here.  I have been roleplaying my character as a bladesinger (I even set a custom macro text to have my character to begin singing as he engages an opponent, which makes for interesting discussion)...somewhat similar to a spellsword, but with some differences.  The main differences is the bladesinger relies more on spells to protect, buff, and enhance the player character.  Well, I found a write up on line at Wizards of the Coast an wanted to post the information here.  It has been done in the CRP and a few other places in NWN except where noted.

The Bladesinger
Bladesingers are elves who have blended art, swordplay, and arcane magic into a harmonious whole. In battle, a bladesingers lithe movements and subtle tactics seem beautiful, and belie their deadly martial efficiency.

Requirements
Race: Elf or Half-elf
Base Attack: +5
Feats: Combat Casting, Dodge, Expertise, Still Spell, Weapon Focus (longsword)
Skills: Concentration 4+ranks, Perform 3+ranks, Tumble 3+ranks (note: Perform would have to be open skill, or substitute another appropriate skill)
Special: Proficient with longsword, ability to cast 1st level arcane spells

Attack Table, Saves, Specials, Feats and Spells per Day
Class   Base   Fort   Ref   Will                          --Spells per Day--
Level   Att    Save   Save  Save   Special                1st  2nd  3rd  4th
1       +1     +0     +2    +2     Bladesong              1    -    -    -
2       +2     +0     +3    +3     Bonus Feat             2    0    -    -
3       +3     +1     +3    +3     Lesser Spellsong       2    1    -    -
4       +4     +1     +4    +4                            3    2    0    -
5       +5     +1     +4    +4     Bonus Feat             3    2    1    -
6       +6     +2     +5    +5     Song of Celerity       3    3    2    0
7       +7     +2     +5    +5     Greater Spellsong      4    3    2    1
8       +8     +2     +6    +6     Bonus Feat             4    3    3    2
9       +9     +3     +6    +6                            4    4    3    2
10      +10    +3     +7    +7     Song of Fury           4    4    3    3
Hit Die: d8

Features
Weapons and Armor Prof: No weapon proficiency gains and gains the use of light armor. If he uses medium, heavy armor, or uses a shield the bladesinger loses all benefits of any of his song abilities.  A bladesinger suffers the normal arcane spell failure chance when casting spells while armored (except as noted below).
Bladesong: When wielding a longsword in one hand (and nothing in the other), the bladesinger gains a dodge bonus to AC equal to his Intelligence bonus.
Lesser Spellsong: When wielding a longsword in one hand (and nothing in the other), the bladesinger can "take 10" when making a Concentration check to cast defensively.
Song of Celerity: When wielding a longsword in one hand (and nothing in the other) and using the full attack action, the bladesinger can cast one bladesinger spell each round as a free action. (note: this is one that has not been able to be duplicated on NWN, but maybe an automatic spell release or something to that effect.  I am sure someone with some programming skills could figure out how to make something cool).
Greater Spellsong: The bladesinger ignores arcane spell failure when wearing light armor.
Song of Fury: When wielding a longsword in one hand (and nothing in the other) and using a full attack action, the bladesinger can make one extra attack in a round at his highest base attack, but this attack and each other attack made that round suffer a -2 penalty.  The penalty applies for 1 round, so it affects attacks of opportunity the bladesinger might make before his next action.
Bonus Feats: Any Metamagic feat, Combat Reflexes, Improved Critical (longsword), Improved Disarm, Mobility, Spring Attack, Whirlwind Attack (note: others maybe add for varity).

I hope to hear back any comments, discussions, or concerns to the feasibility of the PrC.  I would like to restore the bladesong to the elves of Layonara. *smiles and bows*

[Schmack]

Just a wee note, this is a prestige class in the player resource consortium, so most of the scripting and things for it would be in there (I think...) if the GM's ended up putting something like this in, the PRC page is:
 
 http://nwnprc.netgamers.co.uk/manual/english/content/prestige_classes/124.html

[Canyonman]

I figured it had been done before...I called the PRC the CRP for some strange reason.  Brain dead I guess.  I am also sorry the chart was all crammed together like it is.  I spent so much time to keep the items in individual columns and then it did that...  :p.  It is too bad that no one can get the Song of Celerity to work though.

[Canyonman]

Do any GM's or Developers have any comments?  How about any PC's out there?  Would any other PC's have an interest to play this style of PrC?  Thanks for any comments.

[Varnart]

In the D&D book Complete Warrior, you can opt for a longsword or a rapier. We should include the rapier for those who have more dexterity than strength.

[Canyonman]

Sounds good with me....I have seen the bladesinger with the rapier before.

[EdTheKet]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'm not entirely sure if we'll be implementing more PRCs at this point in time with NWN2 looming on the horizon. But we'll certainly revisit this if we plan to add more.
Thanks for that link too!

[lonnarin]

With something like 18 PRCs hardcoded in, brainstorming some new routes just makes us more cutting edge.  Here's a link to the NWN2 greenlighted PRCs so far.  http://nwn2forums.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=492737&forum=95

Arcane Trickster looks like a fun Shadonite path, Eldrich Knights are a good equivalent to true Paladins of Lucinda.  I really don't know why they called the Battlerager class "Frenzied Berserker".. we should circumvent their coding and rename that class out of sheer principle.  There are a few like the Knights of the 9 and Shadow Thieves of Amn that need renaming to fit the campaign...  maybe Pranzis Knights and some sinister and established thieves guild we use.  

Which still means there's still a market for Undead Hunters, Skalds, Sacred Fists, Bear Warriors and Spellswords.  Our frenzied coders will have to examine the adaptability of the next generation software to tell for certain.  Until then, keep submitting ideas!  The worst case scenario is that somebody will put them to good use in a PnP campaign, always good!

[Varnart]

Frenzied Berserker is not the same as Battlerager. Battlerager is a PrC for dwarven barbarians and Frenzied Berserker is a barbarian that gets so many bonuses to his rage he has to ask the wizard exactly how much damage he's dealing because he can't do the math.

[Varnart]

Also thinking, if Layo 2 keeps the restriction of 5 levels minimum in multiclassing, it will seriously gimp the Eldritch Knight. 2 levels of fighter and 8 of wizard is usually the accepted practice, and 5 levels of fighter will end up giving only one feat and 1 BAB more than fig2/wiz8/ek10, while losing 2 spell levels. Just something to think about. I think as long as it isn't a pure wizard with the NWN martial weapon proficiency feat, any number of fighter levels is ok, since even if they only take 1 or 2 fighter levels they'll be behind the other wizards.