Sword-Mage Collection [unofficial]

Fantastic! Should we make this an Official Contest? Entrants can be from now until March 31st. All entries must be OGL. The winning entry will be judged by Autarch and will receive a playtest sneak peek at an upcoming Autarch product.

This contest is a great idea. Please add my Sword Sorcerer into the running. http://www.autarch.co/forums/house-rules/new-classsword-sorcerer

Tywyll, k-slacker, and abpos, would you also like your builds included in the PDF I put together?

A small errata to the deathdealer, from the author, and I’ve added the RTF.

Swordmages PDF
Swordmages RTF

I may be dropping the RTF idea. Converting the text down to something viewable in most RTF viewers was more of a pain than I’d expected. It might have been easier if I’d started with RTF and then done layout :-(.

At any rate, only two classes have been submitted for inclusion at present, but there are others linked in this thread. So far we’ve had quite a bit of variety: some that are excellent fighters, others that are strong casters with enough fighting to be dangerous.

I have one submission in mind. From there to paper there is a long way, but I will make it happen before the deadline.

As a bonus, I am thinking on incorporating the participating classes in the character generator. At this point there are no templates submitted for the contest, but if anyone adds that information it can be incorporated too.

I have updated the original post with a list of each of the classes being put up for consideration. I will try to keep that up to date.

Feel free to add mine to the PDF.

Added, and thank you. I’ve credited you as Tywyll a.k.a. Micah Blackburn (from your blog name). If you would prefer something else, let me know.

Nope that rocks. :smiley:

No problem. Use Sword-sorcerer for whatever. Starting to playtest soon. May have changes from lessons learned.

Here’s the Thrassian Dweomerclaw.

In Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers, “warlocks” are a kind if fighter/mage. Here is an ACKS-compatible version:

http://mutantsmagic.wordpress.com/2013/03/19/warlock-class/

Also, here is the full-blooded Hyperborean Spellsword to go with my half-breed class:

http://mutantsmagic.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/hyperborean-custom-classes/#comment-249

How should the credit and copyright read?

Very nice! Would you like to have it included in the PDF collection?

Go right ahead!

What copyright should I put in for you?

Taarkoth’s fine

Not a contest entry as it’s just the barebones build notes, but I threw this together to see what a vanilla warrior-mage style class might look like:

Warrior-Mage

Base XP: 2725
HD d6
Fighting +2/3 levels
Styles: 2-Handed, Single Weapon
Armour: Broad (chain or lighter)
Weapons: Broad (any one-handed or two-handed melee)
Arcane: 1/3
1st level: Arcane Dabbling + Weapon Focus
4th level: Battle Magic
10th level: Arcane Striking

Well crap. Rereading my PC I just realized I’d missed the line about Flesh Runes counting as 3 custom powers. Back to the drawing board.

Time is running short, and that is the motivation I needed to start putting things together. This is my first custom class, so please let me know if there are any errors with the math. I have made a gnome 2, fighter 2, with 2 swaps.
http://zapicm.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-first-acks-custom-class-gnomish.html
I am not very familiar with the OGL, please add whatever is needed to share it.

Thanks.