Dark Spark wrote:Well, a fireball is technically a conjured weapon...
...which furthers refines my headcanon about spellswords. A battlemage uses a variety of magic in a general sense. Wards, spellstorms, walls of elemental damage, etc.
A spellsword uses magic specifically to augment his physical combat— swordfighting. Using magic to make one a better fighter, instead of acting like a hand-waving wizard who happens to be in a suit of armor.
In my first reply earlier in this thread a spellsword would be the one using magic to make the swordplay more lethal, while the battlemage would be using the weapon to make the spellcasting more effective.
Yeah I agree that spellswords rely more on swordplay and augments and buffs, but they still cast a mean destruction spell. I see they're destruction skills as fairly moderate, Not on the same level as a battlemage or pure mage but more used in conjunction with the blade to overcome foes.
