Chant

Chant

• Chant, level 2
• Tiefling, Swordmage
• Swordmage Aegis: Aegis of Assault
• Background: Wandering Duelist

Build notes

Request was for a Tiefling Swordmage, with a background of wandering stranger. Tieflings get Int and Cha bonuses, which helps as Int is a primary stat. Str is secondary; dex is required for the Heavy Blade feat tree. Wandering Duelist background fits rather nicely with your Ronin feeling. It provides a healthy boost to Intimidation, which is the only skill your face couldn't manage.

As a minor action you can "mark" a target within 2 squares of you. If the target attacks someone other than you, then you teleport to their side and hit them. You can only make a basic melee attack, which makes the feat Intellegent Blademaster rather useful. Booming blade allows you to tie up a second enemy in addition to the one you can mark normally. Sword burst allows you to attack everyone adjacent to you, should you be too successful at attracting attention. It may be worth buying toughness (bonus hp) and Durable (extra healing surges) in order to increase your resilience.

Wandering Duelist

"I am a student of the True Blade. Perhaps you'd like to match yours against mine? I guarantee we'll both learn something."

You are an itinerant warrior; sometimes a conscript, sometimes a mercenary, but often just a wanderer with a sharp sword and an empty coin-purse. How did you learn your initial training in the combat arts? Why haven't you resorted to out-and-out banditry? What places have you visited in your wandering? What would it take for you to settle down?

Ability Scores

• Str 15
• Con 11
• Dex 14
• Int 18
• Wis 8
• Cha 12

Defences

• AC: 21 Fort: 13 Reflex: 15 Will: 14
• HP: 32 Surges: 8 Surge Value: 8

Trained Skills

• Arcana +10
• Athletics +8
• History +10
• Intimidate +10

• Acrobatics +3, Bluff +4, Diplomacy +2, Dungeoneering, Endurance +1,
• Heal, Insight, Nature, Perception, Religion +5, Stealth +5,
• Streetwise +2, Thievery +3

Feats

• Level 1: Intelligent Blademaster
• Level 2: Improved Swordmage Warding

Future feats

• Hellfire Blood
• Blade Opportunist (lvl 11)
• Toughness
• Weapon Focus
• Weapon Proficiency (Bastard Sword)

Powers

• Swordmage at-will 1: Booming Blade
• Swordmage at-will 1: Sword Burst
• Swordmage encounter 1: Flame Cyclone
• Swordmage daily 1: Frost Backlash
• Swordmage utility 2: Host of Shields

Items

• Leather Armor
• Adventurer's Kit
• Broadsword
• Javelin (4)

Character Sheet

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