Arcane Vanguard - Another Battlemage Class

Class and subclass icons made by Sumradagnoth!

Viridurge Banner made by Crow! (She does character commissions, too)

Class Banner character art by Anna Steinbauer

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SUGGESTIONS:

This mod uses a lot of Damage Riders. There's a lot of DRS that amp up damage needlessly. To manage this, I use DRS Remover and I consider this mandatory for balance in the base game in general.

Gear mods by GraphicFade are perfect fits for this class.

Another Gish in a similar style, The Spellsword, who gets a special shoutout for changing his mods name because of mine even though his was first. I promise to do research before accidentally stealing another name.

Everybody Moves Fast has a good sweet spot for faster movement without breaking your characters neck.

The AI isn't the greatest. Nightmare Difficulty helps.

Doing 300-900 damage in a single turn? Tactician Enhanced can boost stats. I always crank enemy HP up to 400%.

Path of Undeath is phenomenal for Graveknight roleplay.

This class is compatible with 5e spells, Mystra spells, Homebrew Blade Cantrips and all of Dawnstars spell collections, they make great additions!

Dex weapons suffer next to str weapons. Dexterous Weapon Master helps close this gap and synergizes well with this class

1st Level

All Arcane Vanguards get access to Light Armor, Simple Weapons, Martial Weapons, proficiency with Dexterity and Intelligence Saving Throws, choose 3 starter skills between Acrobatics, Arcana, Athletics, History, Insight, Intimidation, Investigation, Medicine, Persuasion, Religion, Stealth. At first level you also choose your subclass which will define how you play. Details below.

There are 8 fighting styles available to the Arcane Vanguard.

Read The Enemy: When calculating your AC, use your Intelligence modifier instead of Dexterity. Fully compatible with Medium Armor Master and Mage Armor. Credit to Siaell for assisting with functionality.

Expedient Mobility: Gain an extra 4. 5m (15ft) of movement.

Empower Arcana: Once per turn, gain Empowered Arcana for 2 turns after landing a Weapon Attack [Empowered Arcana: Affected entity has a +1 bonus