2013年12月17日 · The word "gish" is given an in-lore meaning in the Planescape sourcebook A Guide to the Astral Plane (1996): Githyanki call those who are trained in both fighting and spellcasting gish, meaning "skilled". These talented individuals are rare and well-respected, often becoming leaders or other people of influence.

A solid “gish-in-a-can”, the duskblade from Player’s Handbook II gets a very useful ability to channel touch spells through an attack. Unfortunately, their spell list is really limited ( and goes only to 6th-level spells), and the really good feature (full-attack spell channeling) doesn’t come until 13th class level, which is very rough.

Gish is the term used for any fighter/mage build where the character's focus in both spellcasting and martial combat is at least somewhat equal and where both aspects of the character are viable. Spellcasting and Manifesting (for psionics) can usually be used interchangeably. If you're playing pathfinder, this answer is obsolete.

2019年2月21日 · I'm going for a "gish" build combining spell casting and martial abilities. My initial thought is Eldritch Knight, but I think there may be something/some combo of things that is better. I would like to push BAB as high as possible, and possibly also gain some of the lost fighter bonus feats, but also 9th level spells are a must.

2014年12月31日 · I’m looking to make a character whose focus is on the use of spellcasting in close quarters. This might take the form of damage waves that are centered on his location, auras that buff nearby

For an intelligence based gish there's really only 4 options: Arcane Trickster Rogue, Battle Smith Artificer, Bladesinging Wizard, or Eldritch Knight Fighter. An Arcane Tricksters is a great dual wielder because a bonus action attack is another opportunity for Sneak Attack and is an OK melee damage dealer because of said Sneak Attack.

2018年11月6日 · Well, let's take a look at some of the classic 5e gish spells, ones we know have interactions with things like GWF and GWM: Booming Blade As part of the action used to cast this spell, you must make a melee attack with a weapon against one creature within the spell's range, otherwise the spell fails.

2021年10月5日 · The term 'Martial class' isn't a specifically designated rules term, but rather a catch-all used by the community to define those characters whose primary role is, essentially, to hit things with sharp or blunt objects until they die; or, to be less pithy, those character classes whose combat actions are primarily defined by the use of a melee or ranged weapon, or skill checks to deal damage ...

2020年7月9日 · The Githyanki and Githzerai are warring factions of the same race, Gith. From Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes:. But after they won their freedom, two factions among the gith disagreed on what kind of civilization they would forge.

Focus on save-or-suck spells that you can deploy at range in lieu of wading in. Gish builds tend to be prerequisite dependent and require careful planning before the game starts. Also, without significant effort or alignment breaches, you won't be very good at the summoning, nor the undead games, both of those being traditional caster-focused ...