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- dungeons and dragons - What is the etymology of the term Gish? - Role . . .
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
- dnd 5e 2014 - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
Steel wind strike 's spell description (XGtE, p 166) states: You flourish the weapon used in the casting and then vanish to strike like the wind Choose up to five creatures you can see within range Make a melee spell attack against each target On a hit, a target takes 6d10 force damage Now, we know that steel wind strike isn't a melee weapon attack Attacks can either be a melee or a
- dnd 5e 2014 - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
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
- How can I make a fighter sorcerer that contributes to the party?
The trick with "gish" is to make sure you can both effectively cast spells and effectively fight without sacrificing too much of either side This requires a certain amount of hoop jumping I disrecommend using a character builder for 3 5 characters as it's worth getting your hands dirty by understanding every aspect of the mechanics
- How to optimize a Gishy [Fighter Mage] Character? [closed]
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
- Not a gish - Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
I rsquo;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
- Good final class for GISH (high BAB and 9th-level spells)?
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
- What is the best way to make a Swordsage Beguiler character?
Gish Anyway, in comments on the other question I mentioned the Gish Handbook A "Gish", or a caster capable of fighting in melee combat, seems to be exactly what you're currently aiming for, which is different from the sneaky deceiver of the former question
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