2013年12月17日 · It is pronounced gish´-sahr-ath´, with no vocalization of the apostrophy except perhaps a slight pause. The rank "sarth" previously appeared in A Guide to the Astral Plane (1996), p.49. Generic sense. Use of "gish" in a generic sense to refer to all fighter/wizard builds dates back to at least 2005, such as this post on rec.games.frp.dnd:

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.

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.

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 If you're playing pathfinder, this answer is obsolete.

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

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.

2022年10月15日 · 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. One of the proposed builds from that guide is …

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 ...

2013年11月22日 · I'm planning on building a Gish for the next game I play in, and I was wondering how to best plan the build. I want power attack so I can do damage in combat, and I want to wield the weapon two-handed to get the most out of it. However, I need a free hand to cast spells. The plan is to get a Scimitar (love the crit) and wield it in battle.

2016年2月19日 · Spells usually take a swift, immediate or standard action to cast (or more). I know no spells that can be cast as a move action and this, together with the fact that quickened spells are swift actions (errataed from free as soon as swift actions were born), means that the total number of spells you can cast per round is two (one standard, one swift), except for effects that increase the ...