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7 Years later - I'm curious... did anyone actually get to use this build as either a PC or NPC and what were the results?? How did your players react to the build?

Player's Handbook, page 176 (Duration) wrote:

Touch Spells and Holding the Charge: ...If you cast another spell, the touch spell dissipates.

That's the pertinent information.

If you really want to be able to do this, though, you need to get a staff familiar (Dr 338) - it allows you to channel your touch spells through your staff, and later your staff becomes a spell storing staff. :-)

The Wandstrike feat from Complete Arcane would be another way to do it, though with less versatility (unless you're knee deep in wands).

Excellent. That was the information I couldn't find. Thanks so much!!

I'm fairly new DM'ing and can't seem to find anything to solve this for me in print, so I beg a little assistance...

If an arcane caster casts a spell such as Chill Touch at CL4, according to the way I read the spell description he casts and the effect lasts until he touches 4 individuals or creatures. It's a duration instantaneous, meaning he or she does not need to continue to concentrate. Therefore in the next round, he or she could cast Corrosive Grasp for example, and then be hitting with BOTH effects.....

Is this a correct interpretation or have I missed something? It seems a bit unbalanced, but as I said, I can't find anything to contradict.

Any and all input is appreciated!

i agree with baudot, the duskblade is limited to damage only. All his abilities and spells are designed to make damage, outside fight he's useless.

This class is not overpowered, it's a balanced class designed for players willing to do damage via spells or blades.

The character is certainly not useless.... that all depends on the player and the choice of skills and spells as to the useability outside of combat. They have access to detect magic for one, granted it';s not a lot but it's how the class is outfitted that matters. In the wrong (Or right as the case may be :p)hands, I believe the class can be overpowered. In combat, any second level character that can have an attack that almost automaticly hits barring a natural 1 (Truestrike) and deal around 30 points of dmg (Blade of Blood) and essentialy puts a barbarian to shame.... just a wee bit overpowred... but hey.,.. that's just me :)

The player's guide list a single bonus feat for all of the districts execpt the Noble and Champion's districts. Are players from the later two districts suppose to get 2 bonus feats? Or just pick one of the two?

Have to agree with Ed on this one. Just choose one of the two available in those districts.