Originally from the Iron Mage thread in the house rules forum. Moved here to keep that thread focused on developing the class. Anyone interested, feel free to participate!
I have a co-player that would probably be willing to try this in RL in a campaign But she is not really that good at optimizing so do you have some suggestions to make an easy but effective Iron-Mage so that she does not feel gimped and we can see how it performs compared to some more optimized characters.
She will start at level 11(she was a level 4 fighter/wizard before a time jump) and she wants to play a female dwarf outcast. The world we are playing in does not have very forgiving dwarves and magic is not something they allow, so she has a brand burned into her forehead. She likes to go straight for the kill with a dwarven waraxe but like to throw in a few tricky spells to keep the enemy on thier feet as well as buff herself. It is only very rarely she uses blasts. School wise she isn't very picky but does not want necromancy.
thank you for taking you time. :)
Ooh, sounds like a perfect Transmuter... dwarves benefit greatly from the speed manipulation. Already has stats, I assume -- what are they, at level 4? Does the current version have a familiar? ...heck, you might as well post the whole character sheet. :)