Hello! This is my first time posting on the forums and I was looking for help with my War Wizard redesign. I always loved the flavour and some mechanics but found some restrictive and not supportive of other kinds of war mages. This is my first redesign of anything so all CaC is welcome

Arcane Deflection

When you're hit by an attack or fail a saving throw, you can use your reaction to conjure a burst of protective magic:

• Deflective Shield: Gain a bonus to AC against the triggering attack equal to your proficiency bonus.

• Reactive Ward: Gain a bonus to the saving throw you just failed equal to 2+your proficiency bonus.

• You can use this feature a number of times per long rest equal to your proficiency bonus.

War Training

Your battlefield preparation sharpens both your reflexes and your resilience:

• Gain a bonus to initiative rolls equal to your Intelligence modifier.

• Gain proficiency with one suit of armor (light or medium) and two martial weapons of your choice. You cannot choose two-handed weapons.

• Gain +1 hit point per wizard level (retroactive and ongoing).

Arcane Barrage

You can attack twice when you take the Attack action on your turn. You may forgo one of these attacks to cast a spell with a casting time of 1 action and a level no higher than your Intelligence modifier (minimum 1st level).

Durable Magic

While you are concentrating on a spell, you gain a +2 bonus to AC and saving throws.

Arcane Overdrive

Once per turn, when you use your Arcane Barrage feature to both make a weapon attack and cast a spell on the same turn, you can add your proficiency bonus to the damage of both the weapon attack and the spell.

At first glance the thing I’m worried about is the war training feature and the other feature being broken but if someone really wants to play gish like character withheld current war wizard I’d be a bit dissappointed

thank you to all who read have a great day and may the Nat 20s come your way!!

Anyone??

Is this a home brew?  You call this a War Wizard redesign. where do you find the War Wizard originally in the 2024 PHB?

Sorry that is my bad i should have clarified. It’s a redesign of the 2014 War Magic subclass

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Is this a home brew?  You call this a War Wizard redesign. where do you find the War Wizard originally in the 2024 PHB?

War Magic is a Wizard subclass from Xanathar's Guide to Everything. There are lots of character options that aren't in the 2024 PHB.

A bit late but... Dang it I love it. A few things:

1. I would make the arcane barrage similar to blade singer's extra attack. Being able to attack and cast a leveled spell is super strong, so maybe you could add that in at higher levels.

2. Arcane overdrive is crazy with the current arcane barrage. If you cast a fireball or other AoE, you can deal an absurd amount of extra damage. It's still pretty strong with the above suggestions, but it is fine.

3. If you're concentrating on a spell, does that stack with arcane deflection? If yes, that may lead to some absurd shenanigans, getting you feasibly a +18 to a saving throw.

4. This thing is MAD beyond imagination. To make a good and cool build with this, you need high Str, Dex, Con, and Int. You could argue that you don't need strength or constitution, but if so, then a bladesinger is a better option. This seems to be trying to turn the wizard into a front-liner, but the way you go about it just doesn't work very well.

Overall, it's fun, but unbalanced in its main purpose.

However, as a marksman, it has promise. No MAD problems, and they can use a hand crossbow or pistol. With the sharpshooter feat, this would be amazing.

I won't go far into dip potential, but it would be a great dip for every martial, and one of the only viable spellcaster dips for a barbarian.

Never too late to give feedback. Yeah I thought at some point there might be shenanigans. What spells could give it +18 to saves I’m interested (;))? Also it doesn’t not need strength as the only reason you would need it is with 2 handed weapons which explicitly can’t be used  so dexterity int and con are everything. Yeah at high level features they kinda stack go go crazy but that’s level 14 Thanks for great feedback