Eldritch Knight (5A)

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This is a Fighter subclass for 5A.

The archetypal Eldritch Knight combines the martial mastery common to all fighters with a careful study of magic. Eldritch Knights use magical techniques similar to those practiced by wizards. They focus their study on two of the eight schools of magic: abjuration and evocation. Abjuration spells grant an Eldritch Knight additional protection in battle, and evocation spells deal damage to many foes at once, extending the fighter's reach in combat. These knights learn a comparatively small number of spells, committing them to memory instead of keeping them in a spellbook.

Greyhawk: Eldritch knights can be seen as noble knights who have risen to the heights of integrating fighting arts and arcane magic. Or they can be seen as dilettantes and failed students who flunked both arms and magic classes but made their own jumble of both. Both kinds certainly exist, the earlier is more common among elves and in hierarchical orders, the later in cosmopolitan cities and universities.