What idea is better?

[Diegoit]

Hello all, i need help to decide which weapon should a "BATTLEMAGE" use, i cant be a staff/scepter cuz ill give these weapons to mages.

All of them must use Shields so it can only be 1 hand weapons.

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Magic gauntlets

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Magic wands (small staves)

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You can also suggest another weapon but it cant be -> hammer/sword/staves/crossbow/glaives/warglaives/daggers/axe/

 

[cleavinghammer]

Maybe have one or the other, depending on whether they're meant to be a melee or ranged unit (or able to switch, like having the ranged wand-wielder be the standard form, and give them a Metamorphosis-like spell that makes them a tougher melee (magic) swordsman.

 

[noob]

Hat worn on the hand?
A smaller battlemage which is holding a smaller battlemage and so on until it barely can be seen(use lower and lower poly as you do in the chain)?
A "focus" which looks like a plain sphere of metal?
Unlimited arcane power rotating around the hand?(an orb effect)
Souls in its fist that leave a trail as the battle mage moves around?
A bag of flour?(obvious)
A wand holding the hand rather than being held by the hand?
A javelin?
Its hand being replaced by some sort of skeletal metallic hand?

 

[Diegoit]

I like the battlestaff but with different appearance

 

[noob]

I like the battlestaff but with different appearance

In your first post you did forbid staves suggestions.
Here is a staff picture for fun.

 

[Triceron]

Seems you want something fairly generic fantasy since you have other weapons assigned to other classes like axes, swords and glaives.

Well then, it kinda limits things to 1-handed rods/wands or scepters.

I would probably prefer something more exotic to separate the battle mage from the rest. Maybe like a Scythe like Magus from CT, or a Rapier like FF Red Mages.

I think a bladed scepter could actually be the best hybrid, something like a smaller version of Loki's staff from Avengers. Something curved and exotic looking with a long shaft, neither looks big enough to be a polearm or a blade large enough to be a Swordsman weapon. Spellbreakers really nailed that look in WC3.

-edit- Actually, the Naga Siren weapon is what I'm thinking. Just scaled down to fit as a 1-handed weapon.

 

[Diegoit]

Seems you want something fairly generic fantasy since you have other weapons assigned to other classes like axes, swords and glaives.

Well then, it kinda limits things to 1-handed rods/wands or scepters.

I would probably prefer something more exotic to separate the battle mage from the rest. Maybe like a Scythe like Magus from CT, or a Rapier like FF Red Mages.

I think a bladed scepter could actually be the best hybrid, something like a smaller version of Loki's staff from Avengers. Something curved and exotic looking with a long shaft, neither looks big enough to be a polearm or a blade large enough to be a Swordsman weapon. Spellbreakers really nailed that look in WC3.

-edit- Actually, the Naga Siren weapon is what I'm thinking. Just scaled down to fit as a 1-handed weapon.

Yuuuppp, that is what i mean.