Battlemage (class)

Battlemages are a class that combines - or at least, tries to compromise between - the Magic of Magicians and Warriors.

However, many say this: jack of all trades, master of none. And this applies to Battlemages perfectly. They are not as good at Magic as someone fully devoted to Magic would be. They are not as good at martial skills as a fully devoted and dedicated Warrior would be. To combine the martial skills of a Warrior and the magical abilities of a Magician, compromises have to be made.

Just like Magicians, they have access to Arcane Magic and the three basic spells.

The Original FRPG
Battlemages were exclusive to the Hungarian version of the FRPG, and they were a dual-class prestige class, requiring the character to be both a Warrior and Magician at the same time. Their description at the Hungarian FRPG is declared non-canon.

Unlike in the video game adaptations however, they were more than just Magician-Warrior hybrids. They had to be exclusively Neutral, and they were known for being good at martial arts and summoning elementals. This is non-canon, and seems to imply that they were more like warrior-monks of some undeveloped and dummied-out religion that never made it into the forum lore.

Being a Battlemage gave a expert knowledge at the Ancient Language, master skill at a chosen weapon type, they also had two unique abilities: enchanting a weapon with an element, and battle maditation - a meditation that makes all allies calm in battle.

RPG Maker Adaptations: 2012 and 2013
Just like in the official canon, in the video game adaptations of the FRPG, Battlemages have nothing to do with elementals or martial arts. They are simply compromise between Warriors and Magicians. They can learn spells like Magicians, but have much lesser amount of manna. They can use all weapons and wear any type of armour up to chainmail, but have lesser amount of hitpoints that dedicated Warriors

World of Artograch
The tabletop roleplaying system does away with classes altogether, deprecating them in favour of backgrounds, which allow players more flexibility during character creations. Nevertheless, it's still very much possible to play as a Battlemage - simply compromise Arcane Magic with Combat-oriented feats, which is very much possible with all the Combat-oriented and Magic-oriented backgrounds alike, as well as with no background.