fearsomepirate
Hero
Why do we only want a swordmage, and not a more open and universal arcane half caster class?
You can do that pretty easily with what I wrote.
1. Highlight the whole thing
2. Hit CTRL-C on your keyboard
3. Go to your favorite text editor
4. Hit CTRL-V
5. Change whatever you don't like to what you like
As for why not the wizard list: because the EK is proof it doesn't really work. If it did, this thread wouldn't exist.
EK is able to choose exactly 4 spells from the full wizard spell list. The big criticism of the class is that Evocation spells are quite possibly the worst choice for a gish; some of the best spells are in the Illusion and Enchantment schools.
Plus not all arcane casters use the wizard list, which is why it's called "the wizard spell list' and not ;the arcane spell list.' Every class gets it's own list. Which is why paladins use the paladin list and not the cleric list. If paladins use the cleric list, they wouldn't get any smite spells, (or elemental weapon) which are key to paladins playing like paladins.
I'm not going to go 1 by 1 through the full spell list, evaluate each individually, compile them all in a list, then write and playtest a bunch of unique spells, for a forum post.