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Eldritch Knight is fantastic for a touch spell caster. A lot of the touch spells are great spells, but reliably hitting with cover and melee penalties can be hard for a 1/2 BAB class. The bonus feat and fighter level you need to get in can get you point blank and precise shot, and the BAB will...

Well, without knowing more about the character, it's really hard to say what's best. Straight cleric? Pclass? Physical stats? Do you want to be a buffer, a healer, a fighter (your domains suggest as much), or a spellcaster? Going with militant melee cleric, you'd want: 1) Power Attack...

Why, exactly, must a staff cost more than a wand just because it's "better"? (And it's not better in every circumstance.) A caster level 8 staff is pretty cool for a 1st level wizard with a 12 Int. It's way cooler for a 15th level wizard with a 24 Int. A caster level 10 wand is about equally...

It all depends on what you want to do with it, really. Most of the common ones have been covered, but some others I've seen include the following. (Not all of these will be directly relevant to you, but they may spark ideas.) Divine Power when I make a melee attack (for a cleric using miracle...

I don't see any reason why classed NPCs should be any stupider than your average PC. PCs carry backups and contingency plans. NPCs should do the same.

Several people have already mentioned items that improve ability checks, but without specifics. There are two generic ones - luckstone (+1 luck to a bunch of stuff including ability checks for 20k) and pale green prism ioun stone (+1 competence to a bunch of stuff including ability checks for...

Funny, yes, but it doesn't seem to really roll off the tongue...

Combine with Chain Spell for even more fun. Chain, Irresistable Tasha's hideous laughter? Everybody in the room, just sit there for 1 rd/lvl. Seriously, who thought this feat was a good idea?

Arcanis (from PCI) has a class that might interest you, if you're willing to use 3rd party materials. It's called Warped One, and it's in the Player's Guide to Arcanis. There's no trigger point, but you get enhanced rage abilities.

If you want to "fix" it, add that the bonus goes up by +1/+1 per 4 fighter levels over 8. That might help make single-classed fighters more attractive.

I think spellthief is plenty of reason to try out spellthief. At least at higher levels, a spellthief can be just sickeningly effective. The big bad scary monster loses all the powers that made it bad and scary, and now it's just a big pile of xp? Sign me up.

Of course it's non-associated. Why wouldn't it, be, since those 11 levels only boost his size by one category, his strength by 10, fill in all of the missing BAB from his giant hit dice (and his cleric hit dice), boost his saves, give him DR, and some extra stackable bonuses to combat ability...

The Combat Focus feat chain from PHB2. For a total cost of 4 feats, you'll get blindsight 5' radius (and a bunch of other neat abilities). Cost for stats is only 13 Wisdom.

I'm not at all sure where you get the idea that melee types aren't needed at high levels. In most of the high level games I've played (levels 14-18 approximately), the focus has been all about the melee types. The casters have plenty to do, but the heavy lifting is done with melee. The...

I think they'd be pretty cute as Vow of Poverty fighters, putting all their feats into buffing their light rays. You'd need a pretty flexible DM, but you could certainly make the character work.

You actually need 4 levels of hexblade (when they get their spells), but it's worth it, since they get mettle and full BAB. Either way, I think you'll do fine as a front line combatant. The only problem with going half-dragon is the lower hit dice when the blasphemies start flying. Other than...

The big problem with the existing mechanic is that it's based on HD, and non-classed undead advance in hit dice at 1CR/4HD. That means that it's easy, at level 2 to turn a zombie (2HD). It's impossible, at level 12, to turn a zombie-like undead of similar relative CR, since it will have...

The first edition Dieties and Demigods had chapters on the Nehwon, Cthulu, and Melnibonean pantheons. The Cthulu and Melnibonean sections were pulled in later printings due to license issues.

Well, it seems you've already started playing, thus suggestions about changing your race or stats aren't very useful. So, really, what you need are suggestions that can be implemented going forward. However, since you're new to playing a sorcerer, I would suggest that you ask your DM if you...

Well, the best gestalt blaster seems to be taken already by the wizard/rogue. If you really want to just blast away all day long, try wizard/warmage. You've got the stats for it. You can use the wizard side for some important utilities (overland flight, for example), get lots of useful bonus...