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And heres your elbow to the ribs.

This is unbalanced and you know it. Any spell that deals damage allows a safe, a resist, or a touch attack (or any i can think of) much less a spell thats averages 160 dmg vs. Undead at lvl 20 allowing you to one shot an epic lvl demilich with impunity.

Battle Caster + Abjurant Champion can be quite potent...

If I have the drop on you... even if you're crazy fast (short of being superhuman like "The Flash") then I'm going to hit ya. Being able to duck and dodge wiggle and weave won't do you that much good if I have the knife to your throat.

Man, what are you missing here.. a CdG can be used against *ANY* helpless defender that is susceptible to crits and this applies to "anyone at your mercy". If you have a dagger to their throat and are a hairs breadth from slicing it it's a fair bet to say they're at your mercy. So why the hell...

Isn't the CdG a subsection of the Helpless Defender rules?

And the Fortitude Save vs. Death? "You automatically hit and score a critical hit. If the defender survives the damage, he must make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + damage dealt) or die."

Helpless Defenders A helpless opponent is someone who is bound, sleeping, paralyzed, unconscious, or otherwise at your mercy. I think Coup de Grace covers it.

First... Kill all the lawyers. After we do that, consider "skipped level" advancement for magic users, and replacing each skipped level with a metamagic, item creation, or reserve feat. This would mean that a Wizard would be level 4 by the time he had access to 2nd level spells and level 20...

Remember that whole debate about rollplayers vs. roleplayers? What a lot of people don't get is that it's situations like the above that they were talking about.

What Rumbletiger said... except an Ordained Champion of X with a Cleric base.

Going back to my frustration and rage and boundless fury concerning the Spirit Shaman class... Stop and think of how awesomesaucemly they could've fleshed this character class out. It's the same with a lot of the more iconic aspects of D&D. Why is it just about every wizard is a variation of...

The Spirit Shammy does arguably have the most awesome spellcasting system in the game. "What do you mean you know every spell on your spell list as soon as you level... that you can cast spontaneously... and swap out every day... on the clerics casting progression...". *double take* Were it...

Druids are also ridiculously good right out of the box. As are Wizards, and Clerics. Yet all of these have numerous character options. The Swashbuckler, the Spellthief, the Scout, hell... even the Warmage has player options.

The most interesting I've found thus far.. and I'm not even making this up... Eldritch Disciple.

You mean the handbook that actually recommends "Education" as a prime feat for Spirit Shaman? Not only does the poor guy recommend "Education" he then goes on to spell similar wrong. *facepalm*

The ever forgotten... Spirit Shaman. Want to know just how forgotten the spirit shaman is? There's not a single feat in the game that is geared specifically towards it. There's no variant rules except maybe one... there's no prestige classes geared towards it. Nothing. Unless I'm missing...

Give him the fast healing... But make it so bits of his body will fast heal ANYONE. Including anyone that takes a bite out of him... For an hour. Suddenly its a boon to any animal that attacks and lord help him if word gets around...

If by earlier editions you mean... 3.5? srd wish: "You may try to use a wish to produce greater effects than these, but doing so is dangerous. (The wish may pervert your intent into a literal but undesirable fulfillment or only a partial fulfillment.)"

Actually... the problem here is that you're allowing the player to wish for a "mechanic" that the character would not be aware of. The best they could say is "I want to heal very fast!" or something along those lines...