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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vysirez" data-source="post: 3014387" data-attributes="member: 10204">Could try a 1/2 dragon Duskblade(from PHB2). Gets full BAB, and a good amount of casting, though lower level spells. Also gets some nice abilities to fire off spells while in melee. Downside is the spell selection is somewhat bad. No good buffing spells,  mostly damage spells really. The advantage of a duskblade is that a straight 9th lvl duskblade will have better BAB and better casting then a multiclass fighter/sorc/EK or whatever. This will help counter the level loss from the +3LA. The main problem is that for a fighter/mage type build you are all ready having a hard time keeping both BAB and casting up. You add in another +3LA from 1/2 dragon and it's hard to work things out. It's cool for a concept but hard to make effective. Ultimately I think your best bet is to go with either a duskblade or the Gish build posted above and just focus on buffing spells. With a Gish build, plus 1/2 dragon, you are going to loose caster levels. So you might just focus on maxing out your BAB and let spells be a bit more minor. With a duskblade the spells are just extra damage on top of your normal attacks.One thing you might ask your DM about is Arcane strike, it's a great feat for Gish builds, but the feat only affects a single weapon. However I have seen some discussion about how it impacts natural weapons. Ultimately you might want to find out how your DM wants to work it. If you burn a slot in arcane strike would it affect 1 claw? both claws? all your natural attacks? If it's just one claw I don't think it would be worth it. If it's both claws or all natural attacks I think it might be worth taking.</blockquote>

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