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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elder-Basilisk" data-source="post: 1134642" data-attributes="member: 3146">On the fighter vs. Caster argument: Any time you have to take five or six spellcasting levels in order to take a class, that heavily biases it towards casters. Even your "fightery" version of the Eldritch Knight ends up with 15 caster levels.Possible progressions:Brd 8/Ftr 2/Eldritch Knight 10. Casting as a 17th level bard isn't too impressive (it's not too bad either though) but he can cast spells in light armor without spell failure and will end up with a +18 BAB.For better charisma synergy but fewer feats, you could make that (ex) Bard 8/Pal 2/Eldritch Knight 10For the best caster level, you could choose: Ftr 1/Wizard 6/Spellsword 9/Sacred Exorcist 4. You end up with a +16 BAB that way which is still enough for the all-important fourth attack but you also have a caster level of 18--enough for 9th level spells.On the spells section:Sor/Wiz: 1. Shield (if you use a two handed weapon); Mage Armor (if you don't wear armor), Magic Missile (always good), Color Spray, Burning Hands (you need to be close to your foes), Protection From Evil, Ray of Enfeeblement (reduce your foes' strength so that you're not hit as often).2. Scorching Ray (all around good spell); Flaming Sphere (good until level 6 or so--since you'll only have one attack, you can use it in conjunction with a partial attack while in melee), False Life (good for the front-line wizard), Mirror Image (best in combination with Blink to prolong the images' lives--this also prevents great cleave from countering all your images), Alter Self (Extra AC).3. Blink (Use in conjunction with mirror image and the expert tactician feat (from song and silence). Also ought to render you immune to grappling); Heroism (good duration helps you hit and make saves); Magic Circle v. Evil (long-term AC), Slow (keep your foes from full attacking you).4. Polymorph (Troll form--great for tripping, etc), Greater Invisibility (excellent in conjunction with Expert Tactician (and NonDetection), Rary's Mnemonic Enhancer (spend unused 4th level open slots in the evening to get more spells on the next day), Ice Storm (a pretty good spell for a reduced caster level wizard with less than maximized int), Enervation.</blockquote>

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