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<blockquote data-quote="Thanee" data-source="post: 2196379" data-attributes="member: 478">Definitely go for Eldritch Knight.If you want the Fighter bonus feat, a Fighter 1/Sorcerer 6/Spellsword 1/Eldritch Knight X is pretty good.Of course, that 2nd Fighter level is pretty tempting, but I would try to keep the spellcasting high, given, that you are the only arcane caster, and if you are looking at two levels in a fighter class, maybe Paladin 2/Sorcerer 6/Spellsword 1/Eldritch Knight X would work well, unless you dislike Paladins for some reason... some nice synergy there. Of course, for only one level, Barbarian offers the biggest benefit (you just cannot qualify for Spellsword then)... Barbarian 1/Sorcerer 6/Eldritch Knight X with Extra Rage would be quite nasty, if you can also qualify for Combat Expertise and thus Improved Trip (especially, with an Enlarge Person in place, that would also work well with Combat Reflexes).Practiced Spellcaster is pretty much a must-have, and Arcane Strike is a good choice later on, of course (in case of the Barbarian, you would need to check with your DM, whether he allows it to be used while in Rage beforehand, the ability &amp; feat descriptions do not really say anything about it, so it's just a matter of personal decision).As for spells, take a minimal amount of combat spells and a good selection of utility spells, that should work out nicely.As for armor, if you have access to BoED, the twilight enchantment can reduce arcane spell failure, so you could use a twilight mithril shirt (or with Spellsword even some bigger armor probably) without any ASF at all.ByeThanee</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thanee, post: 2196379, member: 478"] Definitely go for Eldritch Knight. If you want the Fighter bonus feat, a Fighter 1/Sorcerer 6/Spellsword 1/Eldritch Knight X is pretty good. Of course, that 2nd Fighter level is pretty tempting, but I would try to keep the spellcasting high, given, that you are the only arcane caster, and if you are looking at two levels in a fighter class, maybe Paladin 2/Sorcerer 6/Spellsword 1/Eldritch Knight X would work well, unless you dislike Paladins for some reason... some nice synergy there. Of course, for only one level, Barbarian offers the biggest benefit (you just cannot qualify for Spellsword then)... Barbarian 1/Sorcerer 6/Eldritch Knight X with Extra Rage would be quite nasty, if you can also qualify for Combat Expertise and thus Improved Trip (especially, with an Enlarge Person in place, that would also work well with Combat Reflexes). Practiced Spellcaster is pretty much a must-have, and Arcane Strike is a good choice later on, of course (in case of the Barbarian, you would need to check with your DM, whether he allows it to be used while in Rage beforehand, the ability & feat descriptions do not really say anything about it, so it's just a matter of personal decision). As for spells, take a minimal amount of combat spells and a good selection of utility spells, that should work out nicely. As for armor, if you have access to BoED, the [i]twilight[/i] enchantment can reduce arcane spell failure, so you could use a [i]twilight mithril shirt[/i] (or with Spellsword even some bigger armor probably) without any ASF at all. Bye Thanee [/QUOTE]

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