(question! Since this game started, many new books have come out. I'm curious to know your opinion of Duskblades and/or Abjurant Champions. Just letting ideas percolate for now. Oh, also, I'm a little confused. Does this make my 2nd level wizard, or did we just level again, or will it make my next level wizard...? Eee?)
(OOC: Oops--I thought you planned to have Wizard second. Ignore the part about casting a spell then, and yes, you can set yourself up for a later level as 'Nock mentioned.
About the two classes--
Duskblade--a solid class, and using a strict RAW reading of the higher level channeling to disallow multispelling the same opponent, a fair one, I think. In my setting, most Duskblades are elves, not an issue for you.
Abjurant Champion--This class is unfair if you sneak into it as a Wizard only but eminently fair for a Fighter/Wizard with a significant chunk of Fighter (looks like Sul will be that), so I'd allow it. Also, one of the writers was on drugs or something because the example gives benefits with Mage Armour but that clearly isn't Abjuration. That will need to be errataed.
A note on Elven culture in the place Sul is from--while it shares some in common with other Elven cultures such that most of what she's saying is spot on (and the elves are certainly just as arrogant in culture as always), the political, social, and especially courtship are nonstandard because I like making stuff up:
[SBLOCK=Elves]Major decisions are made by a council of High Mages (Dwimmersyl Council) rather than the lower Al'Rianda Council (consisting of representatives of the elven nobility), though ignoring the powerful families and going directly against their wishes is a mistake that the High Mages would be foolish to make.
An interesting feature of Elven inheritance--among the lower classes or those that are not the nobility, things can work as per the wishes of the older generation, but among the nobility, there is an unusual gender balance of power--females are not allowed to officially hold titles of influence (they can keep purely nomenclatural titles), peerages, or other noble assets, but males are not allowed to inherit them. The way it works is that the female nobles will nebulously possess all of the holdings and assets but cannot exert them. When a female declares a male
saa'covaran (beloved), she will sleep with him, and if the affections are returned, they will have a joining ceremony and become
to'covaran (humans call it 'elven marriage', but the rules are not very similar. Still it's close enough that the analogue works). Among other things, the result is that the male is able to exert all of those assets unless she changes her mind--there isn't even a difficult divorce process, really, or any recourse for the male--she can rescind her affections for as flighty a reason as she chooses (maybe she doesn't like the colour of his clothes today). At this point, he is instantly stripped of all of the titles and privileges once again until he can find another woman, and he gains her titles that way. This has several implications:
First of all, it can lead to both males and females wielding tremendous political power depending on the situation. In general, it is actually the females who have the stronger say, as they essentially can veto anything by withdrawing from
to'covaran. Of course, the male might be able to get off one last action quickly before she does this, but that isn't very much. Some domineering elven noblewomen flit from man to man until they find one who is biddable and obedient. On the other hand, if an elven woman is ever so in love that she would never contemplate withdrawing
to'covaran, the man can basically do whatever he wants (and of course, if he is also very much in love, they will tend to harmoniously agree on things together).
The second is something that humans can pretty much never understand involving romance. For an elven male, if he already has a
to'covaran a female with higher status declares him
saa'covaran and he then refuses to leave his current
to'covaran, it is considered incredibly romantic. He is essentially rejecting a greater influence due to (presumably) a great love, and he risks the wrath of the rejected noble as well. The higher the gap in status, the more romantic the gesture is. The process of declaring a man
saa'covaran involves sleeping with him. Therefore, what humans can almost never understand is why elven women are so excited about their significant other sleeping with another woman.
That's most of the basics--you can ask for clarifications if you like[/SBLOCK]
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