Stormcaster advice

[Animal]

I'm creating a 10ECL Stormcaster character. the interesting part is that there are no clerics in DM's world and he's using some alternative rules from Unearthed Arcana. so arcane caster s may pick divine spells as well. plus he's using spellpoints. although spells i pick should be united by some general idea. i'm going to be an ex- ship mage and my spellbook should reflect that.
i need an advice. should i make him 5wiz/5SC or 6sorc/4SC? which spells is it better to pick (including divine)? what feats will work best for me?

 

[Bront]

Wizard 5 would probably be better, unless there are other compensations given to a sorcerer (Beyond that the PHB provides), though the Sorcerer's use of simple weapons could be appropriate.

Assuming the GM is going to ignore the deity restriction (which is to a chaotic evil deity in Forgoten realms), it should make a fun character.

If you go wizard, you should take a lot of "utility" spells, as they'll be more useful in day to day work on a ship. (Animate rope, Floating Disk, maybe even Unseen Servant to name a few low level spells I can think of). I'd also recomend leaning towards lightning and electricity attacks just for the theme.

 

[Animal]

yeah, definetly wizard would be a better choice. "utility" spells should add some flavour, i like the idea. but do i really need divine spells?
and what about feats? what feats do i need?

 

[Bront]

Well, the cure spells are nice. There are a few buff spells that have merrit as well. Silence is quite useful, as is Prayer. Something to create holy water might be nice. Things like Wind Wall and Water Wall could be useful and thematic. True Seeing is nice to have access too. Call lightning seems appropriate as well.

Keep in mind, you need a Fort Save Base of +4, so you'll need to be a 12th level wizard to ender the Stormlord. You'll also need Endurance, Fortitude, and Weapon Focus (Spear or Javelin), so also martial weapon proficiency (Spear or Javelin).

 

[Animal]

no, not a stormlord. a stormcaster from Stormwrack.

 

[Bront]

OH!.

I don't have that here, I'll check it out later and get back to you, but my spell choices still stand.