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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 4839471" data-attributes="member: 19675">Without faulting anyone else's builds, I'll suggest the following (this is just a checklist of ideas, not an actual build):1) Take at least a level or 2 of Fighter, just for the warrior feats.2) Good Cleric Domains for this build would be War and Water.&nbsp; War would let you be very &quot;fighter-y&quot; without causing you to multiclass- you wouldn't get the bonus feats, but the War domain gives you a couple of bonus feats and some nice spells.Water domain, of course, gives you access to many of the kinds of spells you're used to casting.3) There is a feat called Energy Substitution which will let you substitute one single energy type (chosen with the feat) for another in a given spell.&nbsp; A feat that has that one as a prereq is Energy Admixture, which makes the damage in the spell half of one type and half of another.Taking the first would let you do a giant Waterball instead of a Fireball, for instance.Taking the second would let you do a giant Boiling Waterball, as you mix the fire and water equally in your spell.4) Oriental Adventures is a 3Ed book (its been updated in Dragon, but never in hardcover) that has a class called the Shaman.&nbsp; Its kind of a mix of Monk and Cleric.&nbsp; I bring it up mainly because it has the same kind of access to Domains as the Cleric...but eventually gains a 3rd Domain.5) If you're serious about being effective in ranged combat, make sure you have a 12+ in your Dex score, unless you're just talking about area effect attack spells.6) One of the better arcane/divine spellcaster prestige class mixes- one I actually prefer to the MT- is the Geomancer.&nbsp; Lots of flavor and flexibility, but it is pretty exotic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 4839471, member: 19675"] Without faulting anyone else's builds, I'll suggest the following (this is just a checklist of ideas, not an actual build): 1) Take at least a level or 2 of Fighter, just for the warrior feats. 2) Good Cleric Domains for this build would be War and Water. War would let you be very "fighter-y" without causing you to multiclass- you wouldn't get the bonus feats, but the War domain gives you a couple of bonus feats and some nice spells. Water domain, of course, gives you access to many of the kinds of spells you're used to casting. 3) There is a feat called Energy Substitution which will let you substitute one single energy type (chosen with the feat) for another in a given spell. A feat that has that one as a prereq is Energy Admixture, which makes the damage in the spell half of one type and half of another. Taking the first would let you do a giant Waterball instead of a Fireball, for instance. Taking the second would let you do a giant Boiling Waterball, as you mix the fire and water equally in your spell. 4) Oriental Adventures is a 3Ed book (its been updated in Dragon, but never in hardcover) that has a class called the Shaman. Its kind of a mix of Monk and Cleric. I bring it up mainly because it has the same kind of access to Domains as the Cleric...but eventually gains a 3rd Domain. 5) If you're serious about being effective in ranged combat, make sure you have a 12+ in your Dex score, unless you're just talking about area effect attack spells. 6) One of the better arcane/divine spellcaster prestige class mixes- one I actually prefer to the MT- is the Geomancer. Lots of flavor and flexibility, but it is pretty exotic. [/QUOTE]

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