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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cignus_pfaccari" data-source="post: 1861548" data-attributes="member: 14557">So, I'll be joining an al-Qadim game soon, and the party's short on artillery.  The primary arcane caster is a sha'ir, who apparently doesn't prepare much in the way of combat spells, and he's backed up by an arcane trickster.  So, since the other roles are filled, I figured I'd try out a warmage.  This'll be the first time I've played an arcane caster, since I can't plan worth a darn and I don't like being so massively fragile.  However, nuking the opposition is fairly straightforward, and I figure tossing fireballs can't be too hard.Currently, DM's having me start at 10th level, and those have been filled out as Wmg 8/Pal 2 (in an obvious Divine Grace grab).  Unfortunately, warmage loses its appeal after 8th level, since all you really get are a bunch of Sudden feats.  So, I went PrC shopping, and found that there aren't many, or any, 10-level PrCs I can go into, at least in the WotC books I have.  Many of those require spells that I just don't have.   I'm looking for spellcasting in most, if not all of the levels, and nifty things to do.Current plans are to take 1-2 levels of Spellblade for the SF reduction (since Armored Mage doesn't apply to shields) and possibly for bonus feat, 1 level of Arcane Devotee for the Reach of the Holy ability, 5 levels of War Wizard, and, in between this, a couple of levels of Havoc Mage, finishing that in epic levels.  I may then go in for Eldritch Knight.I am taking Practiced Spellcaster so I at least keep up some oomph on my spells.  Other feats include Mounted Combat, Mounted Archery (1st level), Mounted Casting (3rd), and Improved Edge (9th).  I'm strongly tempted to drop Mounted Casting and replace it with Combat Casting, to position myself for more conventional PrCs.  I'm also sorely tempted to take Improved Initiative, so I can lay the smack down on the opposition faster.Yes, this has obnoxiously good Fort and Will saves, but I've mentioned that to the DM and he has no issue with it.  Heck, he suggested Spellblade.  What I'm looking for, from y'all, are other appropriate PrCs that I can take, either WotC ones that I missed, or reasonable third-party ones.  I'm particularly interested in that Mesos class that Nightfall mentioned...Ideas?  Thanks in advance!Brad</blockquote>

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