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Erts
2010-06-13, 09:23 PM
Well, I've decided for the first time to make a gish, as my last campaign just ended.

I'm planning to make a Warblade 2/Wizard (transmutation) 4/Abjurant Champion 5 build, any suggestions on feats, spells, and the like?
Thanks.

Caphi
2010-06-13, 09:28 PM
If I remember my Sorcadin lore right, AbjChamp requires BAB +5. That build gets around it with a level of Spellblade, but you could always pick up a level 2 maneuver and the int to critical confirmations from Warblade 3 instead, in case that matters to you.

Also, did you look at Jade Phoenix Mage? I'm pretty sure it was made for warblade/wizards.

PId6
2010-06-13, 09:39 PM
+1 to Jade Phoenix Mage. Try this:

Transmuter 4/Warblade 2/Spellsword 1/Abjurant Champion 5/Something 2/Jade Phoenix Mage 5/Something +1

That Something can be anything with full casting for 9th level spells. Alternatively, you can take more Jade Phoenix Mage to get 8th level maneuvers but only 8th level spells.

Mongoose87
2010-06-13, 09:59 PM
Remember to take the Warblade levels last, so you can get a better initiator level!

herrhauptmann
2010-06-13, 10:29 PM
Well, I've decided for the first time to make a gish, as my last campaign just ended.

I'm planning to make a Warblade 2/Wizard (transmutation) 4/Abjurant Champion 5 build, any suggestions on feats, spells, and the like?
Thanks.

Take the PHB2 ACF for transmuters. You lose your familiar, but oh well. It grants you a fly/climb/swim/burrow speed.
Focused specialist ACF from complete mage.
I'd swear there was a 3 level wizard PrC which granted specialist wizards additional powers, beyond those granted by the ACF.
If you want 9th level casting, you can't give up more than a single caster level after the posted build, so that's no more than 3 levels of swiftblade. Which grants you quickened haste (free metamagic), miss chances, bonus attack/defense if you move 10 feet.
JPM is lots of fun, but I don't know it well enough to give advice beyond taking your warblade levels as late as possible, soyou can qualify for higher level maneuvers.

edit: Feat Prereqs for Swiftblade rather suck. It'll make qualifying for that and JPM very difficult. If you're going to do warblade, then probably better to stick with JPM entirely.
Master Specialist is the PrC I was thinking of. Also in complete mage, but it's a 10 level wizard PrC. It's not very useful if you're only going to take 4 levels of wizard (instead of wiz X, take wiz3/Master Spec X-3). Probably useful if you can get at least 5 levels in the PrC,