I did not notice that. Still, I liked it. Even though it would not have worked here, I will probably house rule it and use it in my games. It will freak my players out, if nothing else.
That was the idea. But one thing I could not justify with it was that I could get more spells of the same level and higher attack bonus with Duskblade. I just couldn't come up with a good non-caster for the first five levels that would meet all requirements and do something cool.That said, Trapsmith sounds like a great lead in - Trapsmith 3/Ur-Priest 2 would qualify for Geomancer, and then ten levels would be exactly enough to max out both Trapsmith and Ur-Priest casting. Very nice.