Try to talk him out of the bastard sword. EWP: Bastard sword (or dwarven war axe, for that matter) is a terribly feat. It gives you an average of 1 more point of damage per hit. Then if you want to duel wield them without a massive penalty to hit, you'll also need over sized two weapon fighting. That's two feats to accomplish not very much. Also, stay away from Tempest. Terrible PrC.