Ok, so my GM let us know that sometime in the future he'll be running a dragon themed campaign. So I began thinking of Kobolds. I'm thinking of a Jade Pheonix Mage coming out of sorceror.
The goal: 9th level spells AND 9th level maneuvers, with as high a BAB as possible.
The constraints: This isn't a super broken playgroup. Whatever we come up with should be doable through a "normal" leveling progression. No psychic reformation, no cheesy tricks to make a million gold to buy items. Assume 1 flaw. The current campaign is mostly good PCs with one neutral, next will probably be similar. I think it's safe to say that anything that MUST be evil is out
edit: Sources: not dragon magazine, all others subject to GM approval.
I think its a 28 point build.
Also, I'm still not totally familiar with all source books, so at the very least tell me what source books stuff is from, and in cases where you're using some sort of trick, pretend I'm dumb and Explain the trick.
On to the build:
I started off thinking of:
Dragonwrought kobold with Loredrake (reading the archetype descriptions, it's not clear whether they're feats, or just tradeoffs). Probably do the greater draconic Rite. I've seen a dragonspawn template mentioned a few times that gives you a caster level, but I wasn't sure where to look it up, and whether I had to be evil.
Originally, I thought:
Sorcerer 4/Warblade 2 / Jade Pheonix Mage 1/ abjurant champion 4 / JPM 9 Probably focusing on Diamond Mind /iron heart for magic defense.
Unless my math is off, that gets lvl 9 spells and maneuvers at lvl 19. Lvl 18 for spells if the template thing works out.
But then I started wondering:
Is there any way to get into Jade Pheonix Mage faster?
Due to loredrake, I satisfy all the caster requirements for JPM at lvl 1. 1 level of Warblade could satisfy the rest... except for the pesky 9 ranks in Concentration.
I tried reading The Prerequisite and Early Entry Handbook, but honestly, I got very confused. It seems like there are ways to get ranks above your normal maximum... but trying to read about bloodlines and skill knowledge in UA gave me a headache :/ .
If I can magically get 4 extra ranks of Concentration, Sorcerer 1/ Warblade 1/ JPM 4/ Abjurant Champion 5/ JPM 6 Some PrC with full Caster and (hopefully)BAB 3
If I can magically get 1 extra rank of Concentration, then Sorcerer 4/Warblade 1/JPM 3/ Abjurant Champ 5/JPM 7 Gains me a caster level.
So, ideas? advice? explanations for stuff I obviously didn't get?