PhaedrusXY i understand where you're coming from .. i certainly didn't think he'd buy that either but he went with it. Although to be fair i'll probably talk to him about dropping that and converting it to something like the Aururom from BOED allowing me to "re-attatch" any severed, blow off, or otherwise removed limbs etc. makes for easier repairs, still allowing for beneficial magics, and repair X damage spells. Will probably work out better that way. I also looked at the build you mentioned earlier although the world i'm playing in hasn't quite gotten the bright idea of air ships yet (silly faerun people need to learn from eberonn).
As for builds... i thought maybe a bit of warblade.. perhaps something to do with The Glove of Endless Javelins from the MIC (pg 190 i think, arrary of the manticore). Focused around something like a Cleric of Talos focusing on the martial aspect more then the spell aspect. Endless javelins of force... crackling with lightning and booming with thunder. Stormlord seems the cheapest way to go. Perhaps a Warblade X / Cleric X / Stormlord X or something along those lines. I have no idea.
