In this thread, I postulated that the Duskblade would be a better martial class for the "tin can wizard":

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Gish options:

  • Tin Can Wizard = Fighter 1/Wizard 4/Runesmith 2/Eldritch Knight 1/Abjurant Champion 5/EK +7. Race has to be dwarf, but you can cast spells in full plate armor.
I think Duskblade 1 instead of fighter 1 is a more interesting start to this. Sure you give up a few HP, a bonus feat, and the sweet, sweet fighter skill list, but gain a better will save, some useful spell-likes and INT-based spells, and an improved skill list. It would be cool to work Duskblade 3 into that build to get the arcane channeling, but not sure if it is possible to do that and still get 9th-level wizard casting...
So, I'm trying to figure out how to get a Gish with +16 BAB and 9th level Wizard (or Wu Jen) spells at 20th. Is it possible.
I want Duskblade 3 and at least Runesmith 1 (though 3 would be nice for sharing runes and 5 for permanent rune).

I'm planning this for my backup character for the game I'm in now, at the moment we're 8th level. Please note my GM has a couple house rules, one of which is that you can't start a 3rd prestige class without finishing at least one of the 1st two.
(There are others, but they mostly aren't relevant)
I like the idea of Wu Jen as the arcane class, but would do Wizard if it won't work with Wu Jen.

What I have so far is:

Dwarf
1: Duskblade 1 / Scribe Scroll (Needed for Runesmith) / BAB=1
2: Duskblade 2 / Bonus: Combat Casting (Needed for Abjurant Champion) BAB = 2
3: Duskblade 3 / Metamagic School Focus BAB = 3
4: Wu Jen 1 (or Wizard 1) BAB = 3.5 / Wu Jen Casting = CL1 / 1st Level Spells
5: Wu Jen 2 BAB = 4 / Wu Jen Casting = CL2 / 1st Level Spells
6: Runesmith 1 / Practiced Spellcaster / BAB = 4.5 / Wu Jen Casting = CL6 / 2nd Level Spells
7: Runesmith 2 / BAB = 5 / Wu Jen Casting = CL7 / 2nd Level Spells
8: Abjurant Champion 1 / BAB = 6 / Wu Jen Casting = CL8 / 3rd Level Spells (This is where I would start if my current character dies in the next session or two...)
9: Abjurant Champion 2 / feat TBD / BAB 7 / Wu Jen Casting = CL9 / 3rd Level Spells
10: Abjurant Champion 3 / BAB 8 / Wu Jen Casting = CL10 / 4th Level Spells
11: Abjurant Champion 4 / BAB 9 / Wu Jen Casting = CL11 / 4th Level Spells
12: Abjurant Champion 5 / feat TBD / BAB 10 / Wu Jen Casting = CL12 / 5th Level Spells

Eldrich knight from level 13 on would advance BAB but miss out on 1 CL.
Going up to RuneSmith Runesmith 3 would get the Share spells class feature (nice), to Runsmith 5 to get permanent rune (OK) would drop 1 more BAB (OK).
Getting Wu Jen 3 would get Spell Secret (nice) and drop more BAB, but in the end it would still make it.

13: EK 1 / BAB 11 / Wu Jen Casting = CL12 / 5th Level Spells / Bonus Feat TBD
14: EK 2 / BAB 12 / Wu Jen Casting = CL13 / 6th Level Spells
15: EK 3 / BAB 13 / FEAT TBD / Wu Jen Casting = CL14 / 6th Level Spells
16: EK 4 / BAB 14 / Wu Jen Casting = CL15 / 7th Level Spells
17: Runesmith 3 / BAB 14.5 / Wu Jen Casting = CL16 / 7th Level Spells
18: Runesmith 4 / BAB 15 / FEAT TBD / Wu Jen Casting = CL17 / 8th Level Spells
19: Runesmith 5 / BAB 15.5 / Wu Jen Casting = CL18 / 8th Level Spells
20: Wu Jen 3 / BAB 16 / Wu Jen Casting = CL19 / 9th Level Spells

Swapping out an EK level with Runesmith 3 would get the Share spells class feature (Good) but lose one BAB (OK).


So:
Duskblade 3 / WuJen 3 / Runesmith 5 / AbjChmp 5 / Eldrich Knight 4
Will do the trick.
But Eldrich Knight is kind of boring.
Is there any other class that advances arcane casting with good BAB?

Any other ideas how to make this work?

Suggestions for feats would be nice too.

Thanks in advance!