I am currently working on being an EK. I am fighter one and wizard five and am planning to take the next ten in EK. What I am worried about is that I am the groups only arcane caster but I wanted the flexability of a battle mage type. I am a teifling that has taken wpn focus greatsword, combat casting, arcane strike, arcane armor training and craft arms and armor. The craft feat was part story and also in this style of game being able to make your gear is the most direct path to gearing. Also our gm runs some of everything, we have as good a chance as ending up on another plane as we do facing down undead or dragons or any other horror from the manual.