| Swashbuckler/mage human dual class for the fast leveling (swashbuckler) then fast leveling (mage) as fighters level up very slowly. If I were you I'd go long swords because noone else in your party is going longswords and there is the great blackrazor.
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"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."
-Sun Tzu, the Art of War |