I'm just saying that there are a lot better choices out there than Dragon Disciple.  I realize you're not making a caster, so I'm not sure why you took Bard instead of Sorcerer and Fighter; you can easily meet the skill requirement by investing cross class ranks, and get around the armor problem in any number of ways; for example a mithral chain shirt with the<em>twilight</em>ability has no arcane spell failure.  The Battle Sorcerer variant in UA can cast in light armor, and has the same BAB and better HD than a bard.  And one of the best spells for a fighting mage,<em>true strike,</em>doesn't have a somatic component, making it exempt from spell failure.<br/><br/>But, if Ruby's okay with being way behind on the power curve for a melee character, I won't say another word about it.<br/><br/>And there's one thing Zaer said that is objectively untrue; a Sorcerer10/Dragon Disciple10 will be completely worthless as both a caster and a fighter.  A few bonus 5th level slots are not anywhere near the power of a single 9th level spell, and you won't have the hit points, AC, attack bonus, or feats of a dedicated tanks.