I'd replace Speechcraft and Athletics for Block and Armourer. Seriously, I made the mistake of not including Armourer as a major skill. It's extremely useful and saves you a lot of money.
You can drop Speechcraft definitely, and probably Athletics too. Illusion is not a bad skill, but I don't see how it could really be very useful with this class. My advice is to drop those, and replace them with Armourer, possibly Alteration or Mysticism if you want, and maybe Acrobatics. You could keep Athletics, but it's not great.metalhead848 said:snip