Not so much a spell sword, what with the limited spell selection.
Not sure which Deity. Suggestions?
Depending on what you want. Just like in D&D Paladins can show up for any diety. Which is a bit lame in my view, Paladins should follow Helm and more preferbably Torm (whome you could say was like Tiber Septim) and be of LG alignment. Otherwise it just doesn't feel right. Paladins should be on the forefront bashing in heads for the Good, complying with rigid rules and strict ethos.
As far as TES is concerned, Undead Hunters can go Arkay or Stendarr. Other types can go with Julianos I suppose.
I always specialised as a wizard slayer in Baldur`s gate bioware games. You got special bonuses like Wizards had a slightly less effect on you and you could disrupt their casting easier. There was also the negative aspect in that most magic things, except healing potions would not work for you. I always saw this as early warrior training in a particular field before you set out, like being in the army and specialising, learning the special benefits.
Brilliant.
Can`t do that here. You can go on a mission to kill wizards, but you get no special benefits (training knowhow) for it.
THIS is one reason why I miss Classes.
If you think about it, the Baalspawn being trained to hate his own father who was a mage, and honing himself to be particulairly effective in killing him and his ilk, seems rather morbid to me. Of course, a lot of classes didn't make sense if you followed the storyline and the AD&D ruleset, such as Barbarians, Rangers, Druids and to a lesser extent Paladins.