:) I had caught the Boeroer's Garrote/Bloodmage Whispers build on a previous visit to the forums, tried it for exactly the reasons you describe, had one conversation with Woedica and was like "ohmygodIhateyousomuchcan'tdoit."
But I was interested enough in the core concept of the build to adapt it to a Skald instead of a SG Paladin. Works pretty well - you can critfish on Whisper parries for more phrases, Ancient Memory/Old Siec will keep you in health with or without melee hits, and cheap At The Sound of His Voice means you are both great at CC and don't need to leave enemies un-CCed for said parries.
