Well, if I were you, I would take the Crossblooded Archetype for Starsoul and Draconic. This is by no means a "uber badass power combo", either. In fact, it may very well be the opposite of that in terms of being "OP".
But, for the flavor... well, you are the Star Dragon, of course.
(And while it isn't optimal, its not exactly a bad choice, either)
Mongrel: Now you can be all of those when you need them!
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/core-classes/sorcerer/archetypes/paizo---so rcerer-archetypes/mongrel-mage
About the "no need for sleep" thing. I think you still need to spend eight hours avoiding mentally taxing tasks if you want to recharge spells. Otherwise Elves would be OP.
For me personally I'd go draconic out of these choices. I feel it's iconic, it opens up a PrC and it allows a versatile array of basic attacks and defenses. Starsoul seems like it would require a lot of strategy to make work and rakshasa just doesn't impress me. Imperious is good for the flavor but the powers are all just about annoying your foes without actually defeating them.
I'm not trying to min-max (or maybe I am a little) but if you're going to be a sorcerer you have to expect some of your fights will be physical and challenging. Draconic IMO gives you the tools to survive these threats from the get go. That's the way I'd go anyway.
About the "no need for sleep" thing. I think you still need to spend eight hours avoiding mentally taxing tasks if you want to recharge spells. Otherwise Elves would be OP.
Elves sleep.
I really like Fey and Sylvan. Other favorites include Serpentine and Umbral. I like the flavor of all of these, but it's also important to pick something that adds something in gameplay and has spells that you will enjoy using.
Draconic is my favorite. Big surprise there.
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Wait, for ME IRL? Oh then of those 4 DEFINITELY Draconic. Are you kidding me?
*In line at Caribou*
Barista: Next!
Me: I'll have...
*Guy in a suit on earbud cuts in front of me* Gimmie a large Americano
*Claws and wings* Me: BY THE HOARY HOSTS OF HOGGOTH THIS SHALL NOT STAND!!! *shreds 3 piece suit while cutter flees in terror*
Of course any sorcerer bloodline gives you spells that automatically do the same thing, but to be able to proudly say that the blood of DRAGONS runs in my veins? Yes please!
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Second would be Efreeti (Wishcrafter Ifrit archtype) Although I would ask the GM to jigger it to Djinni bloodline instead.
*sing You Ain't Never Had a Friend Like Me* pop culture references would abound in this game...
You would make a character just so you could make pun out of character references? *Slow clap* Bravo my kind of player.
If you're willing to use non-Paizo stuff, there is a Kitsune bloodline with both Bloodrager and Sorcerer variants in the Kitsune Compendium, which just came out last month.
http://paizo.com/products/btpy98re?Kitsune-Compendium
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There's a kitsune bloodline? I'll have to take a look at it in the SRD.
In the game I'm playing now, I went Maestro with my kitsune. It's not the most powerful bloodline mechanically, but I didn't want to be another Fey or Serpentine Kitsune. I loved all the flavor text -- Music in the blood -- love of performing -- beguiling voice -- and the perfect voice at 9th level. I'm playing an opera singer who probably has a higher skill level in perform than most bards these days. :)
In real life? I'd have trouble choosing between Raksasa -- shapeshifting, yeah! Arcane -- familiars -- yeah! I don't think I'd go Sylvan, even though I would love a pet tiger, because I'm not that much of a nature girl.
Hmm
In real life? Undead. Nothing is quite as cool as just going incorporeal and "ghosting" through walls. And I'm really partial to the skeletal arms attack :)
Nobody else likes the Mongrel Mage? Picking and choosing bloodline abilities when you need them, to me, makes that easily by far the best sorcerer to come around in a long time.
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Nobody else likes the Mongrel Mage? Picking and choosing bloodline abilities when you need them, to me, makes that easily by far the best sorcerer to come around in a long time.
I like it a lot but well..the op is mostly going for flavor so while mongrel mage is perfect for someone who isn't sure of what bloodline to pick or want a lot of flexibility...not really what the op is looking for.
As for personal taste, Serpentine Bloodline Between Orochimaru and Voldemort, you have plenty of strong representation of serpentine bloodlines people out there and it's a lot of fun. You can even mind control, magical beasts, monstrous humanoids, animals while transforming into a snake and still able to cast spells (well peak ability but still).
I have a sweet spot for the Dreamspun bloodline or the martyred bloodline, both have some really cool powers.
Do we get ALL of the bloodline powers? 1-20? If so I would either go Verdant or Harrow
Verdant:
Vine whip :D
Never need to eat and I barely need sleep :D
I can be the big shot in rural areas by goin BAM plant growth! Or you make me mad? Watch you crops wither away this year
Instant wound healing, just add roots!
And the capstone even gives me Tophlike tremorsense
Harrow:
Make assailants stop in their tracks confused!
Be better at surviving life!
Free instant stat bonuses!
Free extradimensional mansion that freezes when I walk out the door!
Immunity to curses! DR! Stat bonuses are now infinite!
Based on flavor of bloodlines I have a few….
Draconic, cuz well dragons. Need I say more?
Starsoul would be also an obvious choice personally. "You come from a line of stargazers and explorers who delved deeply into the darkness beyond the stars. In touching the void, the void touched them, and your mind, spirit, and body yearn to span the gulf between worlds." Yea that sounds like me, minus the whole void touched thing…..
Interestingly, and finally, Infernal. I like the idea personally of having powers granted from a pact with the devil. Especially if those powers are not used for evil and malicious purposes. I enjoyed the character and development of Spawn…