building a better summoner


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Disclaimer: poor grammar ahead read at own risk.

I have been researching summoners (not the class just anyone who can summon) and have come to the conclusion that the best summoner is the master summoner (or maybe the evangelist cleric) which I find annoying maybe its the name, I don't know.
And so I have been on a mission to build the best non summoner summoner possible here is what I have so far.
Samsarans thassilonian specialists (sloth) bloatmage (both thassilonian specialists and bloat mage are called something else on the ogc) and here are my reasons for those choices.

Samsarans because of mystic past life racial trait which lets you get summon monster at a lower level off the summoners spell list.
Wizard because of of one feat acadamae graduate (the downsides can be bypassed with a cord of stubborn resolve and some damage damage reduction) which lets you summon as a standard action which is key to matching a summoner.
thassilonian specialists to give you enough spells per day of you highest level to compete with the summoner.
And lastly bloatmage so you can us the abyssal bloodlines level 15 power which whilst it takes a while to get is awesome, the blood pool also gives you more spells per day which is nice.

This all adds up so that by level 15 you can cast summon monster VIII to summon 3 hezrou demons 9 times a day (10 with bonded item) as a standard action.
The main problem with this build is that it takes a while to get rolling as until mid levels its hard to find a cheap reliable source of damage reduction for the cord of stubborn resolve. But on the other hand you are still a full caster (minus the arcane schools you gave up) where as a summoner is a 2/3 spell caster. And so when all is said and done I think it compares nicely to the master summoner.

This character was just a thought experiment to show that there is other game in town besides the summoner when it comes to summoning, which I know everyone all ready knows but I felt it was worth reiterating.
Also I'm sure I wasn't the first to come up with this type of build there is probably even a thread about it but I spent a lot of time on it and wanted to share it with the forums and if I made a mistake or if you think there is a better option please leave a comment.

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