First things first: Any paizo material is allowed, and some non paizo if the gm deems it not broken. The following classes are banned: MONK, GUNSLINGER, SAMURAI, NINJA, PRIEST. Plate mail does NOT exist.
Magical items are abundant, however, we have literally never bought or sold a single item (not for lack of trying.)
The other main thing you need to know is: We do NOT get to choose our gear. Furthermore our gear is chosen RANDOMLY by the GM rolling.
My level 9 adventuring party is as follows
1: Sacred Shield paladin (Sword and board, also mounted combat. his horse is a special gm horse that smashes things
2:Oath of vengeance paladin (Archery, high damage, also casts lots of spells and summons an angel to help him out once a week not sure what sub that is)
3: Holy light Paladin (the character is mediocre, but the player rolls so well you'd think she's cheating(she isn't). Literally crits 6+ times a session without keen weapons)
4:Mobile fighter (two handed talwar user)
5:Theologan Cleric (our blaster, does a good job of metamagic fireballs/burning hands, does decent damage.)
6:Shield fighter (twf with shield bash and sword. really bad character but has an ac of 35ish)
7: Life oracle (a healing battery and occasional buffer)
That being said, the party has been begging for an arcane caster. My last character (A druid; the highest melee damage dealer by far) so i've decided to take this opportunity to make one.
My problem is i get very bored very easily. Whereas everyone else in the party has been on the same character since level three, I've gone through about four. (Retired some, put others in precarious positions that resulted in their demise.)
I know buffing the party would make encounters terribly easy. (Mass enlarge, fly, bulls strength, haste etc. but man, that is terribly boring. I have no problem buffing the party, but I want more. I was thinking of going with something like The God fireball
but I feel like i'd be encroaching on the theologen cleric's turf.
I'm leaning either towards either Foresight or Teleportation wizard.
Honestly, I'm at a loss. I've looked through most of the arcane class guides on the "guide to class guides". The Gish Eldritch knight looks interesting. Of course, wizard would be hard since spellbooks don't grow and I can't rely on buying scrolls.
I suppose I could always just be a conjuration or transmutation focused battlefield controller. Again though, i'm afraid of how bored I'll get with that.
Halp?