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Thanks all! Master Summoner it is!

Problem is I'm not sure what the other people are rolling. I want to say (with 75% certainty) we'll have a druid. I think one guy rolled one while another did a cleric. Not sure at all

I believe we'll have. ...

1 Ranger
2 (?) Sorcerers

I know there are gonna be 4-5 people (minus DM).
The DM said he didn't mind what classes we rolled as long as we were satisfied with them.

May want to go through the aasimar wing feats to help keep yourself out of harm's way.

Interesting. I'm leaning towards Master Summoner right now. It sounds like my type of class. As much as I like SNA on the Suarian Druid, SM can summon dinos as well (from what I read, could be wrong). I do like the idea of standing in the back line, summoning a monster for a particular battle and then running around buffing people. Wjich it seems the Master Summoner can do fairly well.

What do you mean "SNA behind"?

So the summmoner relies more on using his monsters as meatshields/damage? While he buffs then up/buff his allies?

So when compared to each other, the Shaman can do more than summon creatures (buff, heal, etc) via Natures Ally, where as the Master Summon focuses more on summoning with a small amount of firepower/buffs for allys/monsters thrown in?

Minsc&Boo wrote:

So if all it comes down to is arcane vs nature style summoning (outside of class/race) are they even? Or does one class have better summonums than another?

If it comes down to summoning creatures of every stripe to attack and confound your foes than the Master Summoner is your better option. If it comes down to having a tanking creature while you sit back and hurl attack spells and the like, then the Druid, particularly the Saurian Shaman. The Saurian Shaman is a freaking swiss army knife.

How is the Saurian Shaman a "swiss army knife"? Couldn't the Master Summoner do the same? (Sorry for noobish question)

So after looking over the monster summoning list/altertive I feel stratified that the Master Summoner archetype is the class I want. I'll keep the Druid archetype in my head in case Master Summoner isn't allowed. Any races better suited for it? Or will Aasmiar still good?

So if all it comes down to is arcane vs nature style summoning (outside of class/race) are they even? Or does one class have better summonums than another?

It seems all the suggested classes are viable. Makes choosing harder. Hmmmm.

Wow you guys are fast. How does the Summoner class play? I get with the Sorcerer and wizard I can cast the spells pronto, but with the summoner, does he use his Elidon earlier than switches to summoning? Or use his Elidion always,

I guess what I'm looking for in a "summoner" is a person who sits back shoots Magic Missiles while his super buffed monsters tank/deal all the damage. I know for feats I'm taking the Augment Summoning line. And for race I'm going Aasimar because of their CHA bonus.

I know the title may seem confusing, but my DM and I were talking (and as I'm fairly new to Pathfinder) he said if I wanted to just summon things go as a Sorcerer and "we'll gear you towards that" but my other friends say wizard is better. A different DM said for what I want summoner class doesn't do really that.

What do you guys think? Which option should I go?