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I have been most effective with a arcane caster relying on mostly 'crowd control' and my trusty flaming sphere spell. At lower levels, flaming sphere is very effective, especially when you get a few on the big bad you just knocked out with color spray or hideous laughter. I say this because at level 3, a caster can deal up to 9d6 damage with each flaming sphere given combat lasts that long.

I tend to agree against 'blast' magic-users as a Wizard, they are really more of a 'utility' caster in most respects. Somewhere I saw a comprehensive guide on building wizards in PF, you might recommend your player to look at it if you can find it. There should be a link somewhere on the Wizards page of d20pfsrd.

If you want a really effective caster, use summoning spells.

I played a summoner once, not the class but a conjuring wizard who multi-classed cleric. Most fun I've ever had with a caster. Giant bees were lifting the halfling monk up to flying creatures so he could use flurry of blows against them. If you want to be even more creative, use levitate and summoned creatures to use falling damage to your advantage. ;)

More fun than a barrel of monkeys, just as fun as a falling barrel of monkeys.

Actually, for my build I find Improved Natural Attack to be VERY useful. You see, I multi-classed sorcerer and monk and plan on meeting the prerequisites for dragon disciple. I take the monk levels for improved unarmed damage and a higher unarmored AC bonus (from Wisdom).

By taking dragon disciple levels, my character can improve their claw attacks to up to 1d6+1d6 and gain a bite attack that deals up to 1d6+1d6. Here's where INA comes in; stacking multiple applications of the feat increases both of the claw attacks to up to 6d6 or 8d6 in dragon form 2 (since the claw damage increases by another step) by level 17.

At max level, this character may have up to five attacks at full BAB, or eight in dragon form 2 due to additional natural attacks earned, plus additional attacks from high BAB, Two-Weapon Fighting, and Improved Two-Weapon Fighting (it's a shame, she'd have more if only her Dex were higher. ;D).

I'm NOT using Flurry of Blows, that would make the attack null due to the fact that I can't use natural attacks with FoB, just a normal full attack action. While her natural attacks are active, she deals an average of ~260 damage per full attack action in dragon form 2 (this includes Elemental Fist damage earned from being a Monk of the Four Winds and assumes all attacks hit), but does not include any damage from spell buffs (which wouldn't be very much, at max level she can cast 4th level spells).

In other words, I made a Dragon Monk.

EDIT: Btw, that 260 damage assumes she's a human who rolled 18 for strength, added 2 for her racial bonus, pooled all ability points earned through levels into strength, earned bonuses from her dragon disciple levels, and has no magic items.

Do claws and other natural attacks granted by a Sorcerer Bloodline count for the prerequisites of Improved Natural Attack and Multi-Attack (in the case of a Dragon Disciple with a third attack)?