a little bit ago I played a summoner who's main focus was party buffing and some control stuff the eidolon didn't play a big role and often did not bother with it while I just used spells and summons.
I wanted to look at ideas for another spell casting focused summoner and looking at the synthesist I came up with the idea of doing a Naga theme for this.
all I could think of mostly was high Cha 18 or 20 to start and serpent form eidolon. one thing I did notice though is the char had ALOT better defenses. the other char at lvl 9 with magic items was 26-28 or xo the brief glance I did seems to put the naga synthesist at around 25 ac before buffs or gear and 30ish by lvl 10.
anyhow was curious if anyone had any ideas or had tried this style of play with a summoner. ( control and party buffing etc)