This is my best interpretation of the rules:
1) You use your own base saves. Since you use the physical stats from the Eidolon, this will affect your final Reflex and Fortitude scores.
2) Yes. You have all your own abilities.
3) Probably. We don't know exactly how it is supposed to work when fused to a non-biped form though. You could save yourself some headache by settling for the biped form. ;)
4) We don't know. The eidolon can't be target separately, so you can't target it to heal any HP loss it might have taken. I think the main schools of thought are either that: A) The eidolon can never be healed, so once it reaches half hp, it's hp total can never raise above this level. Or B) The eidolon doesn't actually take damage when you lose the temporary hit points it grants to you. Thus, the eidolon will always be at full health when you resummon it. Neither of these solutions are really optimal.
5) No, that's just fluff text. I'm pretty sure a verdant sorcerer could still use tanglevine if he had both hands chopped off.
6) I presume Tanglevine uses all the normal rules for the maneuver you are trying to do. Only it's at range, so the odds that the target can reach you to AoO aren't great. I'd also assume that abilities like tanglevine benefit normally from feats like Improved Trip.
PS. Synthesist + tanglevine is a pretty awesome visual. ;)
There was a dev comment, maybe in the "ask James" thread, where it was suggested to look at the temp hp as an extension of the characters hp. Basically, add the two together, and subtract from the eidolons pool first (similar to the normal temp hp rules). Once the eidolon pool is going to hit 0, the character can start "taking" the damage to keep the eidolon at 1 via the link. Taking it further, anything that heals the character/fused creature would heal the character hp pool first and once that was full start healing the eidolon hp pool with any excess up to the maximum of both pools together (unlike typical temp hp, which is where most of the RAW complaints stem from - temp hp should not have been referenced for this archtype).
There was a dev comment, maybe in the "ask James" thread, where it was suggested to look at the temp hp as an extension of the characters hp. Basically, add the two together, and subtract from the eidolons pool first (similar to the normal temp hp rules). Once the eidolon pool is going to hit 0, the character can start "taking" the damage to keep the eidolon at 1 via the link. Taking it further, anything that heals the character/fused creature would heal the character hp pool first and once that was full start healing the eidolon hp pool with any excess up to the maximum of both pools together (unlike typical temp hp, which is where most of the RAW complaints stem from - temp hp should not have been referenced for this archtype).
For reference, here's the quote:
You don't heal the eidolon at all if it only gives you temp HP. It might help to stop thinking of the synthesist as a "summoner with an eidolon" but a "summoner IS the eidolon" sort of way. AKA: To heal your "eidolon" you just heal yourself.
From this interpretation (I don't know official it is yet) you might just be best off ignoring the 'temporary' part of the temporary hit points you get, and treat them as a healable pool of bonus hit points. That uses up party resources like everyone else, so that might be the best option. Of course, you could still kill and resummon the eidolon for a quick (well, not that quick) boost. :)
I'd say it's up to the GM to decide whether the summoner's own spells can be used to heal yourself (personally, I'd rule that you can use rejuvenate eidolon to heal the bonus hit points, but not your own).
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There was a dev comment, maybe in the "ask James" thread, where it was suggested to look at the temp hp as an extension of the characters hp. Basically, add the two together, and subtract from the eidolons pool first (similar to the normal temp hp rules). Once the eidolon pool is going to hit 0, the character can start "taking" the damage to keep the eidolon at 1 via the link. Taking it further, anything that heals the character/fused creature would heal the character hp pool first and once that was full start healing the eidolon hp pool with any excess up to the maximum of both pools together (unlike typical temp hp, which is where most of the RAW complaints stem from - temp hp should not have been referenced for this archtype).
It just would have been easier to say its temp HP like A BArbarian and been through with it, cause thats How I see it
