I'm in the process of building a tinker gnome Master Summoner with a focus on Magic item crafting and the binding of outsiders. Since the master summoner's eidolon isn't as optimal for combat, i was planning on optimizing it for a social role and dismissing it before combat. Think shriveled old man (MS) and his lovely assistant/shopkeep (eidolon).
Rp wise, i would travel from town to town in a wagon (maybe a +3 armored wagon of bandit slaying) selling my wares to whoever has the coin to pay my exorbitant prices. maybe occasionally getting run out of town for selling a sword of continual flame as a flaming weapon, or casting light on a dagger and saying "orcs must be nearby! Since you may need it soon, I'll sell you this +4 orc bane dagger for 20% of what i usually charge."
any ideas for how to stat my Summoner and eidolon?
any feat or skill suggestions?
Edit: deleted an unfinished thought.
any thoughts?
I'm in the process of building a tinker gnome Master Summoner with a focus on Magic item crafting and the binding of outsiders.While the Summoner fits the flavour, you'll be lacking a lot of the (potentially) required spells to make items. Might I suggest a Wizard instead, perhaps aiming for the Genie Binder PrC? A Razmiran Sorcerer could work quite nicely too, though that'll limit your roleplaying options.
Since the master summoner's eidolon isn't as optimal for combat, i was planning on optimizing it for a social role and dismissing it before combat. Think shriveled old man (MS) and his lovely assistant/shopkeep (eidolon).
Said lovely assistant can still pack a mean punch, especially with the old man around.
I'm in the process of building a tinker gnome Master Summoner with a focus on Magic item crafting and the binding of outsiders.While the Summoner fits the flavour, you'll be lacking a lot of the (potentially) required spells to make items. Might I suggest a Wizard instead, perhaps aiming for the Genie Binder PrC? A Razmiran Sorcerer could work quite nicely too, though that'll limit your roleplaying options.Since the master summoner's eidolon isn't as optimal for combat, i was planning on optimizing it for a social role and dismissing it before combat. Think shriveled old man (MS) and his lovely assistant/shopkeep (eidolon).Said lovely assistant can still pack a mean punch, especially with the old man around.
I'm not too worried about spell selection. If i don't have the required spell, i can just "fake it" by raising the spellcraft DC by 5, and most of the items that i really want to craft are summon related. I'm not familiar with genie binder or razmiran sorceror, but i'll look into them.
As far as the eidolon, she can still pack a punch, but isn't going to be as strong or as versatile as my summon monster SLA. additionally, i can only have one summon monster spell active while my eidolon is out, so rather than focus the eidolon on combat, i could increase my out of combat utility more efficiently by optimizing it for a social or scouting role.
If you're going to optimize for social/scouting, I see you sinking a lot of EP into Skilled to get that +8 racial bonus.
If you're going to optimize for social/scouting, I see you sinking a lot of EP into Skilled to get that +8 racial bonus.
that's what i was thinking too.
What kinds of feats would work best for that kind of eidolon?
Skill focuses, particularly in the skills you don't have that racial bonus in. Depending on how versatile you want her to be, of course.