Nothing stops the 4 feats you mentioned (AS PA Lunge and Charge).
Never heard of black cat so can't comment on that.
-S
Considering that total expected wealth at lvl5 is 10.5k, it may be unreasonable to expect to have a single 16k item (+4 str belt).
A penalty to will based skills and saves of either -1 or -2 or even -3 if you stick with the 5.
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That 5 in the wisdom is going to cause you to have a bad time once you get into levels where enemies have spells like Dominate.
EDIT: Wait wait wait.
This is a SYNTHESIST summoner?
Man, nerf your Physical stats to the GROUND.
You use your Eidolon's Physical Stats when you merge, so your physical stats can be in the toilet.
You don't get any of your eidolon's save bonuses when you're synthesized.
Be careful with synthesists, and make sure the eidolon is actually giving a bonus before you assume it does; if it's not in the text, you don't get it.
As it's been stated, that 8 should go into str or dex. Your focus should be on your mental stats. The eidolon will provide the physical stats. If you're found without your eidolon, then summon up aid/manage the battlefield with your spells. You will be far from helpless.
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What do you think is more powerful in general for this character - DEX or CON? Does a synthesist often find his eilodon destroyed and stuck in his normal form? I need 13 dex for Nimble Moves which I plan taking later, and like to have the defense and ranged capability if my eilodon dies. I think Con would be useful though as I can give my eilodon my hit points with life link. CON vs Dex who wins?
My current stats are:
11 STR
17 DEX
10 CON
14 INT
11 WIS
18 CHA
**I want 11 STR to take Power attack once I can buy a Giant's Belt.I could probably use the following if my GM approves an 8 wisdom:
11 STR
13 DEX
15 CON
14 INT
8 WIS
18 CHAWhat build do you think is better for the synthesist?
Thanks for all the assistance! : D
Your stats should look like this (Assuming a 20 point buy):
7 STR
7 DEX
7 CON
14 INT
16 WIS
18 CHA
It's not necessarily a good idea to just dump everything. A healthy CON is nice for avoiding Suddenly Dead Syndrome if you lose your eidolon, and most people don't like the idea of roleplaying a crippled person who trips over their own feet.
Your character needs to fulfill the feat pre-reqs, not the eidolon (because a synthesist eidolon does not receive feats).
So, if you want to get that Nimble Striker feat, you will need at least Dex 13.
Not true. Any bonus you can retain for 24 hours or longer can be used to qualify for feats, such as item bonuses or your eidolon.
Just as a Str11 character wearing a belt of strength +2 bumps him to Str13 and allows him to take Power Attack, you can do this. You just couldn't use the feat without the belt/eidolon-suit.
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VikingMentality
At some point you are going to want to pick up the feat Improved Natural Attack Claws and combine that with the Improved Damage Evolution for claws.
Your Quad can have a pair of claws on it's legs and gets a Rake Attack, allowing you to make 2 more claw attacks on a pounce/grapple. That's three natural attacks.
I believe an Eidolon can have up to 7 Natural attacks
What you are going to want to do is eventually get the Limbs (Arms) evolution twice and then 2 more claw evolutions. That will give your eidolon 4 claws on 4 arms and 2 claws on the legs and a Rake attack, with get's you another 2 claws, for a total of 8 claw attacks. Then get Grab(Claw), allowing you to make 8 grapple attacks
Those claw attacks will all hit at your full BAB, deal 1d8 + STR damage and if you make your Eidolon large (and you should), the damage dice will increase to 2d6
So basically you will have 8 greatsword attacks on a pounce at max level.
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don't listen to them about dumping your stats. I wouldn't worry about raising them, but a 10 in str/dex/con is just fine, there's no reason beyond min/maxing to do this.
You will be forced out of your eidolon at points, and you will for RP reasons not want to be in it at times. It takes a full uninterupted minute (baring spells) to summon it to you.
Be capable without your eidolon, and then become awesome with it on.
Personally I like using a skill increase or two, that +8 to any skill you want is amazing.
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You can choose any feat as long as you can basically "generally qualify"
When you're fused you'll have power attack, when you're not fused and your strength isn't high enough, you won't have it available to use. (like wise if your strength is lowered by debuffs, you can't use it I'm assuming)
When your constitution changes, your hp change accordingly. If your constitution provides a +3 bonus unfused, and a +2 fused, when you are fused you'll use the +2, and unfused the +3. which means when your eidolon gets smacked off you, your hp will actually increase by 1, if you dump your con like many have said, you'll suddenly drop by whatever the difference is.
I wouldn't say to the GROUND, but you definitely don't need STR and DEX so high for a synthesist. Right now I'm slogging through the second level of a Gnomish Paladin 2/Synthesist X, and her stats are
STR 5
DEX 10
CON 17
INT 10
WIS 15
CHA 18
It was always the plan that I'd try and get through those first two levels as a straight Paladin (without even having a favored class bonus), so I invested in armor, shield, and Toughness, and she's basically a punching bag for the bad guys (and now she's a combat medic!), but it's fun being the face and flanking buddy and human (Gnuman?) shield. So when serpentine + limbs kicks in next level, and she can use a bow, we'll start to have something going.
BUT - I probably wouldn't bother with something like Toughness if I made her a Synthesist from the start. I would probably shave a few points off of Dexterity and make her a little wiser or smarter. WIS 5 strikes me as a terrible idea, especially for a synthesist.