Scarred Witch Doctor's mask worth losing a familiar?

[Ender730]

Is it worth losing the familiar to play a Scarred Witch Doctor? Con-based casting is nice and all, but I don't plan on using the witch as a melee character, so I'm trying to gauge whether it's worth the loss of action economy. I was planning on using the (IMProved) familiar to use Haste wand, or use Burning Gaze to get additional action out of it.

Pros: high Con score means more HP, good Fort save
Cons: lose familiar/extra action, was planning on staying in the back anyway, so the high HP is only somewhat helpful

Hmmm, is it worth it?

[Barry Armstrong]

Action Economy? If you're even uttering those words then it's not going to be worth it for you.

A Scarred Witch Doctor is more for flavor and CON-based races to have access to magic. If you're not a high-CON race, then don't bother.

[Cheapy]

Is it worth it to take one of the most overpowered archetypes inthe game, the one that formalizes how people often forget about the familiar all while making a truly SAD character, not to mention negating the Great AoE issue?

No, of course not.

Just use a hireling for that sweet sweet action economy. They'll have about the same hp as your familiar would if you can find scaling ones, and you won't lose all your spells when they get targeted.