Wanna make THE item crafting character for my party to purchase the services of--after some questing of course.
probably a human (conjuration/creation) wizard / (artifice/??? domain) cleric / MT, favored class wizard.
I'm not sure on the particulars of mystic theurges, but I know you're supposed to favor one class over another level-wise so you get SOME 9th level spells. craft magic arms/armor, craft wondrous item, scribe scroll, and maybe craft staff are musts for this, but i'm not sure on anything else, feat-wise.
any ideas, alternatives, etc. would be appreciated.
Is 3rd party stuff allowed?
Adamant Entertainment has an Artificer class that gets all of the Item Creation Feats as Bonus Feats. It's on d20pfsrd in full.
They get access to both Arcane and Divine spells, all of them, up to 4th level spells (but only for item creation) at level 1.
A Dwarf Wizard/Cleric(Forgemaster)/MT if built correctly can be the best Artificer. If you use Arcane Builder Arcane Discovery it can get ridiculous with their crafting ability.
no 3rd party stuff, im afraid (that sounds positively delectable though), and i'll give that idea a look-see azaelas.
I have actually used that build for a character... It gets insane how easy it is to craft items. I got it to where he had the Hedge Magician Trait. It became Priceless!