Just as a disclaimer: I know I know, the consensus for metamagic on a summoner is Don't. If you can, try to suspend that automatic reaction and bear with me here on a thought experiment.
The idea is to find the best spells and feats for Spell Perfection on a summoner.
Some background for the idea. This would be a half elf, taking the Eldritch Heritage(Arcane) bloodline abilities. This gives them an arcane bond for effectively a bonus spell slot of whatever level they want (a premium for summoners) and at 11th level they get to pick a spell from the sorceror/wizard list to add to their spells known. My first thought for that was to get Paragon Surge (which half elves qualify for) and thus to be able to pick a new Spell Perfection with the single cast of a 3rd level spell (at 15th level of course)
So assuming this, which 3 metamagic feats would be most useful (in order to meet the pre-reqs to pick up Spell Perfection with paragon surge) and which spells would you pick to perfect?
I was looking at a Master Summoner build the other day for an upcoming adventure path, and it struck me; with the way Summoners get spells so much earlier, Spell Perfection could be an interesting idea. The wording on Spell Perfection states that you can apply any one metamagic feat to a spell as long as the modified level is not greater than 9th, which means a Summoner has some unique opportunities.
Some Ideas I had:
-Charm/Dominate Monster heightened to 9th level for high save DC's
-Magical Lineage Trait, then casting Quickened Maze.
-Since this is a Master Summoner, using Quickened Summon Monster VII (or Magical Lineage + Quickened Summon Monster VIII) + Summon Monster SLA in the same round for maximum nova
It seems to me that Heighten, Quicken and Persistent would be the most use, helping to either spam summons quickly, boost the otherwise low save DC's of the great SoS spells summoners get, or force extra saves for the same overall effect.
What do you all think?
