Questions about Summoner and eidolons

[Dalton McBee]

I am looking at making a summoner character. But have some questions to make sure i am understanding how to play them and that my idea is legal.

First lets get the legal or not part out of the way. With my Eidolon i want to take exotic weapon proficiency(Katana). so taken this it would allow my Eidolon to wield the katana right? Now if so would my summoner have to hold on to said katana and give it to my eidolon every time i summon it. Or can it keep it? If this is not legal would i have to take the evolution path to wield simple and then martial weapons?

Now the questions i have about playing the summoner. When playing the summoner how does combat work with the eidolon out? Is it like playing two toons in the same game. In the since that the summoner and the eidolon both get initiative rolls and full round actions?

Thanks for all the help I am sure I will have more a little later

[Righty_]

The creature keeps its items you don't need to hold them.

Init depends on gm. I usually prefer them to act at once. Others prefer separate inits.

I think you have ex wp figured out right, but...consider higher levels where your eidolon can grow large, you would need a large katana. Or find a way to emulate a centaur.

[Dalton McBee]

Ya well i thinking about going with getting additional arms with more katanas . But ya i need to look at the long term of the toon. but i am glad that i worked it right. thanks alot

[Dalton McBee]

Another question, say you dismiss my eidolon can i re summon him that day or is he done for that day? I know if he dies then i cant re summon him. But is there away to get more summons of him? Since you only get one a day ?

[Ogre Dolon]

The trouble there is multiweapon iterative attacks take big penalties.
TwF is just two and has big penalties for non light.
Check the language under summoner class, you can dismiss as std action and bring back after a 1min ritual

I just built a few eidolons and my weapon-dolon lost out to my professional wrestler..Ogre-dolon.

[Dalton McBee]

Well i want to go weapon mainly for the character story. I also dont care to much about the whole number crunching thing. I like to play a character for the character, and the fun of playing.

[Alex McGuire]

If the eidolon is unsummoned due to: Summoner losing consciousness, being dismissalled, banished, or the summoner's choosing to dismiss it, it can be resummoned with a 1 minute ritual. If the eidolon is unsummoned due to damage or being Blasphemied (a real threat at higher tiers), it cannot return until the next day. Consider having scrolls of Summon Eidolon, a 2nd level spell for times when you get knocked out or it gets killed/dismissalled(it won't work if the eidolon is blasphemied).

If you are going to go TWF, go double wakizashi. 18-20 crit range, no additional penalty to hit from using too large of a weapon. Make sure to grab double slice as soon as possible to add your full str mod to the off hand attack.