Non-PFS Synergist Summoner - Narrowed selections (need help)

[Duncan7291]

I think Ive figured it out: (Mostly)

I will make a Female Synergist Summoner named Piper Potts. She is the original Iron Woman and great great great great....grandmother of Pepper Potts. Females in her family keep their last name when they marry (Sorry Tony Stark).

As for her race, Im stuck on it. Obviously, human for extra feet or fetchling for min/max attributes would be nice but they dont really fit my concept. Im down to a decision of one of two races:

1. Ifrit - This fits in nicely with the "extremis" concept and her hot blood; and 2. Changling - This works well with the femme fatale kind of vibe.

How should I distribute my stats? I have rolled: 17, 17, 14, 13, 10 and 8.

(Again, Im not trying to break the game. I want to be effective but have fun with some RP elements.)

[Duncan7291]

Btw,...I meant synthesist not synergist.

[Master of the Dark Triad]

First of all, don't obsess over not getting a lot of advice here; no matter what you do, a synthesist summoner will not be bad.

Put your 3 worst stats into your physical attributes (the highest of the 3 being CON, then DEX, then STR). Put the highest of the six in CHA, and the other two in whatever order you seem most important (will save>skills or vice versa).

Take extra evolution whenever possible. It's invaluable.

That's all I got, as I don't know anything about the flavor.

[Tsoli]

I like the Half-elf synthesist. The favored class option gives you five extra evo points over the course of 20 levels. Since extra evolution can only be taken at that same speed, it's pretty awesome. Any woman, no matter what race, can be a femme fatale; especially a lady synthesist.

I personally favored intelligence over wisdom when it came time for stat building, since we get such a horribly small amount of skills.

I would also suggest putting 10 into strength and 8 into dex, since the other way around is going to hamper your ability to carry things. Seriously. I have a 7 strength, and have to make weight considerations all the time; have to count the number of potions I'm carrying when not in synth form.

No matter what you'll have fun. Play around with the evolutions- don't get married to any of them; each level you can take an entirely different set.

That being said, it sounds like you're going to want the Biped base form, for the 'humanesque' body.

Don't forget to take Acid splash if you're starting at 1st level- you'll want something you can do when your'e caught with your pants down and have to summon monsters. It doesn't do much, but you're probably only ever going to hit touch ACs with dumped physical stats.

[Duncan7291]

Thanks for the tips. Im thinking:

Changling - Str 8, Dex 10, Con 14(12), Wis 13(15), Int 17; and Cha 17(19).

Ifrit - Str 8, Dex 10(12), Con 13, Wis 14(12), Int 17; and Cha 17(19).

I am concerned about the low Str though.