Arcanist for PFS, Full Build from new ACG

[Fearspect]

Please let me know if you think this is a solid looking build. I have toyed with the Occultist Archetype (Use pool to summon monsters for 1min/level), but I felt that going Conjuration focused would come out much stronger. He will be primarily battlefield control, so probably looking very similar to most wizards:

School Savant (Teleportation) Tiefling Arcanist

Str: 7
Dex: 16
Con: 14
Int: 18
Wis: 14
Cha: 7

School Savant Abilities (Takes Conjuration>Teleportation School):
Summoner's Charm: Extend duration of summon monster spells by 1/2 your arcanist level.
Shift: As Swift action, teleport as Dimensional Door, 5'/2 arcanist levels (minimum 5'). Use this ability 3 + Int modifier/day.
Dimensional Steps: at 8th level, teleport 30'/arcanist level per day in 5 foot increments. Can bring others, divide distance between them.
Opposition Schools: Evocation, Necromancy

Feats:
1) Extra Exploit (Bloodline Arcana (Arcane) - Arcane Bond Ring)
*Idea here is that I can use it to cast opposition school spells, or anything situational for versatility
3) Improved Initiative
5) Spell Focus: Conjuration
7) Augment Summons (Summoned monsters gain +4 Str/Con)
9) Persistent Spell (Metamagic, must take saves twice)
11) Evolved Summoned Monster (Summoned monster gains 1 point Eilodon evolotion, usually magic attacks)

Exploits:
1) (Blocked)
3) (Blocked)
5) Quick Study (Spend Arcane Point to swap spell prepared for any in book)
7) (Blocked)
9) Metamagic Knowledge (Quicken Spell)
11) Metamixing (Can apply metamagic feat unprepared without increasing cast time)

Probable Level 1 Spells prepared:
Level 0: (Acid Splash), Detect Magic, Daze, Disrupt Undead (takes 2 slots)
Level 1: (Grease), Infernal Healing, Snowball

[andreww]

Have School Savant and Bloodline Arcana been buffed? Savant used to limit you to being treated as level 1 unless you spent a point and Bloodline Arcana didn't let you get an arcane bond.

[Fearspect]

School Savant is an Archetype that just straight up lets you take a wizard school in exchange for now having two opposition schools and losing three exploits.

Bloodline has no text indicating it restricts arcane bond, and considering the other exploits available, I don't believe that was a mistake. I did just notice that you don't get the arcana, so it is just the arcane bond. There is another exploit to get a familiar, which is better in PFS (no UMD by familiars)?

[EvilPaladin]

I'd skip Disrupt Undead for Read Magic and Dancing Lights unless you have a strong feeling from the scenario that you will use it. forgot Dancing Lights was not Illusion, ignore this bit Dancing Lights is both non-Evocation and will help if nobody has darkvision/torches/light [which happens surprisingly often in my experience], and Read Magic lets you learn about scrolls you are picking up. I've seen them come up much more than undead have.

Also, since you haven't seemed to pick traits yet, I give my strongest of recommendations to Student of Philosophy, especially in PFS. Having a great Diplomacy/Bluff can be life or death in some scenarios[or at least, prestige or no prestige, which can later lead to life or death].

[Fearspect]

I'm currently thinking Reactionary and Observant (Grand Lodge, +1 Perception, Perception as class skill), but I think that Int for Diplomacy could be very useful.

[Avatar-1]

I'm making an exploiter wizard for PFS and I've got sort of a similar build.

My stats are Str 7, Dex 14, Con 16, Int 20, Wis 7, Cha 7.

Traits were:
- Magical Lineage
- Pragmatic Activator (use int instead of cha for UMD)

I was considering Gifted Adept as a 3rd trait with a boon, but I didn't know about Student of Philosophy, and that's a compelling argument to take it. For Diplomacy on its own would be good enough for it.

Exploiter Wizard also gets less exploits, but he gets them at 1st/5th/9th/13th levels, plus anytime you take the Extra Arcane Exploit feat. I was keen on picking up the metamagic ones at some point, but not sure when, there's a lot of good ones to consider, and I think some are better at different levels.

- Quick Study (early)
- Potent Magic (early)
- Dimensional Slide (?? this might be a luxury more than an essential)
- Counterspell (around 7th level?)
- Metamixing (after taking a metamagic feat or Metamagic Knowledge, so later)

I was hoping to still invest in Spell Focus/Spell Specialisation/Greater Spell Specialisation as well, but I don't know where to find room for that, and not sure what to prioritise.

[Kazander]

@fearspect I don't think you can take extra arcana at first level since the school savant has traded it away you don't have that class feature to qualify for the feat.