Way of the Wicked Evangelist / Diabolist Advice

[mbauers]

Any suggestions on a summoning/buffing evil cleric/diabolist?

He worships Asmodeus--domain is Divine (magic) for the Divine Vessel ability and his feats are Lingering Performance and Improved Initiative.

I want to go into summoning devils and buffing them and the rest of the party (and get the sweet imp companion from Diabolist).

The game is set in Pre-Asmodeus Cheliax.

"Asmodeus fashioned the prison that holds Rovagug at bay. All you hold dear only remains because Asmodeus has seen fit to keep you safe. Think on this when you pray to Aroden to protect you."

[Magda Luckbender]

It's been my experience that a Bard or Cleric (Evangelist) doesn't usually need Lingering Performance. At low levels you do occasionally run out of rounds of Bardic Performance, but from about level 4 onward you always have plenty. Other feats might be more useful. You will be feat-starved ...

E.g. With your intended Summoning specialty, perhaps get the Skill Focus (Conjuration) feat tax out of the way, so you can get Augment Summons, Sacred Summons, and Superior Summons.

E.g. Flagbearer would be another great enhancement. Your GM will probably allow you to devise a flag that works for both your allies and, since it includes the symbol of your diabolical deity, also works for summoned devils.

I.e. At only 5th level the combination of Inspire Courage, Flagbearer, and Augment Summons gives most of your summons +5 +5 on combat bonuses ...

Another thing to keep in mind is that a summoning-specialist evangelist cleric only requires a 5 point build, leaving the other 15 points free for whatever you want. Seriously, no primary ability depends on any attribute, so this stat array works just fine: STR10 DEX10 CON10 INT10 WIS14 CHA10

[mbauers]

I get Augmented Summoning for free at Level 3 Diabolist, but if I wait until 8th level to start Diabolist I'm now looking at level 10 before my summoning starts really kicking in (maybe swap out Lingering performance for sacred summons?)

Tough call.

[the David]

I'm playing an aasimar evangelist cleric of Asmodeus in WotW. You don't need lingering performance. I do have improved initiative as it helps me to act before the less experienced players. I don't use summoning spells as we already have a summoner in the party.

[mbauers]

Thanks for the advice!

I'm going to retrain Lingering Performance, and I think the DM will also let me retrain Spell Focus (Conj) and Augmented summoning when I get the free Augmented Summoning from Diabolist Level 3

Is there anything that lets me use up a prepared spell for some other benefit (whether it's an item, feat, etc?)

The first level domain spell for the Divine Domain is Identify. Not too useful.