Arcanist +blood line development + 1 sorc level worth it?

[Kefler]

So i have an Arcanist (ocultist) and for my 9 th level i was thinking of taking one level of sorc and the extra exploit feat for blood line development. the party has a robe of arcane heritage that no one is using.
so my question is 4 fold.
1) should i take the level sorc at all?
2)level of abysal sorc for the added summons at lv 11?
3) level of sylvan sorc for the ANC?
4) a level of diabolist for the imp companion?

[Gohaken]

IF you choose to do this, Abyssal for added summons at 11 is awesome.

In 3.5 there was an entire PrC dedicated to summoning multiple baddies at once, the Malconvoker, and it was quite potent.

You should immediately take Superior Summons if you don't have it already, at 11th level as well.

"I summon a demon, which means I get to summon two. Oh, right, that's more than 1, so that triggers superior summons... so... actually I summon three. As a standard action, for the next 10 minutes."

EDIT: And when you reach 15th level, take Spell Perfection: SM 7. You will start summoning 4 demons as a standard action instead of just 3. Retrain Spell Perfection every time you get access to a new level of SM spell.

[Kefler]

Gohaken wrote:

IF you choose to do this, Abyssal for added summons at 11 is awesome.

In 3.5 there was an entire PrC dedicated to summoning multiple baddies at once, the Malconvoker, and it was quite potent.

You should immediately take Superior Summons if you don't have it already, at 11th level as well.

"I summon a demon, which means I get to summon two. Oh, right, that's more than 1, so that triggers superior summons... so... actually I summon three. As a standard action, for the next 10 minutes."

EDIT: And when you reach 15th level, take Spell Perfection: SM 7. You will start summoning 4 demons as a standard action instead of just 3. Retrain Spell Perfection every time you get access to a new level of SM spell.

so the imp companion or the ANC at +1 lv (-3 +4 cause of the robe) would not be worth it?

the diabolist would not loose a spell level but would loose a SP summons level, and the ANC would loose both

[Gohaken]

Kefler wrote:

so the imp companion or the ANC at +1 lv (-3 +4 cause of the robe) would not be worth it?

the diabolist would not loose a spell level but would loose a SP summons level, and the ANC would loose both

Whether or not it'd be "worth it" is in the eye of the beholder (har har...).

We talking about power and flexibility??

Then I think being able to standard-action summon 4 demons at what "should" be the "summon 1 of these" lists for SM 7, 8 or 9... for 15 to 20 minutes per casting... is worth much more than having an Animal Companion. -EVEN IF- you do over level it via Sorc Robe as you suggested, and, take the two relevant Bloodline boosting traits (Ascendant Recollection and Dtang Ma Bloodline), and, are human with Huntmaster feat (so pick bird or small cat and you are now at EDL = Class level +4).

Malconvoker (w/ Superior Summons...!! wtf!) is just plain stronger than "Druid AC w/ level boost".
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But, are we talking about flavor & RP??

Whole different story. Playing Way of the wicked? Man, grab the Imp companion. Perfect for that campaign. Or are you playing something set in the First World, or a "save the trees and we're eco-terrorists" kind of game? Sure brother, sport the over-levelled AC.
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*shrugs* Honestly, none of these are bad.

The recent ACG errata takes a dump on your Arcane Reservoir refills, so, that might steer you more towards AC or Imp instead of being "all in" on the PF Malconvoker equivalent, but for my part I'd still go that route unless everyone else is playing some Tier 4 or 5 characters, or the flavor of the game really calls for furry friends or a direct hotline to the Hells.

-Goh