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Just Power Attack. It's the base feat, your eidolon will qualify from level 1.
And as lemeres mentioned, maybe Cornugon Smash and then Hurtful if you feel like giving your Eidolon ranks in Intimidate.
the table is shorthand. It tells you the skills total assuming you didn't raise int at all.
Well, perception is a nobrainer- particularly with that instant +8 you can put in there, along with your numerous senses available with evos.
Climb and swim can be dubious, since evos can give you options to avoid them. Flight is the obvious one, and eventually you want points into that.
No, no spell gives you eidolon evos... but summoners eventually get to take some evo points from the eidolon and apply it to themselves. Just read the class.
Note that eidolons with a fly speed receive Fly (Dex) as a free class skill, even if they do not gain a fly speed until a later level.
you get fly for free who's to say your eidolon won't be getting wings at a later lvl. thus having a fly speed.
Class skill is just something that gives you a +3 on the check as long as you have at least 1 skill point in it.
You still have to spend skill points on it.
I wouldn't put too many points- you can upgrade to magical flight, which gives perfect maneuverability (a +8). Also, eidolons get scaling bonuses to dex. So just one skill point for getting class skill bonus.
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Magic Fang is better than Magic Attacks since it gives the attack & damage bonus, not just the ability to bypass DR.
Craft Wands isn't usually a great idea for summoners because you don't have a good range of spells to use with it. Craft Wondrous Item is better if you want to craft.
Note that the reach evolution specifies one attack instead of one attack form - it will only give one of your claws reach. (Source)
Magic Fang is better than Magic Attacks since it gives the attack & damage bonus, not just the ability to bypass DR.
Craft Wands isn't usually a great idea for summoners because you don't have a good range of spells to use with it. Craft Wondrous Item is better if you want to craft.
Note that the reach evolution specifies one attack instead of one attack form - it will only give one of your claws reach. (Source)
Well, the magic attacks evo has its own advantages.
If we are talking pre level 10- then yes, absolutely rely upon magic fang alone, since it both by passes dr/magic and also boosts attacks.
After level 10... then your attacks are treated as your eidolon's alignment, which can be fantastic when you can get past Dr/good. That one is one of the stronger and more common forms of DR.
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DR/good means that the creature takes reduced damage from weapon attacks that are not good aligned. This type of DR is common in evil outsiders and can be found in some other nasties. After 10th level, Magic Attacks can give your eidolon good-aligned attacks, giving the eidolon an improved ability to hurt these creatures.
I'm assuming based on the fact that you're spending 9 evolution points that you're at level 6 at most, so I'd use Magic Fang for a few more levels.
I think it's unlikely that a GM would allow the entire party to bypass significant encounters with a single 1-point evolution. On the other hand, if the animal attacks are frustrating enough to reduce your enjoyment of the game then the GM should fix that whether or not the you take Unnatural Aura. Talk to them about the issue. Best case scenario, the GM stops the attacks and you don't have to take the evolution. If you don't check first, your GM may interpret the ability in a restrictive way like "won't attack the eidolon or anyone sharing the eidolon's square" which will be less useful to you, have animals stalk you and then attack in your sleep when the eidolon is gone, or else just switch to harassing you with small magical beasts which won't be affected by the aura.
Just think of it like this
Only evil things can hurt good. Only good things can hurt evil.
It is MUCH easier when you are looking at it in the context of a stat block. "Oh, its a demon. Then I need holy weapons or to throw angels at it" or "oh, that devil will jack my angel familiar up, better be careful"
so what would DR/neutral do? >.>
Actually, I am pretty sure that neutral creatures DR/ adamantine (if I am to trust the 'summon neutral monster' feat, as well as psychopomp stat blocks).
So you would need an adamantine weapon (or an enhancement bonus of +4, cause enhancement bonus gets through metals when it is high enough).
Another option would be DR/-. That is DR/ NUHUH, YOU AIN'T GETTING THROUGH THIS. You see that on things like barbarians. It is the DR meant to always be a problem, with no real solution. Other than getting abilities that ignore DR in general, at least, such as Smite Evil. Elementals are an example of this kind of DR for neutral creatures.
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What do you mean offense? Do you mean how to know whether something is able to bypass DR? Aside from some general rules that apply to monsters (eg angels bypass DR/good, werewolf bites can hurt werewolves) it will say "this bypasses DR/whatever."
There are also some abilities that do extra damage against certain creature types.
does not say anything about it having a range. it just happens like you can't make a horse approach a revving motorcycle or someone trying to serve a skittish to a slavering angry dog. its not going to get close.
Right, it's not going to get "close." How close is up for debate - or more accurately up to GM interpretation.
And as I said, even if the GM decides that it will keep animals indefinitely far away while the eidolon is present, if they want to be a jerk they can still do things like having wolpertingers swarm you or rats eat all your rations while you're asleep (and your eidolon is gone).
was kinda hoping the eidolon would get some form of ranged attack.that is not magic or fire breath.
Unfortunately, eidolons more rely upon flight or just being HUGE (long reach) in order to deal with distance.
I suppose it wouldn't be completely terrible if you gave it hands and bow proficiency. Mostly because it gets a scaling bonus to str. and dex. So an adaptive bow would probably do at least 'decent'.
i was thinking along the lines of using the eidolon as a weapon.
exotic weapon proficiency (eidolon)?
i don't think craft pain or craft terror would work.
Profession (horror movie monster)?
they give eidolons a craft skill. i am just wondering what an eidolon is expected to craft.
Anything you feel like.
Craft is not a single skill, but a set of skills that fall under the same crafting mechanics.
So you have Craft (weapons), craft (armor), craft (underwater basket weaving), etc. Each of those are their own skill and need a skill point. It is whatever random thing you want to craft- potentially infinite.
It mostly comes up for prerequisites. Craft (tattoos) is a prereq for inscribe magical tattoo, for example. And golems and other magic items can have crazy craft skill prerequisites (like a glass golem needing craft (Glass)).
For the most part though, it is a role playing skill. Pretty much every class has it, and most other intelligent creature types might get it too.
Profession is similar, but is more for making a living off of doing something (the difference between craft (cake), which allows one of those amazing super cakes, and profession (baker), where you don't spend $2000 on making a cake without asking if anyone wants to buy it first).
if a small pc can ride a medium eidolon...... and if my large eidolon has a pouch (like a kangaroo) could it shove my medium sized pc into it like a a wizard would a familiar. or would my pc need still need to make ride checks?
There is no 'pouch' evolution that allows you to make a player character completely safe like a fmailiar in a familiar satchel.
You are just reflavoring the ride evo. You need to make checks, and you are still a valid target.
They get normal iterative attacks.
If using two weapons, they follow the standard rules for two weapon fighting.
If using three or more weapons, they need the multi-weapon fighting feat and follow the twf rules if additional attacks are desired. With multi-weapon fighting, you can receive an additional off-hand attack for each non-primary weapon. You can arbitrarily decide which weapon is primary each round.