Advice on my Shoanti Druid built

[Andre Roy]

Long story short, this character is from a small tribe of the Shundar-Quah (The Spire Clan)who lives at the foot of the Kodar Mountain, on the Storval Plateau, close to the Mobhad Leigh.

This tribe bloodline has been Tainted (or Bless depending on how you look at it) with the blood of the Serpentfolk and one of this tribe dark secret is the worship of Yig...and the hatred/hunting of Tsathoggua (Worshipper).

I'm very likely going to go with a WIS > DEX/CHA > CON > STR/INT (the actually points would depend on whether we go point-built (and whether 15 or 20 points) or rolled).

The core would be:
CN - Shoanti Druid – Cultist of Yig
Alt Racial Trait - Reptilian Ancestry (Horror Adventure) [Lose Extra Trait]
Alt Racial Trait – Dimdweller (Blood of Shadow) [Lose Extra Skill point]
Trait – Racial – Shoanti Tatoo [grant proficiency in Klar, Earth breaker and Shoanti bola](Varisia, Birthplace of legend)
Trait – Regional – Shoanti Tribesman [+1 Climb] (IS Primer)

At 1st level I'm planning on taking:
Nature bond: Domain - Serpent (Viper Familiar - Emissary Archetype)
1st Feat – Simple Weapon (To have access to my God's Favored Weapon)
Language: Common, Shoanti, Druidic, Aklo (and possibly: Orc)
1st level skills - Climb, Handle Animal, Knowledge (Dungeoneering), Perception (and possibly: Acrobatics and Survival)
Equipment: Punching Dagger & Klar and Hide armour.

After that is where I kind of need help as I'm not too sure if a Spell caster, martial or hybrid route woulbe be best.

Some of the feat I'm looking at as possible are:
- Combat Casting
- Spell penetration
- Emissary’s Emboldening (Familiar Folio)
- Exotic Weapon (Totem Spear)
- Weapon focus (Punching Dagger)
- Weapon focus (Klar)
- Two weapon fighting
- Improved Shield Bash

Any and all help will be appriciated.

[Chromantic Durgon <3]

Have you considered summoning a butt f+@@ tone of snakes?

Because spell focus conjuration and augmented summon are a good idea if so.

Snake style would be a complete departure from the weapons you've gone with at the moment, but it would work with a WIS based class particularly well and would fit your snakey theme nicely.
It basically allows you to run your AC and some other stuff off of Sense Motive and gives you a load of immediate actions.

[Andre Roy]

Good suggestions. I especially like the snake summoning idea, that would indeed work quite well. I wilhave to look into Snake Style to better familiarize myself with it, but from what you are saying, the could also work well.