Ok, first of all, I dont want a ubber duber gameplay effective character. I just want to add some more gameplaying effect for my Eidolons, but maintaining the concept of the character.
So, concept: Half elf (female) Broodmaster Summoner, servant of Halani Celanil (Forgotten Realms Elven Goddess of Beauty and Love) who only summons "cute and beautiful things". I want her to be some totally optimistic, kinda childish, character. Despite the comical material of only summoning adorable creatures, I pretend to engage her in a serious vibe, as the campaign itself is set in a time of great pain and evil, where mostly people only focus on beating the enemies, winning the war and surviving. She will be the opposite force, a gentle and hard working pure soul who wants to remind people what really matters in the world, which is beauty, in all its terms, and that THIS is the reason why they (and her) should fight for.
So, gameplay now (campaign starting lvl 5).
I took half elf for the Eidolon favored class option (1/4 evolution pool points, yay!) AND because the original settlement of the campaign is at an elvish forest.
Feats: Lvl 1 (Extra evolution), lvl 3 (Scribe scroll), lvl 5 (Extra evolution again).
My Eidolons:
1 - Nero: Biped small eidolon. Evolutions --> Skilled (5 times): Stealth, Disable Device, Use Magic Device, Percepetion, Perform. Yep, he is the rogue of the team. And he is actually AMAZING WELL at it, with ridiculously high bonus on the main rogue skills AND evasion. I also took Shadow Blend evolution for him, mainly because it will let him use stealth to hide in more scenarios, hence the concealment. And because it really suits him. The Skilled on Perform is JUST for roleplay, because he is a cute little half satyr (adorable).
I have no complaints about Nero, besides being a rogue for the group, he is actually really useful in combat, using magical items with his + 16 Use Magic Device bonus, sniping while doing it (with his + 18 Stealth bonus), if possible.
2 - Wolpie, the Wolpertinger (you dont know what a Wolpertinger is? It is awesome, google it up. Upper dubber cute).
Wolpie is giving me the most trouble, actually. I took for him the quadruped base form, flight, and scent evolution. But, as he MUST BE a small eidolon (because of the broodmaster archetype), he has NO DMG what so ever. His AC is pretty good, actually, because I gave him all the natural armor bonuses. I also gave him the 2 eidolon feats (fly-by-attack and mobility).
But he is pretty much useless. I mean, he has scent, which, in my opinion, is a really underrated ability. And he can fly, what is useful in a lot of exploring situations. But thats it. In combat, he is pretty much a flying bag of "please, expend the AoO in me sir, I have 28 AC!".
I dont know to proceed from this point forward. What should I do with Wolpie? Give him a poison bite, so he can annoy some bosses, from time to time?
Try to make him large eventually and prey the gods he actually manages to do some damage?
And about the whole Broodmaster archetype "give me more eidolons" thing? How to actually efficiently gameplay it on the battlefield? I mean, I REALLY like the roleplay possibilities of this archetype, but I ain't seeing the best way to gameplay it.
Any of you, great masters and players of old wisdom, have any ideas?
