So, I'm having an odd issue: I love the Solar bloodline for Sorcerers, but am trying to add two things to it for a PFS straight-class Sorc. Specifically, I want to be able to pick up an Improved Familiar (a Silvanshee Agathion to be precise) and angel wings akin to the ones granted by the Celestial bloodline.
Other than Cross-blooded Sorc, which is bad on a straight-class build, are there any viable ways to do these things in PFS? Edit: No multi-classing either unless it keeps spell progression and so on. The major things this build seeks are 'holy-themed arcane magic', 'a silvanshee agathion familiar', and 'angel wings.' The build's theme is not the least bit subtle.
The angelic aspect spell gets you the wings, but not until level 10 which is late for PFS. On the other hand the celestial bloodline isn't going to do so until 9.
The tattooed sorcerer archetype gets you the base familiar which you could then improve with the feat. You would lose the 1st & 9th level bloodline powers and the 7th level bloodline feat though; if those parts of the solar bloodline matter to you then you might prefer to get skill focus (some knowledge) and eldritch heritage (arcane) for a couple of feats.
You can get the familiar via feats. Iron Will => Familiar Bond => Improved Familiar Bond => Improved Familiar. There's a trait that can be substituted for Iron Will there if you like.
You didn't specify race. Aasimar can get wings via a racial feat or two, though not until 10th.
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Tattooed Sorcerer almost works, but those last two trade-offs end up making the build just barely unworkable (I need the bonus feat and can't find any room in the build to compensate for its loss). Thank you very much for pointing it out though, it was a really, really good idea.
Aasimar would be a perfect solution to the problem (I'd just make an Aasimar race Solar Bloodline straight-class Sorc), but is locked behind the 'need a boon to create one' rule in PFS. Upon researching it further, I see WHY this happened since apparently they became extremely common in PFS due to their strengths, but... ah well.
If I had the Boon in question, that would make things easier. As it is, the lack of it is an insurmountable problem.
As for that feat chain, it's clearly an option but I can't make it work. Four feats is unfortunately more than I can spare in the build. I'd have to give up Improved Initiative, Spell Penetration, Greater Spell Penetration, and one other. I just cannot fit that in.
It looks like this just can't be done without gutting the build in terms of Feats. Thank you very much for the suggestions though, I really appreciate you offering some research and ideas on this. They're good ones, just not ones I can make use of.