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alt title: Hey Look, its V from Devil May Cry!
Hello everyone. After reading a few threads that brought this idea up in passing, I decided to build a rough skeleton for a dual-pet Summoner since it seemed like it'd be a interesting build to test.
The build is open for public viewing/commenting/copying on Google Forms HERE.
Build is designed to be played at Level 4/10/17 to provide a chassis to test low/mid/high tier play. Gold used for example purchases is balanced using the gold a PFS character would have that has acquired 9 treasure bundles per scenario. Sheet could probably be assembled somewhat better, as I merely borrowed a premade character sheet with minor editting, but I have tried to include hyperlinks to relevant AoN pages where I can, and any class feats pulled from the playtest have their rules listed in their hover-over notes.
To use the sheet, I've highlighted areas that may need to be modified using red and orange:
Red-bordered boxes: Requires manual editting, method typically explained in hover-over notes.
Orange: Uncheck or ignore if Level 4.
Red: Uncheck or ignore if Level 4/10.
Changing the Level on the cover page modifies the stats globally on the form, unchecking a training/proficiency box also updates stats where you'd expect it to. Use the tabs at the bottom to navigate the form. Skill feats have been left mostly unfilled barring the Medicine feats since I figured those are better left to personal preference of the end-user.
Feel free to make a copy of the Google Form and edit it as you see fit for playtest; this form is meant to serve as a rough skeleton in case anyone else wanted to try a similar build and/or didn't have the time to write up their own statsheet for a Summoner. If anything seems off in the build, let me know and I'll fix it on my end so it can be free of bugs on future copy-overs. I'll also accept any recommendations for updates to the build as I'm super-not-used-to minmaxing later levels; I have not played a high level caster before in PF2e so some of my spell selections especially may be questionable. I'll try to post any runs I'm able to make with the build in this thread as well for general playtest feedback purposes.
Enjoy!
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Quick Q&A on thoughts making the build:
Q: Why a Cat and a Dragon?
A: Build was loosely built to try and recreate an approximation of the character V from Devil May Cry 5, a game I have not played but have watched an LP of and the character seemed like a good fit to try to recreate for this kind of build. Not everything is picked for flavor (heck its an Orc with Dwarf Adopted) but turns out Cat Pounce is great for shoring up this build's action economy so I rolled with it. Eidolon was picked to be a loose approximation of the bird in part because it can shoot lightning, and the bird was the only familiar that could talk, after all.
Q: Follow up question, where's Nightmare then?
A: Under current playtest rules, activating any Summon spell ruins your Eidolon's ability to act for that round unless its Hasted. IMO this is a design flaw that I sincerely hope gets ironed out, but until then we have to accept it for the playtest. That said, I did attempt to work Nightmare in for the Level 17 build.
If you care about summoning Nightmare through Summon spells for the full gang, replace 16th Levels Resilient Evolution feat with Effortless Concentration and focus on trying to cast Summon Elemental 8 to summon an Elemental Avalance (Nightmare) after getting off Haste. At that point, you can have a turn where both your Eidolon and Animal Companion can both act once while you summon, and in future turns you can free action Sustain the Summon to give the Avalanche 2 Actions, Act Together to give your Eidolon 3+Haste, and spend your own Act Together action to command Cat to act twice. Enjoy your effectively-8-action turn; you've earned it.
Q: Why the Medic archetype?
A: First off, feel free to put in something else in place of Medic for personal runs, its not essential to the build at all. As for why I picked it, Doctor's Visitation is a very strong action that can be used with Act Together, and building for Battle Medicine seemed smart when the build is actively running three separate targets for the feat by itself.
Lastly, 17 was picked as the high tier level as the Eidolon has just acquired its third unique effect by that level; otherwise I was going to go 4/10/16 to have it split up by gaps of 6 levels each. 17 just seemed like a more interesting level to playtest.