[3.5] Conjurer Build Optimization

[Snow]

Any help to make it better is welcomed

This is a cohort for my main character, it is intended to be a battle control oriented character.

Race: Water Halfling
Character Level: 9

Stats:
28 point buy
STR: 6 = 8 -2 (racial)
DEX: 16 = 14 + 2 (racial)
CON: 16 = 14 + 2 (racial)
INT: 20 = 18 + 1 (level 4) + 1 (level 8)
WIS: 8
CHA: 8

Temporal Stat:
INT: 27 = 20 + 4 (headband of intellect) + 3 (unnamed bonus granted by main character power).

Feats:
Level 1: Spell Focus (conjuration)
Level 3: Metamagic School Focus (conjuration)
Level 6: Sudden Widden Spell
Level 9: Sculp Spell

Level 1: Focused Specialist (conjurer) wizard with inmediate magic and improve initiative instead of familiar and scribe scrolls
Level 2: Focused Specialist
Level 3: Focused Specialist
Level 4: Master Specialist Skill Focus (spellcraft)
Level 5: Master Specialist Expanded spellbook
Level 6: Master Specialist Greater spell focus (conjuration)
Level 7: Master Specialist Minor school esoterica
Level 8: Master Specialist Expanded spellbook
Level 9: Master Specialist Caster level increase +1

Items (36K to buy things)
Headband of Intellect +1
Cloak of Resistance +2
Healing Belt
Spellblade Quarterstaff +1
Ring of Mind Shielding

Any suggestion on what to change or improve? Any way to get one more INT point to be able to reach 28 and get one more level 5 spell

Thanks in advance

[Greenish]

Any way to get one more INT point to be able to reach 28 and get one more level 5 spellYou could be middle-aged (or older, but that has diminishing returns).

[Incanur]

A ring of enduring arcana never hurts. Complete Mage, I think. Looks quite strong in any case, though. But why do you want your cohort to be an awesome god? :smallamused:

[Snow]

You could be middle-aged (or older, but that has diminishing returns).

Loosing con and dex is not an option

[Snow]

Ohh and this are the spells I chose for the spellbook so far:

1: Neverskitter, Blockade, Expeditious Retreat, Grease, Bening Transposition
2: Invisibility, Web, Glitterdust, Fog Cloud, Cloud of Bewilderment, Alter Self
3: Dimension Step, Mage Armor (greater), Sleet Storm, Haste, Phantom Steed
4: Evard's Black Tentacles, Solid Fog, Summon IV Fiendish Dire Wolves, Orb of Fire, Celerity, Polymorph
5: Teleport, Wall of Stone, Cloudkill, Fiend to Foe, Shadow Evocation, Draconic Polymorph, Flesh to Ice, Refusal, Wall of Dispel Magic, Vitriolic Sphere

[Snow]

A ring of enduring arcana never hurts. Complete Mage, I think. Looks quite strong in any case, though. But why do you want your cohort to be an awesome god? :smallamused:

I'm using the spellblade against dispell, so I don't think i will need this ring

[Incanur]

Assuming the DM allows spellblade to catch dispel magic despite the lack of SR thing, that's still only one specific dispelling spell.

You might want to add telekinesis to the spell list.

[Keld Denar]

What are your banned schools? I'm guessing Enchant/Evocation/Abjuration?

Also, I find your lack of Greater Mirror Image disturbing...

You might also want to learn the entire Heart of X line from CMage.

[HunterOfJello]

You should drop Nerveskitter from your spellbook. It's amazing on a wand, but not worth the space for spells per day. The Summon Undead spells would be great to have on your spell list though. Summon Undead II for Skeleton Owlbears is great. (Remeber that the Summon Undead line is conjuration and not necromancy.)

I would also grab the Enhanced Summoning ACF from UA to drop Scribe Scroll (and wizard bonus feats which you wouldn't get anyway) for Augmented Summoning.

Also from UA, the Rapid Summoning ACF to summon creatures as a standard action instead of a full round might be a good idea. The sacrifice is your familiar, so most people grab Abrupt Jaunt from the PHB2 instead. Both are good options and usually better than having a familiar.

[Snow]

What are your banned schools? I'm guessing Enchant/Evocation/Abjuration?

Also, I find your lack of Greater Mirror Image disturbing...

You might also want to learn the entire Heart of X line from CMage.

Echantment / Evocation / Necromancy

[Incanur]

If you don't go for the enhanced summoning variant there's the martial wizard variant that gets bonus fighter feats. Improved Initiative tends to be better than Scribe Scroll. I've also heard of folks going Martial Study for a desert wind maneuver to get tumble as a class skill.

Good to see you didn't drop abjuration. Personally, I find that idea terrifying. I can see why you'd do it for a low-level campaign but after level 5 or so abjurations become important.

[Zangano Athyran]

If you are going for battlefield control, the Cloudy Conjuration feat might help. Also the Imbued Summoning metamagic feat (PHB 2) is always handy for summoning up hasted Fiendish Dire Wolves that act on your turn.

An interesting application of the Sudden Maximize and Sudden Empower feats is to use them to get more creatures when you summon lesser creatures. It states that they affect all variable numeric effects, and summoning lesser creatures gives you either 1d3 or 1d4+1 creatures.

[Endarire]

1: What sources are allowed?

2: While you're at it, how'zbout making yourself a Water/Fire Halfling? (Fire is +2 INT/-2 CHA.) Call yourself a Steam Halfling or a Steamling.

People may balk at your "steam" approach, but remember the Steam Mephits (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/mephit.htm#steamMephit)!

3: You mentioned being BC-heavy, but later seeming to like summons. Are you a dedicated summoner?

[Andion Isurand]

I would look at the halfling wizard substituion levels in Dragon Magazine 337.

At wizard level 3 you can learn a 1st level spell from any class list, and treat it as a 2nd level spell if its not on the wizard list.... in place of learning two wizard spells as normal for that level.

[Myth]

Go for Whisper Gnome instead. Anlso go into Incantatrix (need to buy Otiyguh's Hole). Your DM might allow it if he is allowing Abrupt Jaunt.

[Snow]

1: What sources are allowed?

2: While you're at it, how'zbout making yourself a Water/Fire Halfling? (Fire is +2 INT/-2 CHA.) Call yourself a Steam Halfling or a Steamling.

People may balk at your "steam" approach, but remember the Steam Mephits (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/mephit.htm#steamMephit)!

3: You mentioned being BC-heavy, but later seeming to like summons. Are you a dedicated summoner?

1. all official books from 3.5 and maybe if I find something nice in 3.0 that wasn't updated he may allow it. No dragon magazines.

2. I don't think he would allow something like that

3. I will only use the wolves to trip big fighters coming at me, and things like that, it's not my intention to focus on summons