I'm looking at playing a version of the old icantatrix/hathran combo. The campaign will start around 8th level.
Here's what I'm thinking so far:
Wizard 5/Icantatrix 3/Hathran 1
Feats: Combat Reflexes, Stand Still, Extend Spell, Persistent Spell, Leadership, Ethran, Iron Will
- Unearthed Arcana variant that gets fighter feats
- Metamagic Storm for a free metamagic feat, and that other location that gives you Iron Will
The plan so far, besides the awesome spell flexibility from Hathran, is to use a tiny version of the Nasty Gentleman and get a couple of symbiotes and crank up persistent Thunder Lance (or I could use Celerity). Combined w/ Stand Still that gives him nice battlefield control, along w/ some decent damage output and there's all the other Nasty Gentleman fun. Firestride Exhalation and Lightning Leap will be particular favorites.
The question is what else to do, either w/ feats or levels? I could always take more levels of Icantatrix, but I was wondering if there was anything else interesting. I'm not really looking for any more sheer power, since as it stands it will probably be plenty tough for our campaign. Although if there's an easy way to jack up the damage on Thunder Lance that'd be nice (maximizing it through icantatrix will make the DC too high for this level). I initially thought of going Mark of the Dauntless to exploit Celerity, but I thought that might go too far for the game. I also thought of dipping into Paragnostic Apostle for energy supremacy.
It'd be great to hear your guys ideas, thanks in advance.