After letting this topic get a little sidetracked, I want now to outline what I would consider the goals of this build to be and how they have been fulfilled thus far :
1. Uncanny Forethought : Pretty well subsumed by #2
2. NI Spell Mastery : Profession (Diplomat) 4 ranks, full spontaneous spell capability
3. Chain/Reach trick for offensive tapestry/replacement for War Weaver : Ton of feats to throw at it can do this for these two, and we get autoquicken from
arcane spellsurge4. Embrace/Shun shenanigans on tap 24/7 : All recharge methods notwithstanding (since we can really do that anyway with a crafted contingent spell to whisk us to a timeless plane to regen spells)
5. Mirror Move if it's allowed : Assuming it is...
6. Able to cast in an AMF or dispose of the annoying AMF : Iron Heart Surge, preferably built in.
7. No loss of caster levels (unless it is absolutely fucking godly) : Felt the need to narrow it down.
8. Ocular Spell for the Persistification Tango : Built in if possible, if not, oh well.
9. Supernatural Spell or it's equivalent, while not violating #7 if at all possible
10. Aquire Familiar, since we've traded our base one, and this one will get a full 20 level progression, for another source of action abuse.
Incantatrix 3 is manditory IMO, and of course at least Wizard 1 to have something to base it all off of. Haluran Elder dovetails nicely with 1 or 4 levels, as does one level of Archmage for Arcane Reach (though I'd rather spend feats instead of spell slots). Hmm...Sacred Excorcist since we have umpteen feats available to abuse on Divine Feats? Abjurant Champion maybe for it's defensive buffs and insta-BAB (not to mention the fuck you to SoD's on the offchance you got sloppy). UM is still an option, as is Mindbender (pre-epic at least). Before we hash out another build, I want to see what people consider to be "the" defining characteristics of the Ultimate Mage. As in, if you wanted to build the god of tier one, what would you build?
Hopefully this helps to refocus things.
~Kell
PS. And hopefully this snaps my mind out of the warmage build I had bouncing around, that was scrapped since there's no way to add the entire Sor/Wiz list to them