I'll cut-N-paste what I have so far.
Generic Arcane Caster (UA)-5 (Set in stone. No Wizard or other prepared casters as I'm suck of spellbook management)
2 feats, any 4 skills of my choice. I'm thinking Spellcraft, Handle Animal, Concentration and UMD.
-Human with a Flaw (I'm up to 6 feats at level 5.).
(I am aware of the changling caster class, but I'd rather have the human feat and skill points seeing as all my pets will share my skill ranks.)
Alienist is out. I'm not taking 5 levels to get the template when I have no desire to summon.
Fleshwarper isn't worth it either. I've never played in a game that grants down time long enough to craft anything short of a scroll.
War Weaver looks good. I can meet the reqs with ease. I just have to make sure it won't be redundant with the familiar's share spells ability. Even if it is, This will help the party.
Spell Sovereign from Dragon 357 gets a living spell as a familiar, So I'll take a hit to my spells, but get an ooze pet. No more than 4 levels unless I skip W.W.
Pet list is looking like:
"Something Undead" (Won't work well with W.W., but I can get it Spellstitched. I just need to find something I can get early with a wis of 13+. The ability to speak and hold a wand is a plus, but I do have a way around that I think.)
Eye tyrant (tiny beholder from Faerun. it can deliver touch spells with its eye rays)
Living Spell. (too bad Mage Armor isn't a good target for living spell...)
(those 3 are set in stone. The bottom two I may swap out if a better option presents itself)
A construct of some sort. I'm Still looking and prefer to stay in the official books, but I'm not shy about using 3rd party stuff either. Now where did I see that voodoo doll familiar...?
A Plant Familiar. I saw one someplace. It was a vine thingy that twined around the master and granted a tiny AC bonus or something. I think it had a poison or grew goodberries as well.
Anyways. that is the plan so far. I'll be using the rituals from Spells and Spellcraft to buy my pets some abilities (using my gold and xp) as needed to give them a little boost now and then.