Drow: need advice on evoker FvS feats

[deahamlet]

Hi,

I currently have a melee twf drow FvS which I want to LR into an evoker FvS build around level 12-13 (when BB kicks in). I enjoy the melee enough, but the lack of AOE and ranged attacks make me think higher level will be a headache. The problem is that this is a Drow so I cannot get all the feats I've seen in most evoker builds (BB, Implosion, that kind of idea).

Usual feats:
Empower
Maximize
Quicken
Heighten
Toughness
Spell Focus: Evocation
Greater Spell Focus: Evocation
Spell Penetration
Greater Spell Penetration
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I've also seen some people use Extend, they usually don't have the Spell Focus: Evocation or the Spell Penetration options.

Drow will only get 8, so I have to drop one feat. Which one should that be? At first I thought to drop Empower and just keep Maximize, but considering that most people run with Quicken/Maximize/Empower (as well as Heighten and/or Extend)... I'm thinking only having Maximize is stupid. So what should I drop? Is Extend a good idea?!

The stats have very little room for creativity, Str 10, Dex 10, Con 14, Int 10, Wiz 18, Cha 10
(I have access to +4 and +6 items since I have a very high level crafting Artificer to pass things along to the FvS; so Charisma being low level is no problem, will take FvS charisma plus at 20 we get +2 Cha; also going to use a +2 tomes for all stats).

Thank you ahead of time for any advice!

PS: In case this is useful for people. The idea is to solo most content (except for a rogue for traps/locks sometimes), will put points in Concentration and UMD (after +2 tome, some in Jump/Balance maybe). And yet also be useful-ish when wanting to run raids.

[HGM-Chi]

If you're talking a pure 20 FvS, you actually only get 7 feats. On my elven evoker I went with:

Toughness
Maximize
Quicken
Empower
Empower Healing
Extend
Heighten

Didn't bother with the Spell Pen or focus feats at all. So far so good for me!

[Gandalfs_Ghost]

On my drow (currently 17) I took:
Toughness
Maximize
Empower
Quicken
spFoc Evoc
GrspFoc Evoc

and Heighten next level

[Cam_Neely]

If you're talking a pure 20 FvS, you actually only get 7 feats. On my elven evoker I went with:

Toughness
Maximize
Quicken
Empower
Empower Healing
Extend
Heighten

I would drop Empower healing and extend from this list in favor of quicken and spell focus evocation.