I am bored and like building characters 3.5

[Nifft]

Rage Mage is required as any combat that you are not raged you will not be doing the best melee as it increases your die size by 2 on 5 attacks (claw, claw, claw, bite, rend) and whenever you are raged you can't cast spells! However Rage Mage fixes this for you!

The first attempt I did had me taking 1 level of Spirit Shaman just to get spontaneous summon nature's ally to qualify for feats, however I learned that the prestige I was going to splash was actually good enough for me to make into the SI.

You are probably correct.

I'll give this a look when I have time to pore over Rage Mage and understand all the little knock-on perks that each rage accrues.

Anyway, kudos and thank you!