Wow, I was making a little list of things I thought were appropriate, but that staff is awesome.  Usually you use the staff's caster level (unless your own is higher).  So do I use it at CL 8 still, or at my own?  I don't want to completely overpower low-level encounters throwing around 8d6 fireballs.  I mean I do, but yeah.<br/><br/>I'm in favor of following story chain of quests, both for story, and for capstone loot.<br/><br/>EDIT:  Oh, and I was thinking of taking Craft Wondrous Item at level 3.  Would taking Craft (tailor) be necessary or at least beneficial for magicamal clothes/accessories?  And would that require a Profession skill as well?  Otherwise, Profession (scavenger) sounds interesting for spell/crafting components.  I suppose it might mesh with getting tailoring supplies as well.