D&D 3E/3.5 First time Druid help (3.5e)

[shadyizok]

Hmm, if you like to take the summon nature's ally route I could suggest:

Feats:
Augment Summoning
Imbued Summoning (+1 lvl, cast a free buf spell on your summon)
Rapid Spell (+1 lvl, makes it a standard action to summon)
Ashbound (summons are automatically extended and get a small bonus)

Items:
Nature's Children (Gives you +1 CL for summoning.)
Ring of Mighty Summons (3/day, max hit points, but half duration)
Ring of the Beast (Your Summon Nature's Ally spells are treated as one level higher)
Summoner's Totem (cast a free buff spell on you summon)

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

Not sure on Imbued Summoning, but Rapid Spell is definitely +2 levels, not +1. I really never considered it worth that much of a cost just to not have to wait a turn for your summons. If you were using Divine Metamagic to not actually raise the spell level, maybe.