Help me streamline my wizard build


Advice


I'll be playing a tiefling wizard in an upcoming RotRL game with friends and I'm unsure with my feat selection.

He'll be a conjuration (teleportation) specialist. I'm loosely following Treantmonks/Prof. Q's guide, so I will focus on summoning, buffing and battlefield control.
Since our party has only 3 PCs, I expect summoning to be extra useful (Please correct me if I'm wrong).

Build so far:

Race: Tiefling
Ability scores: ? (not yet rolled, INT min 18 incl. racial mod. is guaranteed though)
Class: Wizard
Specialization: Conjuration (Teleportation)
Oppositon schools: Necromancy, Enchantment

Arcane Bond: Familiar: Raven

Traits: Scholar of the Ancients (RotRLAE), Reactionary, (Arcane Temper if GM allows 3 traits)

Feats:
1 Improved Initiative
3 Spell Focus [Conjuration]
5 Augment Summon
5b Craft Wondrous Item
7 Improved Familiar (taking either Nosoi Psychopomp or Arbiter Inevitable)
9 Fast Study
10b Quicken Spell
(higher level feats will be planned when they're closer)

Skills: (2+INT -> min 6)
Spellcraft
Knowledge (Arcana)
Knowledge (Planes)
Linguistics
Perception
Knowledge (History)
20 INT: Knowledge (Religion)
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Things I want to keep:
- Tiefling, both mechanically (darkvision, resistances, prehensile tail) and because it's more fitting for his background
- the skill selection (except the 20 INT choice)
- one item creation feat at level 5 (or earlier) for downtime use
- Improved Familiar

Things I'm not sure about:
- Spell Focus + Augment Summon. It's definitely a boost to my summons, but at lvl 5 it comes fairly late to the party. Should I scrap it and use the feats for other things (suggestions?)?
- Quicken Spell. I know I need this sooner or later, but I'm not sure when to take it...
- Fast Study. More or less a placeholder for if something comes up during play.
- Enchantment as opposition school. I know it's generally rather weak, but I'll be missing sleep during the first few levels.

Things I thought about but couldn't fit in:
- Superior summoning. Should I switch Fast study out for this one? Should I push some feats around to get it even earlier? Or should I leave it out altogether?
- armor of the pit. could be another good choice for my first level feat. Should I swap improved initative out with this?
- more metamagic feats (e.g. dazing spell). I figured I can get rods for them as well.
- preferred spell/greater spell specialization. I'll probably take one of them post lvl 10.
- opposition research. I can always pick it up if I'm seriously starting to miss some spell from my opposition schools.

So, what's your advice? should I leave the build as it is now, or should I change something?
Thanks for your help!

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