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--- familiars [2013/06/22 01:56] – created archmage
+++ familiars [2013/11/16 14:40] (current) – archmage
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 Levels of different classes that are entitled to familiars stack for the purpose of determining any familiar abilities that depend on the master’s level.
 If a familiar is lost or dies, it can be replaced 1 week later through a specialized ritual that costs 200 gp per wizard level. The ritual takes 8 hours to complete.
+^ Familiar ^ Special Ability ^
+| Bat | Master gains +3 bonus on Dungeoneering |
+| Cat | Master gains +3 bonus on Stealth |
+| Hawk | Master gains +3 bonus sight-based Perception checks in bright light |
+| Lizard | Master gains +3 bonus on Athletics |
+| Monkey | Master gains +3 bonus on Acrobatics |
+| Owl | Master gains +3 bonus sight-based Perception checks in shadows or darkness |
+| Rat | Master gains +2 bonus on Fortitude saves |
+| Raven* | Master gains +3 bonus on Linguistics |
+| Viper | Master gains +3 bonus on Deception |
+| Toad | Master gains 3 + HD hit points |
+| Weasel | Master gains +2 bonus on Reflex saves |
+*A raven familiar can speak one language of its master’s choice as a supernatural ability.
+===Familiar Basics===
+Use the basic statistics for a creature of the familiar’s kind as described in the //Monster Manual//, but with the following changes.\\
+<php>echo "<b><font color=\"#FFC671\">Hit Dice:</font></b>";</php> For the purpose of effects related to number of Hit Dice, use the master’s character level or the familiar’s normal HD total, whichever is higher.\\
+<php>echo "<b><font color=\"#FFC671\">Hit Points:</font></b>";</php> The familiar has half the master’s total hit points (not including temporary hit points), rounded down, regardless of its actual Hit Dice.\\
+<php>echo "<b><font color=\"#FFC671\">Attacks:</font></b>";</php> Use the master’s base attack bonus, as calculated from all his classes. Use the familiar’s Dexterity or Strength modifier, whichever is greater, to calculate the familiar’s melee attack bonus with natural weapons. Damage equals that of a normal creature of the familiar’s kind.\\
+<php>echo "<b><font color=\"#FFC671\">Saving Throws:</font></b>";</php> For each saving throw, use either the familiar’s base save bonus (Fortitude +2, Reflex +2, Will +0) or the master’s (as calculated from all his classes), whichever is better. The familiar uses its own ability modifiers to saves, and it doesn’t share any of the other bonuses that the master might have on saves.\\
+<php>echo "<b><font color=\"#FFC671\">Skills:</font></b>";</php> For each skill in which either the master or the familiar has ranks, use either the normal skill ranks for an animal of that type or the master’s skill ranks, whichever is better. In either case, the familiar uses its own ability modifiers. Regardless of a familiar’s total skill modifiers, some skills may remain beyond the familiar’s ability to use. Familiars treat Acrobatics, Athletics, Perception, and Stealth as class skills.\\
+===Familiar Ability Descriptions===
+All familiars have special abilities (or impart abilities to their masters) depending on the master’s combined level in classes that grant familiars, as shown on the table below. The abilities are cumulative.
+^ Master Class Level ^ Natural Armor Adj. ^ Int ^ Special ^
+| 1st-2nd | +1 | 6 | Alertness, Improved Evasion, Share Spells, Empathetic Link |
+| 3rd-4th | +2 | 7 | Deliver Touch Spells |
+| 5th-6th | +3 | 8 | Speak with Master |
+| 7th-8th | +4 | 9 | Speak with Animal Kin |
+| 9th-10th | +5 | 10 |  |
+| 11th-12th | +6 | 11 | Spell Resistance |
+| 13th-14th | +7 | 12 | Scry on Familiar |
+| 15th-16th | +8 | 13 |  |
+| 17th-18th | +9 | 14 |  |
+| 19th-20th | +10 | 15 |  |
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Natural Armor Adj.:</font></i>";</php> The number noted here is in addition to the familiar’s existing natural armor bonus.\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Int:</font></i>";</php> The familiar’s Intelligence score.\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Alertness (Ex):</font></i>";</php> While a familiar is within arm’s reach, the master gains the Alertness feat.\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Improved Evasion (Ex):</font></i>";</php> When subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, a familiar takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw and half damage even if the saving throw fails.\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Share Spells:</font></i>";</php> The wizard may cast a spell with a target of “You” on his familiar (as a touch spell) instead of on himself. A wizard may cast spells on his familiar even if the spells do not normally affect creatures of the familiar’s type (magical beast).\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Empathetic Link (Su):</font></i>";</php> The master has an empathic link with his familiar to a 1 mile distance. The master can communicate emphatically with the familiar, but cannot see through its eyes. Because of the link’s limited nature, only general emotions can be shared. The master has the same connection to an item or place that his familiar does.\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Deliver Touch Spells (Su):</font></i>";</php> If the master is 3rd level or higher, a familiar can deliver touch spells for him. If the master and the familiar are in contact at the time the master casts a touch spell, he can designate his familiar as the “toucher.” The familiar can then deliver the touch spell just as the master would. As usual, if the master casts another spell before the touch is delivered, the touch spell dissipates.\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Speak with Master (Ex):</font></i>";</php> If the master is 5th level or higher, a familiar and the master can communicate verbally as if they were using a common language. Other creatures do not understand the communication without magical help.\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Speak with Animal Kin (Ex):</font></i>";</php> If the master is 7th level or higher, a familiar can communicate with animals of approximately the same kind as itself (including dire varieties): bats with bats, cats with felines, hawks and owls and ravens with birds, lizards and snakes with reptiles, monkeys with other simians, rats with rodents, toads with amphibians, and weasels with ermines and minks. Such communication is limited by the Intelligence of the conversing creatures.\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Spell Resistance (Ex):</font></i>";</php> If the master is 11th level or higher, a familiar gains spell resistance equal to the master’s level + 5. To affect the familiar with a spell, another spellcaster must get a result on a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) that equals or exceeds the familiar’s spell resistance.\\
+<php>echo "<i><font color=\"#BDDEFF\">Scry on Familiar (Sp):</font></i>";</php> If the master is 13th level or higher, he may scry on his familiar (as if casting the scrying spell) once per day.

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