I've seen this addressed as part of a post, but as of yet it has not gotten it's own thread.
So here is the question?
Familiars
"Hit Dice: 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." page 82 PF
1.Does this mean that a familiar gets feet progression and skills?
"Saving Throws: For each saving throw, use either the
familiar’s base save bonus (Fortitude +2, Ref lex +2, Will
+0) or the master’s (as calculated from all his classes),
whichever is better." page 83 PF
2.If question number 1 is yes, then does the base save of the familiar change as well? (I know you determine which is better the wizards or the familiars, however does the base save of the familiar increase with the effects of Hit Die?)
Share Spells: 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). p83 PF
3. Reading on the rules fourms indidviduals have stated that if a familiar is close enough to the master he benifits from the master's spell, however in PF it reads differently has thier been a update to the share spells ability?
I'm not really use to posting in forums, I hope I have been clear and have not broken any rules. The above "quotes" were taken from the Pathfinder SRD. Thank-you for your responces.
1. Familiars do not gain feats from the level advancement of the master. Familiars have the same skills and base skill ranks that the master has, modified by whether those skills are class skills for the familiar and by the familiar'a ability modifiers.
2. The base saves of the familiar are the same as the master's (so yes, they advance as the master's advance), unless the familiar's saves are already better (usually just at early levels).
3. I'm unaware of both the master and familiar being able to share one casting of a spell in Pathfinder. The familiar can receive a casting by the master as if the familiar were the master himself as the target.
Hope this helps!
Edit: 'Effects related to hit dice' references the familiar being targeted by certain spells such as Sleep, Scare, Cloudkill, Circle of Death, etc. that have effects based on the target's hit dice. For those familiars that have hit dice based saves for their special attacks (breath weapons, poisons) you would use the master's hit dice to determine those save DC's.