So, I like dogs. You like dogs. We all like dogs.
Hows a human wizard to get a familiar the general shape and size of a Tibetan Mastiff?
Purely for fun, by the way. I wanna see if its possible.
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Take a caypup via improved familiar and share spells enlarge person on it? Add permanency if it needs to be that size indefinitely.
So, I like dogs. You like dogs. We all like dogs.
Hows a human wizard to get a familiar the general shape and size of a Tibetan Mastiff?
Purely for fun, by the way. I wanna see if its possible.
Has someone been reading about a certain Chicago-based Wizard? :)
Foxes aren't canines, but they are part of the canid family so there is a general similarity in body type. A fox Familiar with the Mauler archetype gets you close to what you want stat-wise, although no one would ever mistake a medium-size fox for a mastiff.
A Cassisian Angel can take the form of a dog. Find a way to enlarge it and you can have something like a Mastiff. With their protective auras and SLAs a Cassisian would be a fair match if you are really trying to create Mouse. The descriptive text states that they don't like to stay in such forms for long, so you would need an in-game reason why your Cassisian liked to stay in dog form.
Take a caypup via improved familiar and share spells enlarge person on it? Add permanency if it needs to be that size indefinitely.
Caypup is a good idea. A Dire Collar or Greater Dire Collar would help if you can't get a Permanent size increase.
Or, rather than making him your familiar, get a mastiff (riding dog stats would probably work) and put ranks in handle animal and points in CHA.
Or you could try to befriend something more exotic like a blink dog.
I will admit that it does seem very odd indeed that you can get oddities like penguins or ptarmigans as familiars, but not a dog.
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Has someone been reading about a certain Chicago-based Wizard? :)
I just finished Skin Games. I want a Mouse.
And this is purely curious reasons. Strictly paizo, but all of paizo.
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The Tibetan Mastiff is a large Tibetan dog breed. Originating with the nomadic cultures of Tibet, China, India, Mongolia and Nepal, it's used by local tribes of Tibetan to protect sheep from wolves, leopards, bears, large mustelids, and tigers. (Wikipedia)
Height: Male: 26–30 inches (66–76 cm), Female: 24–28 inches (61–71 cm)
Weight: Male: 100–160 lbs (45–73 kg), Female: 75–120 lbs (34–54 kg)
You can go with the tiny demi-canid. I recommend Arctic Fox for thematic fluffy reasons.
Take it as a mauler archetype. At 3 red level, have it stay in battle-form, and voila.
It is now medium size, with size modifier +4 strength, -4 dexterity off of its base form,
with a further +1 for getting a strength kick ILO intelligence,
and then the basic +2 strength from battle form, so you have a 16 STR 11 DEX familiar, who should be able to fill the roll, dragging its unconscious master to safety and all that.
I think it will do what you want, and is all Paizo.
EDIT ADD
Thematically, you can say it has the magic ability to shrink into a less obvious form at will.
I would just like to say, I do not like dogs.
When i was four (and younger), I used to ride my weimaraner, Max, around the house. Dogs are awesome.
I've almost always lived with a dog or two. I have no scars from dogs, and no one has scars from my dogs.
I honestly think it just comes down to how a person raises a dog, and how the person acts in every day life. When a cynical paranoid individual raises a dog to rely on them and protect them, that dog isnt really going to trust anyone, and is going to lack proper social skills in order to thrive in life. Conversely, a person who is compassionate, warm to others, and raises the dog with love and affection, the dog will follow suit.
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Not quite that simple? At the mo I've one dog who's shy and fearful of anyone she doesn't know, and one who bounces up to everyone asking for attention (since she's small and cute-looking this gets a positive response about 80% of the time). Dogs do have personalities which are more than mirrors of their masters.