King crab familiars without initial feat ?


Rules Questions


Hi fellow players.
As I was building a new character with a familiar, I encountered an oddity in the familiar statblocks for king crabs... They don't have a feat. But, as non-mindless creatures, they should get one.

For those who think vermin familiars don't get an initial feat, that's wrong, the Greensting scorpion gets Weapon Finesse, as does the centipede. Is is the same for the king crab ? Just want a confirmation.


Elicoor wrote:
For those who think vermin familiars don't get an initial feat, that's wrong, the Greensting scorpion gets Weapon Finesse, as does the centipede.

They get that feat as a bonus feat. Notice the small "B" next to the feat in their statblock. They don't have normal feats.

But as a familiar, all three gain one feat, as they lose the mindless trait.

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The process of making a vermin into a familiar grants it an Intelligence score and removes the mindless trait.

Sczarni

Seems like you could pick any feat that it qualifies for at that point.

I believe the same is true of Vermin Companions. By the time you have the ability to raise their Intelligence to 1 their BAB is already at the point where they qualify for feats that they otherwise couldn't have taken at 1st level (namely Power Attack and Weapon Focus).

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