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--John Dulle

I'm looking at the Kami, Shikigami as an improved familiar.

It's creature type is outsider (kami, native). Looking at those creature types & subtypes, I find,

Traits: An outsider possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature's entry).

and

A kami possesses the following traits unless otherwise noted in a creature’s entry.

My question: If the creature's entry doesn't address one of the traits in the list, does that mean it's been excluded as a normal creature trait?

For instance, outsiders have all simple & martial weapons as proficiencies, and Kami have telepathy. Neither of these are on the Kami, Shikigami's creature entry. Does that mean they don't get the weapon proficiencies or telepathy?

I saw James Jacobs's response regarding tieflings & aasimars and the weapon proficiency issue, but because the Kami has 3HD naturally (I think) the answer he gave doesn't apply the same way, since it's not a 0HD PC-playable race.

The outsider creature type says that if armor is not specifically mentioned, the creature isn't proficient; so the lack of that item in the creature entry makes it clear the Shikigami isn't proficient with any type of armor or shield. But since the other items (weapon proficiencies & telepathy) didn't specifically say the same thing, it's unclear to me.

None of the Kami entries say anything about weapon proficiencies and all of them, except the Shikigami, mention telepathy and have a range of 100 to 300 ft.

Is the chain spear (flying talon) a double weapon?

It's not listed as such, unlike all of the other double weapons, but it has damage listed as if it might be (1d6/1d6).

I could see it going either way. I could see it as a two-handed exotic that you can use either one or the other end at a time, but not both in a full attack. Or it could be a two-handed exotic weapon in which you can use each end in a full attack, using either end as the primary weapon and the other end as off-hand.

Is the chain spear (flying talon) a double weapon?

It's not listed as such, unlike all of the other double weapons, but it has damage listed as if it might be (1d6/1d6).

I could see it going either way. I could see it as a two-handed exotic that you can use either one or the other end at a time, but not both in a full attack. Or it could be a two-handed exotic weapon in which you can use each end in a full attack, using either end as the primary weapon and the other end as off-hand.