From what I can see, only sorcerers with the Arcane Bloodline gain a familiar. Am I missing some other way a sorcerer gets a familiar?
As a long-time player of a sorcerer, I love the new sorcerer build with all the Bloodline choices, but I wonder why only Arcane Bloodline gets the arcane bond.
To me, a familiar is an integral part of being a sorcerer, more so than a wizard. I misunderstood the arcane bond the first time I read it, I thought it meant sorcerers get a familiar and wizards get an object, which just makes so much sense to me. I'd like to see all Bloodlines have a cool familiar option (celestial creature for celestial, etc.) I wouldn't even care if the special familiar available for Bloodlines had any special abilities. For example, choosing the Celestial Bloodline allows the character arcane bond with a celestial animal, but choosing a celestial rat still only grants +2 to the master's fortitude save. For me, the familiar is about the character's style, and not about the in-game benefits (or else I would have chosen a toad at the beginning of 3.0 just like every other spellcaster I knew).
Also, I may have missed it, but there didn't seem to be an explanation about how sorcerers and wizards regain spells, whether they need uninterrupted rest, sleep, meditation, what have you.
I love the fact that sorcerers automatically gain Eschew Materials, and not just because I always argued that my 3.0/3.5 sorcerer should have had it for free. :) This is that kind of intuitive feel that makes me think I am going to like Pathfinder much more then 4th Edition D&D.
Overall, I love the Pathfinders rules. I look forward to the next release.
-Sojan Nanthiz, a.k.a. George Krieger