I'm picking my familiar for an official PFS level 1 witch, and I am terribly afraid of gimping myself with my familiar choice.
The ones I have it narrowed down to are:
***Raven -- can speak, add +3 to Appraise
***Hedgehog -- +2 to Will saves (seems useful. Since most of my hexes are Will saves, I assume those will show up a lot later from monsters too). Plus, I love hedgies ^_^
***Greensting Scorpion -- +2 Initiative. Initiative is always a good thing, especially for a 6 hp caster with no armor.
From the optimization standpoint, the scorpion would seem to be the best, although there is something to be said for flight and speech.
So is this a hugely important choice? Or is it almost entirely a flavor kind of thing?
Thanks for your time and knowledge.
EDIT: Or rat--+2 Fort saves sounds good as well.
GAH!