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Thanks for the quick replies! I appreciate the clarification.

I've decided to compromise and replace his dead familiar with a dead improved familiar at no cost (I kid, I kid!). He'll enjoy the refund and the gloating.

Have a couple of Improved Familiar questions relating to replacing a dead familiar with the improved familiar feat.

Question 1: If Improved Familiar gives you a free familiar does that mean you can replace the dead familiar with a new living improved familiar for free or must you still pay the 200gp/lvl?

Question 2: The official errata for dimissing familiar now just says "pay 200 gp". One of my players has taken this to mean that it is no longer 200/level but just a flat 200gp fee. If thats not the case shouldn't they errata the errata to say "per level".

Official Errata:

This isn't addressed in the rules anywhere, but yes, you should be able to dismiss a familiar if you want to select a new one. However, you must still wait 1 week and pay 200 gp for the 8-hour ritual. Dismissing a familiar is ending a link between your soul and it, so it should probably take about an hour.

The exception to the above is if you take the Improved Familiar feat, which allows you to immediately replace your familiar with the new familiar, at no cost or time required (it is assumed this occurs during whatever preparations you make while leveling up).

Once dismissed, an animal familiar is just a normal animal of its type (a special familiar from the Improved Familiar feat reverts to a normal creature of its type). Whether or not it wants to remain with you is up to your GM and probably based on how you treated the creature while it was your familiar.

—Sean K Reynolds, 07/14/11

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