It's not listed as a banned feat, but seeing as the rules update specifically cites allowed animal companions and familiars from the bestiary and doesn't list any of the familiars available with Improved Familiar, does that mean the feat is essentially not allowed? Or is the list of allowed familiars just being in the Core Rulebook enough to make it kosher for PFS?
Josh posted this in 2.1 FAQ's:
The Improved Familiar feat did not need to be addressed as it's in the Core Rulebook and has not been listed as a feat not legal for play from that resource. You may select familiars from that feat's familiar list provided you follow the rules for doing so. I don't have a problem with folks selecting evil-aligned familiars on that list, so long as they're within one step on the alignment chart as their familiar and so long as players aren't, for example, selecting a LE imp as an excuse to get around the no evil alignments rules in PFS. Should I hear that players are using their evil familiars to commit evil acts, I'll rethink allowing them.
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