Familiars: classes entitled to familiars question


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In reading the familiars entry, I wondered if a wizard character bonded to a familiar would add levels gained in sorcerer, regardless of bloodline, or only add them if he were of the arcane bloodline, which possibly allows for a familiar? Just want to be sure.


No sorcerer levels would not count to your familiar as it is a wizard class feature not your sorcerer, unless your of the arcane bloodline as it is the same feature.
That bloodline stacks but that bloodline will not allow you to have say a bonded item if your wizard level has a familiar, or a familiar if your wizard has a bonded item. This is covered in the arcane bloodline entry page 73.

Hope that helps

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Here's the line I was referring to: Levels of different classes that are entitled to familiars stack for the purpose of determining any familiar abilities that depend on the master's level.

This leads me to believe that levels in sorcerer would stack.

Liberty's Edge

Think of bloodlines as a sub-class of sorcerer. The class a whole does not grant familiars in general. The sub-class of Arcane Bloodline Sorcerer does, so that one would stack. A Air Elemental Bloodline Sorcerer would not stack with wizard levels for familiar abilities

If you check the base class features, you will see that it gives Eschew materials, Cantrips, and Bloodline Power whereas Wizard lists Arcane Bond on the class power list. If the bloodline power grants a familiar, then it will stack


Shar Tahl is correct. The arcane bloodline grants the familiar, and states it stacks. No other bloodline grants the familiar so you have nothing to stack.

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seekerofshadowlight wrote:
Shar Tahl is correct. The arcane bloodline grants the familiar, and states it stacks. No other bloodline grants the familiar so you have nothing to stack.

Ok. That answer works for me. Thanks!


Anytime glad to help


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You might have already answered this somewhere else, but my question is this: If a sorcerer does not get summon familiar, how does he give it up for the variant mentioned in the pathfinder chronicles?

Liberty's Edge

The chronicles were written in 3.5

It could be assumed that the variant would only apply to the arcane bloodline or any future one that gains a familiar. I don't know if any official response was made to this.

mlm_in_org wrote:
You might have already answered this somewhere else, but my question is this: If a sorcerer does not get summon familiar, how does he give it up for the variant mentioned in the pathfinder chronicles?

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