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If a spellcaster takes Improved Familiar and selects a celestial or fiendish animal as a familiar, does it gain increased energy resistance and damage reduction as the master's HD increases? That is, if the master is a 10th-level wizard, does the familiar have the template abilities of a 10 HD creature?
Do the master's HD also apply to the creature's smite damage? And what about the SR? It's based on challenge rating rather than HD, so what should it be for these improved familiars?
For the purpose of effects related to number of Hit Dice, use the master’s character level or the familiar’s normal HD total, whichever is higher.
So, yes to all. Energy Resistance, Damage Reduction, and Smite damage bonus all goes off Quasit's HD or master's HD, whichever is higher.