So, I am re-creating for Pathfinder a unique familiar for a character and wanting some help with balancing it to a level and such.
Basically it's a cat with some dragon properties (a "cat-dragon" from Lunar, although I created the cat before I played Lunar, I played Lunar and was like OMG that's so cool!)
I figured take the cat and add the fire mephit's breath weapon (maybe reduce the range to a 10-foot cone due to her smaller size), fast healing 2 (only in fire), and immunity to fire, plus feathered wings. Also, I was thinking of having her able to cast invisibility at will (regular, not improved, so no attacking or anything without becoming visible, maybe 1/hour instead of at will, like the mephit's abilities are mostly 1/hour)
So, what level would that familiar be then? A mephit is 7, but my cat won't be able to summon other cats or have any of the other spell-like abilities mephits have...
So, I am re-creating for Pathfinder a unique familiar for a character and wanting some help with balancing it to a level and such.
Basically it's a cat with some dragon properties (a "cat-dragon" from Lunar, although I created the cat before I played Lunar, I played Lunar and was like OMG that's so cool!)
I figured take the cat and add the fire mephit's breath weapon (maybe reduce the range to a 10-foot cone due to her smaller size), fast healing 2 (only in fire), and immunity to fire, plus feathered wings. Also, I was thinking of having her able to cast invisibility at will (regular, not improved, so no attacking or anything without becoming visible, maybe 1/hour instead of at will, like the mephit's abilities are mostly 1/hour)
So, what level would that familiar be then? A mephit is 7, but my cat won't be able to summon other cats or have any of the other spell-like abilities mephits have...
This might be moved to the home brew but I will give you my thoughts. A quick an easy way you could create it is to use eidolon evolutions with out worrying about evo points and then look at what level eidolon it would take to be that.
However, based on what you have so far it sound like it would be a CR7 at least, but your player would need improved familiar for that.
Cant Imps or quasits become cats, and cast invis at will, and everything else but the breath weapon?
Hmmm yeah the imp does pretty much (not cat, but most other familiars it can). So, yeah getting rid of that Change Self and all the spells but Invisibility and the poison then adding the Breath Weapon wouldn't be any more powerful... and also get rid of all the extra resistances.
What I might do is have her with a normal cat, then at level 3 give her Improved Familiar and have the cat kinda grow into it's powers. as they level.
As for where I posted this, I thought about putting it in Home Brew, except it's not a house rule it's a rules question... but then again, I still could see where it would fit in home brew too.. In the end I decided here, but if a moderator disagrees, I'm cool with it being moved.