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[Bill Schwartz]

Your quest, should you choose it: How to find a way to gain an arane bond/familiar without actually being a wizard. I see no feats that provide this and only dipping 1 level into arcane bloodline for sorcerer gives arcane bond

Need a bard who can have a rat familair or animal companion......

Talk amongst yourselves

[Eric Clingenpeel]

Eldritch Heritage (UM) and Skill Focus (any Knowledge) get the Sorc Arcane bloodline familiar ability.

[Brambleman]

The feat Eldritch Heritage, taken for the Arcane Bloodline. Its prerequisite is Skill Focus in the associated skill for the bloodlin, in your case, any knowledge skill.

The feat is found in Ultimate Magic IIRC

edit: Ninjas

[Bill Schwartz]

Ahh still have to be 3rd level, and waste 2 feats. Maybe a level of sorcrer dip will not be too bad (as my highest start is cha.........

I just wanted to start with a rat campanion or familair for my bard animal speaker. <pout> <pout>

Brambleman wrote:

The feat Eldritch Heritage, taken for the Arcane Bloodline. Its prerequisite is Skill Focus in the associated skill for the bloodlin, in your case, any knowledge skill.

The feat is found in Ultimate Magic IIRC

edit: Ninjas

[Sean, Minister of KtSP]

Well...

What do you want the rat to be able to do? Do you actually want it to be an Arcane or Nature Bond? Or do you just want a really smart rat for a pet. As a GM, I'd give you the really smart pet for nothin'.

As for actually getting Nature or Arcane Bond? Well, the Magician and the Arcane Duelist variants for Bard give Arcane Bond, duelist to let you bond your weapon and magician to let you bond any item except a weapon, and neither allow familiars, but not until 5th level. The Sea Singer lets you get a familiar at second level, traded out for versatile performance.

If I were your GM and you want a rat familiar, I'd let you have it as part the normal bard progression at 2nd level, traded out for versatile performance. I'd let you have Nature Bond and get an animal companion at 5th level, traded out for lore master and tell you a rat probably isn't an appropriate choice for an animal companion.

That's my 2cp.