Improved Familiars effective level

[moon glum]

It says under the familiar rules that the familiar uses its masters level for all level dependent effects.

Several improved familiars have abilities that are based on their hit dice, for example, the caster level of most of their spell like abilities is equal to the hit dice of the familiar. Is the caster level a level dependent effect?

For example, if a spell caster has a Silvanshee Agathion as a familiar, is the caster level of the Silvanshee equal to the master's caster level?

Likewise, the Silvanshee can lay on hands as a 2nd level paladin (the Silvanshee has 2 hit dice). As a familiar can it lay on hands as a paladin of its master's level?

[Carbon D. Metric]

The familiar will always use it's masters level, it's as simple as that really.

[LazarX]

Carbon D. Metric wrote:

The familiar will always use it's masters level, it's as simple as that really.

That is incorrect. The familliar's Bestiary related spell abilities are frozen at the Bestiary caster level.