Animal Archive giving Eldrich Heritage new love?

[Matthew Morris]

Ok, just digesting the book now, but it adds the concept of archtypes to familiars and animal companions. I don't worry about the ACs so much, but the Familiar archtypes caught my eye.

To sum up*...
Infiltrator Archtype:

Replaces Alertness, Improved Evasion, Speak with Animals; modifies other things.

Adds Class skills telepathic bond
My thoughts. This screams for a rogue or dedicated flanking companion. Imagine a rogue with this familiar type. Or even a fighter.

Pilferer Archtype.

Replaces Alertness, improved evasion, deliver touch spells, speak with animals.

Adds Class skills.
My thoughts: This screams fighters in PFS. Hate your low skill points when it comes to "You must steal something for a faction point?" Let fluffy the monkey do it!

Valet Archtype.

Replaces Alertness, speak with animals, scry on familiar.

Modifies deliver touch spells

Adds prestidigitation 1/hour, Class skills, teamwork feats, aid to all.
My thoughts: Damnation, Dexios only has an 11 Charisma. This screamed "Inquisitor" to me. Sure you already get the teamwork feats due to the dual talent, but so does your 'little buddy'.

Now it leads to two questions...
1) Can Improved Familiars be modified with these templates?
and
2) PLEASE tell me these will be legal for PFS. Talyn (my fighter/rogue) is about to get improved familiar at 7th level. If I can't add it to my new best friend, I might stick with an animal.

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Spoiler:

You want to know what they replace things with or modify? Buy the book!

[The black raven]

Despite its name (Animal archetypes), I would say it works with an Improved Familiar. But only for the Pilferer archetype, as the other 2 replace Speak with animals of its own kind, which an Improved Familiar does not get.

[Jennica Fortune]

The black raven wrote:

Despite its name (Animal archetypes), I would say it works with an Improved Familiar. But only for the Pilferer archetype, as the other 2 replace Speak with animals of its own kind, which an Improved Familiar does not get.

I'd have to agree with this... can't replace an ability you don't have, so that would make the archetype invalid.