So, the new Boon Companion feat in Animal Archive leaves a sour taste in my mouth as a Beast Bonded witch. I am giving up my 4th level hex to get a +1 CL for my familiar's abilities... this feat would give +4 to my familiar. It's already been established that losing a single hex is about equal to gaining a feat, so to me this feat really shoots the Beast-Bonded Archetype in the foot... repeatedly.
What does everyone think? Does the Beast-Bonded Archetype need a revisit to bring it more in tune with this feat, or does the feat need to be nerfed... or is it all cool, equal balance?
OH it's for multiclassing! My mind kept glossing over the "maximum effective level" part LOL (more than likely due to it only mentioning a druid level, and not wizard for familiars as it should say) I think they need to fix the wording... since a RAW nit-picking GM could rule this feat has no effect for familiars as your druid level in no way affects your familiar's abilities.
Unless you're a druid with a familiar, which a few domains grant.
Maybe, but I wouldn't assume it's meant ONLY for familiars gained through a druid domain power. If that's the case, well... The feat should in some way say that in the prerequisites or as a Special note.
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Beast Bonded archetyped is messed up in a lot of ways. The ability you cited sucks and they may as well have just taken the hex away from you for nothing.
Then there's the magic jar shenanigans....
Then there's the feature that dosn't even *work* if you happened to get an Improved Familiar (are there witches who don't? ones who took an archetype based around the familiar? seriously?)....
Very poorly thought out archetype, from beginning to end. It's a shame, too. Letting you sack your own feats to give the familiar more is really cool.
Beast Bonded archetyped is messed up in a lot of ways. The ability you cited sucks and they may as well have just taken the hex away from you for nothing.
Then there's the magic jar shenanigans....
Then there's the feature that dosn't even *work* if you happened to get an Improved Familiar (are there witches who don't? ones who took an archetype based around the familiar? seriously?)....
Very poorly thought out archetype, from beginning to end. It's a shame, too. Letting you sack your own feats to give the familiar more is really cool.
I assume you mean...
Familiar Form (Sp)
At 8th level, a beast-bonded witch may take the shape of her familiar (or a giant version of her familiar or a similar kind of animal) as if using beast shape II. For example, a witch with a rat familiar can turn into a Tiny rat, Small dire rat, or a larger rodent; one with a cat familiar can turn into a Tiny cat or a Large feline such as a tiger or lion; one with a monkey familiar can turn into a Tiny monkey or a Large gorilla, and so on. The witch can remain in animal form for a number of minutes per day equal to her level.
And yeah, I kind of see what you mean... if you have like a mephit or something... uh you can't turn into a mephit as it's not an animal... and you'd need Form of the Dragon to turn into like a pseudodragon or something...