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You do know that it's far more efficient to just take the Familiar arcana and burn a feat on Improved familiar and get the imp that way.
This would give you all the Imps powers at once, save you a caster level (you'll need that 20th level ability in this AP) and let you take the Valet Archetype on that Imp MASSIVELY increasing it's power and usability.
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Except that the Imp gained from Diabolist is an Animal Companion as well as a familiar.
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The imp has a base intelligence of 13, has languages that it can speak, as well as telepathy, so I am not certain if that has any effect on if or if not a handle animal check is required.
It's intelligence score has nothing to do with whether it requires handle animal checks to control it. As the last faq on this subject stated Monkey see, Monkey do
Follow that up with the latest rules from the Ultimate Campaign sourcebook here
Even if an animal's Intelligence increases to 3 or higher, you must still use the Handle Animal skill to direct the animal, as it is a smart animal rather than a low-intelligence person (using awaken is an exception—an awakened animal takes orders like a person). The GM should take the animal's Intelligence into account when determining its response to commands or its behavior when it doesn't have specific instructions.
Whether it's int is 3, 13 or 313 it still requires a handle animal check to get it to perform an action you want it too.
The only thing that confuses the issue is that the imp is not of the type animal which is what the rules are designed for. However, the Paladin mount is also not of type Animal (Magical Beast) with an Int score over 3 and also requires the use of handle animal to control it.
At this point you fall back to the basic rules of animal companions (which the diabolist companion is flagged as) and that requires a handle animal check to get it to use any tricks it knows per the rules.
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However, when looking at the Diabolist's page in the Chronicle Booklet, it states that the imp gains other things, like telepathy/spell-like ability/alternate form, instead of a trick when the statblock of the imp increases in Hit Dice. Does this mean that you can never teach a trick to the Diabolist's imp?
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However, when looking at the Diabolist's page in the Chronicle Booklet, it states that the imp gains other things, like telepathy/spell-like ability/alternate form, instead of a trick when the statblock of the imp increases in Hit Dice. Does this mean that you can never teach a trick to the Diabolist's imp?
Each of those abilities are declared as Bonus tricks so they will be learned just like any other Handle Animal trick.
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it is an "Imp Companion" not a AC. you just use the AC modified chart. So, no handle animal checks required. Now if you want to rule differant in your game, thats OK too.
It's a bit more then just the modified chart.
A diabolist's imp increases in power as the diabolist gains levels according to Table: Animal Companion Base Statistics, with the following changes.
This is the diabolist's class level plus her highest caster level. This does not stack with class levels that grant an animal companion.
A diabolist forms a close bond with a particular imp, similar to a druid's bond with an animal companion.
All the mechanics, advancement, abilities and examples are pulled directly from the druids AC rules.
When in doubt go back to the source material and go from there.
My recommendation is to take the one Beast Shape 3 choice for the spider. Its the only way to get a beast shape with a poison. Take the feat Ability Focus to raise all poison DCs by 2. I also recommend that the imp max out his intimidate and take the feat Cornugan Smash. If he succeeds at intimidating someone, he lowers their save on his poison by two. Cornugan smash comes before the poison.
Flyby attack is also a cool feat to consider.