Familiar.

[Primus Agnarok]

Hey guys,

For my lvl 2 sorcerer, i have a scorpion that gives me +4 initiative. at lvl 3, im getting improved familiar so i can get a better one then and later at 5-7. Should i wait on that, or get it now? currently at lvl 3 i plan to use a quasit because theyre pretty sweet. Any advice?

Thanks
Primus

[Sagiso]

What's your alignment? The sorts of improved familiars that are available seems quite dependant on that, unless your GM is lenient on the ruling for it.

I don't have much advice on what familiar is the best, unfortunately, so I say take something that suits the flavor of your sorcerer and possibly their bloodline. If the familiar is capable of using wands then that's a plus.

[Primus Agnarok]

True N.

[Wrong John Silver]

Note that when you change the scorpion out for a quasit, you'll lose the initiative bonus. But otherwise, yes, you could get a, say, fiendish scorpion at 3rd and then a quasit at 7th.

You might also like a mephit. They're small, so they're a bit more hardy, and they have a breath weapon.

[Primus Agnarok]

Yeah. oh fiendish hm. does adding the template make it go up like that? and at lvl 7 im going to get a clockwork familiar cause theyre awesome.

[Kydeem de'Morcaine]

You can't get a quasit at 3rd level. It has a level 7 requirement.

At 3rd level, you can only get one of either fiendish or celestial templates (or I suppose the dire rat familiar, but I've never seen anyone pick it). That makes it a bit harder to kill the familiar.

At 5th level I like the air or earth elementals.

[Primus Agnarok]

really? maybe Hero Lab is bugged, but it said i could. Hm alright maybe ill go with celestial greensting scorpion/scarlet spider

[Kydeem de'Morcaine]

Not necessarily exactly bugged, but Hero Lab can't get in every single restriction possible.

So it is always a good idea to check with the books or SRD to make sure something is possible.

[Primus Agnarok]

hah yeah alright thanks