With an arcane bond you can have either a familiar or an object. This decision must be made at first level and cannot be changed.
I'm curious what the justification behind this is. If you had a familiar, then it died and you decided to bond a ring instead what would be the harm?
Clearly you should only have one bond at a time, but why set the Familiar or item limitation at first level?
With an arcane bond you can have either a familiar or an object. This decision must be made at first level and cannot be changed.
I'm curious what the justification behind this is. If you had a familiar, then it died and you decided to bond a ring instead what would be the harm?
Clearly you should only have one bond at a time, but why set the Familiar or item limitation at first level?
Good news! You can retrain one out for the other:
Wizard: Retrain your arcane bond by replacing one bonded item with another, replacing your bonded item with a familiar, or replacing your familiar with a bonded item. See also retraining feats.
With an arcane bond you can have either a familiar or an object. This decision must be made at first level and cannot be changed.
I'm curious what the justification behind this is. If you had a familiar, then it died and you decided to bond a ring instead what would be the harm?
Clearly you should only have one bond at a time, but why set the Familiar or item limitation at first level?
Good news! You can retrain one out for the other:
Wizard: Retrain your arcane bond by replacing one bonded item with another, replacing your bonded item with a familiar, or replacing your familiar with a bonded item. See also retraining feats.
Oh. Well then. I wasn't expecting a concise answer, but i'm glad there is one.
Thank you.
Lots of Classes say "cannot be changed".
This just basically means "cannot be changed on a whim if you decide you don't like it."
Nearly any choice you make, besides assigning your Base Ability Scores and Race, can be Retrained. This includes retraining ALL your Class Levels (which takes a LONG time once you get up there), Archetypes, Class Options (like Rogue Talents, Rage Powers, etc.), and anything else you can think of.
It just takes a VERY long time to officially Retrain a character depending on how much you want to change.
If you work it out with your DM, however, your character COULD undergo an instantaneous transformation, like a Wizard becoming a Sorcerer or Arcanist once discovering their heritage... however, that'd need to be a momentous event, and played out in-game for appropriate drama.