I'm working on a character that has a familiar and I wanted to get a level in the new shaman class in the advance class book. Despite being a level one shaman would the familiar actually be a higher level. For example lvl 4 magus with familiar goes into level 1 shaman would the spirit animal actually be level 5. The rules say Levels of different classes that are entitled to familiars stack with shaman levels for the purpose of determining any spirit animal abilities that depend on the shaman’s level. If a shaman possesses such levels in other classes, her spirit animal always uses the shaman rules for spirit animals, not those used by familiars of other classes (such as witches, wizards, or sorcerers with the arcane bloodline).If the shaman has witch levels, her spirit animal also serves as the conduit to her patron and stores her witch spells. The shaman’s spirit animal is treated as a familiar for the purposes of all spells, effects, and abilities that affect familiars.
