Familiar and tricks


Rules Questions

Grand Lodge

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So I am getting a Hawk Familiar with my Hunter, (Divine Hunter Archetype, Eagle Domain).

What I am wondering is, would I be able to teach this Hawk tricks like Distract and Bombard or are these as well as other tricks considered basic knowledge all Familiars(well, bird ones for those 2 tricks) can do?

Sovereign Court

familiar are as intelligent as normal people, there is frankly no need to teach them any tricks when you can just tell them to do something.

Grand Lodge

Well, I was looking specifically at the Distract and Swooping Charge tricks. However, looking at them and their lack of being in the Animal Archive they may be exclusive tricks to the Falconer archetype.

Are they exclusive to the Falconer or can any bird learn them?

Sovereign Court

It seems to be unique to the falconer archetype.

Grand Lodge

Well, then this question is mute as the only trick I might not be able to replicate with "hey, it is smart" is bombard now, and that one is arguable.

The Distract and Swooping Charge are very strong and not replicate able with it being smart and thus the only tricks I was looking at.

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