Question about squirrel


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The squirrel is listed as a familiar in the Animal Archive on page 31. Under feats it lists Acrobatics with a B in superscript and I'm driving myself crazy trying to figure it out. The best I can come up with is that it's a simple typo. They meant to use the Acrobatic feat and the B somehow stands for the Core Rulebook. The only problem with that interpretation is that the bonuses from the Acrobatic feat are not factored into the stat block for the squirrel.

According to the stat block, the squirrel has Dex 19 which is a +4 mod and Acrobatics is a class skill for familiars. So, assuming 1 rank in the skill with the Acrobatic feat, squirrels should end up with a total of +10 to Acrobatics (4 Dex + 1 Rank + 3 Class Skill + 2 Feat Bonus = +10). However the stat block for squirrel lists only a +6 to Acrobatics with is less than even it's base stats allow (4 Dex + 1 Rank + 3 Class Skill = +8).

Does anyone have any thoughts on whats going on with this stat block or was this just a typo?


Actually, having seen the math in front of me I think I just figured this out. It was just a typo, it should be the Acrobatic feat and squirrels have no skill ranks in Acrobatics. The +4 Dex mod with the +2 Feat Bonus equal the +6 Acrobatics listed in the stat block.

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The feat that was meant is Acrobatic. And the B means it's a bonus feat. Having only one hit die, we are only entitled to one regular feat, and that is weapon finesse. So Acrobatic is a bonus feat provided by our superior racial features.

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