Thanks!
It sounds like it was intended (or is at least not an unwanted side-effect) to exclude Improved Familiars from these archetypes. I agree that Imp Familiar has been kind of a default choice in a lot of cases.
Yeah, that seems like a reasonable one to use, though sometimes new threads do better; always hard to say, and I can never predict it. Anyway, if this one becomes a hot enough FAQ subject, I'll be sure to put it on the queue!
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I thought of a combo last night: druid with bear animal companion with eagle familiar decoy archetype and druid takes telepathic bond feat.
Now the druid can be in two places at once, running a meeting with the fey court at one end of the forest and staking out a goblin lair with the party at the other! :)
So many npc / villain options too!
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I thought of a combo last night: druid with bear animal companion with eagle familiar decoy archetype and druid takes telepathic bond feat.
Now the druid can be in two places at once, running a meeting with the fey court at one end of the forest and staking out a goblin lair with the party at the other! :)
So many npc / villain options too!
The druid could also confuse people by wild shaping into an eagle and having the eagle take the druid's shape. Who's the real druid now?
What happens if the BBEG summons 1d4+1 chickens on that green tunic wearing Fighter with the lyrakien azata familiar?
Chickens.
This brought both chicken stats, and chicken familiars, to Pathfinder.
That, alone, made this book worth it for me.
Under the Ecology section, does it tell why they cross roads?
/cevah
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A question; a Homunculist gets a "living homonculus in the shape of an animal or vermin". Does that mean it's a living creature and NOT a construct like other homonculi? If so, what type does it have? does it give the skill bonus like a normal familiar?
Yeah, this has been something I've been wondering, since there's a lot of mods you can do to a homunculus that could really make it more interesting. Also does this creature take the stats of the creature it turns into, or the homunculus? And if it's the homunculus, does it have a con score, or the con score of the creature that it's replicating?
I need to know this before I can design my dino riding halfling pounce monster that may or may not shoot acid.
Personally I like the Giant Flea familiar. It can make a 120' jump charge.
Crunch: It's a homunculus
Fluff: in the shape of an animal or vermin
a) "Living" is not a rules term. It has no crunch meaning.
b) A homunculus has a bite attack with poison, fly speed and so on.
c) Since it's not acquired via the improved familiar feat and there is no other reason to assume it doesn't, it gets the speak with animals of its kind ability, though it technically does nothing. I suppose it could be argued that it can talk to other constructs (violation of "animals") or to animals of the type that the homunculus has the shape of (violation of "type") though.
Living IS a rules term. Look at necromancy spells and healing spells. For instance, you need to target a living creature to heal a creature with cure light wounds or attack them with a chill touch or slay living.
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The druid could also confuse people by wild shaping into an eagle and having the eagle take the druid's shape. Who's the real druid now?I thought of a combo last night: druid with bear animal companion with eagle familiar decoy archetype and druid takes telepathic bond feat.
Now the druid can be in two places at once, running a meeting with the fey court at one end of the forest and staking out a goblin lair with the party at the other! :)
So many npc / villain options too!
exactly! And when the timer runs out on the decoy it reverts to its eagle form, which is not uncommon sight when druids are concerned!
Honestly Mark i think Familiar Folio is a game changer. Years of fun ahead thanks to this!!!
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Mark i have a suggestion for a future book! For a while now people have been trying to combine familiar / animal companion / leadership cohort (our variations of these) into one creature.
However it either falls short or it's overpowered. Would you consider tackling this concept in a future book?
When i look at the synergist witch i see the potential foundations of combined creatures... You could have a synergist type of build where the character absorbs all these creatures within herself of you could combine familiar/ac/cohort into one separate creature by working out an "equivalent CR" formulae... etc.
That would help speed up the game too...
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Kobold Goatlancer/CR2
LE male humanoid (kobold) adept 3/warrior 2
Str 12, Dex 15, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 8
HP 26 (3d6+2d10+5)
AC 20; touch 13; Flat Footed 17 (armor +5, Dex +2, natural +1, shield +1, size +1)
Fort +4, Ref +3, Will +4
Weakness: Light Sensitivity
Melee mwk lance +6 (1d6+1; x3 damage on mounted charge)
Range mwk sling +7 (1d3+1)
Spells (CL3; concentration +4)
1st Burning Hands, Protection from Good (x2)
0th Detect Magic, Guidance, Stabilize
Skills Handle Animal +7, Perception +6, Ride +13
Feats Mounted Combat, Ride By Attack, Spirited Charge
SQ Beast Bond +2 to Handle Animal and Ride checks
Familiar: goat (Mauler archetype)
Gear: +1 chain shirt armor, mwk light shield, x8 scrolls: scorching ray (CL 3), scroll: Mirror Image (CL3), x2 scrolls: Cure Light Wounds (CL1), other gear
Minutes before combat: cast Protection from Good on himself, familiar; cast Guidance on himself and Familiar; cast Mirror Image on self
In battle: attempt to charge with lance as much as possible. If there is a foe with an AC that is too hard to hit in melee stay at short range and cast Scorching Ray from scrolls or use Burning Hands spell. During mounted charges goat attempts a charge attack with its gore attack. The goat will be in battle form with a 15 strength and Medium size; it has swapped out its starting feat for Power Attack:
Goat melee gore +4 (1d6+4)
If both lance and goat manage to hit on a charge the average is 21 damage in a round. If this monster were used against an APL 3 party or lower it has the possibility of finishing the part singlehandedly if its buffs are in place. If you want this creature to completely anhialate the party give it CL3 scrolls of Bull's Strength and possibly either Cat's Grace or Invisibility.
What familiar choice would you give to a Eldritch Guardian 2/Bloodrager(Primalist)/Shadowdancer who's specialty is mage hunting? I'm trying to find the best flank buddy and can't decide whether I would be better going with an Improved Familiar, or an archetyped "normal" familiar.
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Ok building on the idea that someone had up-thread, I've come up with a build for a Carnivalist Rogue with a Mauler familiar that I think will kick some serious butt.
Level 1: Human Carnivalist Rogue 1, Mauler familiar (Peacock), Feats: Weapon Focus (Boarding Pike), Dodge
Level 2: Rogue 2, Sneak +1d6
Level 3: Eldritch Guardian/Lore Warden Fighter 1, Feat: Power Attack, Retrain Weapon Focus (Boarding Pike->Earth Breaker?)
Level 4: Fighter 2, Share Training
Level 5: Snakebite Striker Brawler 1, Sneak Attack +2d6, Improved Unarmed Strike, Feat: Boon Companion
Level 6: Greensting Slayer Magus 1, Arcane pool sneak 1d6
Level 7: Inner Sea Pirate 1, Sneak Attack +3d6, Feat: Dragon Style
Level 8: Sleepless Detective 1, Sneak Attack +4d6
Levels 9-X: Rogue
I imagine this guy as a jovial bard-type pirate who is quick to anger, and his peacock would be both beautiful and deadly. Its battle form would allow it to fly over enemies' heads to flank with the rogue, then deal sneak damage with both its talons.
At 8th level, with an Earth Breaker, the rogue would be dealing 2d6 + 1.5x Str + 3 (Power Attack) + 5d6 sneak (with a use of arcane pool) and his peacock familiar would be dealing 1d4 + 1 + 2 (Power Attack) + 4d6 sneak with each of two talons, plus any enhancement bonuses to Strength that you've purchased of course. They'd also both be able to charge through rough terrain and ally's squares thanks to Dragon Style. Not too shabby!
I hate to use a feat on Boon Companion instead of another Combat feat that they can share, but in order to keep increasing the familiar's Strength, I don't see another option. The other downside here is that the peacock familiar starts with a relatively low Strength... the Wallaby or Goat or something like that might be a better choice, but I do like the idea of the peacock flying over the enemy's head to flank. Any other suggestions on how to optimize this further?
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What the heck would Craft(eggs) do? It doesn't need a craft skill to just lay them...
Peter Carl Fabergé did take the Feat Skill Focus (Craft Eggs) :-)
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Eldritch guardian and Lore Warden don't stack, sadly.
Level 3: Eldritch Guardian/Lore Warden Fighter 1, Feat: Power Attack, Retrain Weapon Focus (Boarding Pike->Earth Breaker?)
Whoops, you're right, Lore Warden switches out Bravery. Oh well, a few less skill points, no big deal to drop Lore Warden from the build. :)
The mauler archetype familiar loses the ability to speak even if it's a type that normally could; does that affect the speak with master familiar ability?
Am I crazy, or could a Decoy familiar read/use scrolls? The Mockingbird extraordinary ability states they can speak any of the master's languages at 5th level. So long as it can open and hold the scroll (I'm looking at you MONKEY) then it can UMD a scroll you have correct?
The mauler archetype familiar loses the ability to speak even if it's a type that normally could; does that affect the speak with master familiar ability?
The bond forged in blood ability replaces speak with master and speak with animals of its kind. Even mauler ravens lose their ability to speak
The mauler archetype familiar loses the ability to speak even if it's a type that normally could; does that affect the speak with master familiar ability?The bond forged in blood ability replaces speak with master and speak with animals of its kind. Even mauler ravens lose their ability to speak
AH RIGHT! Missed that part when I read over PDF. Darn no telepathic link feat for that idea.
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Am I crazy, or could a Decoy familiar read/use scrolls? The Mockingbird extraordinary ability states they can speak any of the master's languages at 5th level. So long as it can open and hold the scroll (I'm looking at you MONKEY) then it can UMD a scroll you have correct?
Yes, and wands... due to hands... wands are a straight UMD DC 20
So far my favorite use is to use that Knowledge Familiar archetype to save your character skill points. It's great for a Magus, Cleric, Wizard, Sorceror, Shaman, Witch, some Bloodragers, or anyone who takes Eldritch Heritage Arcane!
Does anyone have a list of every way to obtain a familiar?
To add to your plan, both weapon and armour proficiency are listed as feats with the combat tag :-)
You do know that fighters don't get those feats, right? They get the proficiency. If they had the actual feats, then they'd be able to retrain them out (either via their class ability or the retraining rules).
Who would want Martial Weapon Proficiency (short bows) when they could have Power Attack instead (and they don't even happen to use short bows)?
As such, your familiar doesn't get them I'm afraid.
Hmm... why am I thinking of this stuff... you could use a decoy to sleep with your mistress while you are out robbing a bank... alibi!
"Ok monkey, we're here at the bank. You know what you need to do to keep Lady Auran busy while I do the job right? I KNOW you don't like your side of the mission, but we've been over this! Alright, synchronize watches; you've got 11 minutes. 3...2...1...MARK! Good luck other me..."
That is a WEIRD Ocean's 11 set up.
What if she asked for seconds. And imagine if the watch alarm started beeping right in the middle alerting the end of the duration? Boy would her face be red...
What if she asked for seconds. And imagine if the watch alarm started beeping right in the middle alerting the end of the duration? Boy would her face be red...
Take Eldritch heritage: Arcane, now you have your effective wizard level X 2 - 2 for everything involving the familiar, that would give him 20 mins even ;)
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