Wizard Familiar Adept Archetype and Witch Spells

[johnnymac]

Hey guys!

So, I have a player who is constantly pushing at the boundaries of the rules, which is fine lol! Occasionally, it helps to see what other people's interpretations are out there in Paizo-land on some probably rarely-seen scenarios.

This character is a witch 1/wizard (diviner) 1. For her wizard level, she has taken the familiar adept archetype.

My question is in regard to the following abilities associated with the familiar adept archetype:

School Link - familiar can cast at will one cantrip from its masters associated arcane school

School Cantrip - a school familiar can cast at will one cantrip from its associated arcane school, using its master's caster level.

My player wants to use the witch spell Guidance (witch 0 divination school) as the school cantrip and wants to know if Guidance is affected by the ability School Link. Guidance is not normally available to wizards.

Her argument it that guidance is an arcane divination spell, and should be able to be used with both of these. My argument is that the intent of Danny the Divination-bird's archetype ability is meant to refer to the wizard divination arcane school, not the witch divination arcane school.

Am I being too strict? What would other people rule?

Thanks again for the help! I truly appreciate it!

[Rowe]

It's specifically the Wizard level, so it has to be a wizard cantrip. As the DM you're free to allow whatever, of course.

[cavernshark]

I agree with Rowe. The ability specifically states that the cantrip from "its associated arcane school," which is to say the Wizard Divination School.

If your player wants the familiar to be able to cast Guidance all day, perhaps suggest instead of doing school familiar, the player takes the Emissary archetype which grants that ability. The emissary could be acting on behalf of the player's patron.