What kind of action is it for a familiar to communicate via Empathetic Link with its master. is it Free, or standard?
The master has an empathic link with his familiar to a 1 mile distance. The master can communicate empathically with the familiar, but cannot see through its eyes. Because of the link's limited nature, only general emotions can be shared. The master has the same connection to an item or place that his familiar does.
Wow these Paizo msg boards are hard to search. My Google fu did find, however, that in 3.5 communicating/or sensing the feelings of the familiar via Empathic Link is a free action, so I will assume nothing has changed there.