Maybe it is a very obvious answer, but can you have both a familiar and a bonded object?
I am making a souleater with a sorcerer as base. The sorcerer has the arcane bloodline with the bonded object. It specifically states this:
Arcane Bond (Su): At 1st level, you gain an arcane bond, as a wizard equal to your sorcerer level. Your sorcerer levels stack with any wizard levels you possess when determining the powers of your familiar or bonded object. Once per day, your bonded item allows you to cast any one of your spells known (unlike a wizard’s bonded item, which allows him to cast any one spell in his spellbook). This ability does not allow you to have both a familiar and a bonded item.
The last sentence says I'm not allowed to have both a familiar and a bonded object, or am I reading it wrong?
The souleaters gets a cocadaemon as a familiar, is there a rule which would prevent having both a bonded object and a familiar?
Could I have two familiars if I were to choose the familiar instead of the bonded item?
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As per wording, I guess you choose one.
Ex-souleaters only lists 'no longer being neutral evil' and going against the wishes of the Four Horsemen as no-no.
Sounds like the player's preference.
As it's not ruled (more in the ask your DM area) - It could be worse, witches possibly lose their spells and bonded object wizards need to roll concentration checks for every spell if they take the cacodaemon option.
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The wording used for Arcane Bloodline is meant to specifically disallow you from getting both an Arcane Bond and Familiar both through the use of the ability. Effectively, you cannot multiclass Sorcerer and Wizard (or take Eldritch Heritage as Wizard) to double up.
Other classes that simply tell you to get one don't have this wording, so they can be used to get you both. Note that the classes do not stack; the familiar cares only about your levels in Souleater.
If, instead, you took a familiar as your Arcane Bond, the two classes would stack for determining what familiar abilities the cacodaemon possessed.
So I could effectively have a bonded object and and a familiar which won't grow past abilities gained at level ten, or have a familiar which stacks with both classes?