Shamans and Adept Channeling

[Derek Vande Brake]

This came up in my General Discussion thread and I wanted to get more input on the rules of it.

Adept Channel requires the "Summon Familiar" class ability. The class feature of a shaman is "Spirit Animal" - but it largely functions the same way.

Now, due to similarity I wouldn't see it as a stretch for a GM to houserule it as okay, but I wanted to see if this was RAW legal without a houserule. Does shaman qualify for Adept Channel?

[doomman47]

The spirit animal is just a familiar under a different name it functions slightly different but a witches familiar also just functions slightly different than a wizards familiar as well also haven't actually seen a class that has a familiar that has this "summon familiar" class ability so it may just be poorly worded and just mean a familiar?

[Java Man]

In the same vein, several domains and archetypes for druid grant familiars and chosen one archetyoe paladins get one. Seems these should also apply if shaman does.

[Just a Guess]

The only class that has the "Summon Familiar" ability is the adept.
Having a feat called after an NPC class that requires a class ability of said NPC class could be seen as: Adept only.

But if it was meant to be adept only, why not put adept into the requirements?

This feat has been discussed for a long time yet never received an errata.