Alchemist has no Enhanced Familiar Class Feat?

[Selkor]

Why is the Alchemist the only class that has the ability to get a familiar, but if they want to get the feat Enhanced familiar they have to dip into another Archetype and spend two Class Feats in order to get something they should inherently have in their Class Feats options? Especially since they are the only class whose familiar can take the only Alchemist Familiar Ability (Lab Assistant) requires you to use your second ability slot and take Manual Dexterity just to use it?

This seems a bit unfair towards the alchemist, because at least lore wise I would expect that they would be the most capable of "enhancing" their familiar.

Any takes or ideas? Would you as a GM allow an alchemist player to be able to take Enhanced familiar like the other familiar based classes Druid, Sorcerer, and Wizard?

[Frogliacci]

I'm just glad that the alchemist's familiar doesn't have to be a tumor anymore.

[Perpdepog]

My guess is the alchemist will get a familiar-focused archetype, or an expansion on their familiar abilities in later books.
What is an alchemist without her frankencat, homunculus, or, yes, even mobile tumor familiar? A sad and lonely alchemist, that's what. It's too archetypal for Paizo not to mess with it.

In the meantime I don't think it would be too unreasonable to allow alchemists to take the feat to grant more familiar abilities, at least not on a trial basis.

[Azurespark]

Selkor wrote:

Would you as a GM allow an alchemist player to be able to take Enhanced familiar like the other familiar based classes Druid, Sorcerer, and Wizard?

It's odd that they don't get that option, and I don't see anything wrong with allowing it. So sure, if I was running a game, I'd be fine with that.

[Squiggit]

It does seem weird they can't upgrade their familiar, maybe Paizo was worried about letting a familiar grab Lab Assistant and still have room for extra abilities?

No clue really.

Selkor wrote:

This seems a bit unfair towards the alchemist

That could be the title of a whole chapter in the CRB tbh.

[Brew Bird]

Frogliacci wrote:

I'm just glad that the alchemist's familiar doesn't have to be a tumor anymore.

I'm sad it can no longer be a tumor.

[Frogliacci]

Brew Bird wrote:

Frogliacci wrote:

I'm just glad that the alchemist's familiar doesn't have to be a tumor anymore.

I'm sad it can no longer be a tumor.

It's still your own handmade homunculus, infused with your own essence. No reason why you can't just fluff it as a tumor if you want to be gross.

[Lanathar]

If you want gross try listening to The Danger Club and their Plaguestone actual play. The player gave the GM autonomy over the personality/RP of the familiar . The results are amusing ...