Anyone have Alter Self strategy notes?

[pvandyck]

Okay was thinking and I wondered if anyone has ideas for using alter self on your familiar. (A you target spell becomes a touch to familiars so he can leave the 5 foot range only he has the spell)

Are there cool magical beast I could turn him into.

Thanks

Hmm, I don't think so...

From the SRD:

Share Spells: At the master’s option, he may have any spell (but not any spell-like ability) he casts on himself also affect his familiar. The familiar must be within 5 feet at the time of casting to receive the benefit. If the spell or effect has a duration other than instantaneous, it stops affecting the familiar if it moves farther than 5 feet away and will not affect the familiar again even if it returns to the master before the duration expires. Additionally, the master may cast a spell with a target of “You” on his familiar (as a touch range spell) instead of on himself. A master and his familiar can share spells even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the familiar’s type (magical beast).

and

Deliver Touch Spells (Su): If the master is 3rd level or higher, a familiar can deliver touch spells for him. If the master and the familiar are in contact at the time the master casts a touch spell, he can designate his familiar as the “toucher.” The familiar can then deliver the touch spell just as the master could. As usual, if the master casts another spell before the touch is delivered, the touch spell dissipates.

pvandyck

 

[Scion]

look at the line just below the one you highlighted.

 

[Magus Coeruleus]

pvandyck: As the SRD quote you posted indicates, you can cast a touch spell on a familiar and have it continue to operate after it moves away. If you do this, as Shallown mentioned, it affects only the familiar. If you want to share the spell with the familiar such that you both benefit from it, it has to stay within 5' or it loses the spell (although you still keep it on yourself). Note also that you can even cast spells on or share spells with the familiar that normally would not work on its type, as long as they work on you. For instance, Enlarge Person would work on a familiar (or animal companion) although it would confer the modifiers as per that spell, not as per something like Animal Growth.

 

[pvandyck]

Ah, yes, now I see. Must keep reading.....

pvandyck

 

[Magus Coeruleus]

Druid/Wizard Notes thread in Rogues Gallery

How does the spell synergy work. I am getting a Weasal as a Familiar since I plan to go Mystic theurge and it won't get the better advanced powers.

What are your long term plans for the character in the sense of casting and Personal growth. Is he a supportive character? what roll does he fill party wise?

Just being nosy

later

Hi Shallown. Even if I started the thread, I still feel bad about hijacking it from the topic, so I've started a new Druid/Wizard Notes thread for discussing this. Hope to "see" you there!

 

[Magus Coeruleus]

x2 post, sorry