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<blockquote data-quote="F5" data-source="post: 2077754" data-attributes="member: 4607">Assume you've got a character with an Imp for a familiar, through the Improved Familiar feat.&nbsp; The Imp is an Outsider, and so it should not be possible to return the Imp from the dead with anything short of a wish/miracle.&nbsp; BUT, the description of the familiar specifically says that a slain familiar can be raised, and doesn't lose any levels/HD when it is.So which set of rules wins?&nbsp; Is it still an outsider when it becomes a familiar?&nbsp; Referring to the description of the summon familiar ability again, it says that the creatures' stats stay the same, but its' type changes to Magical Beast.&nbsp; It seems a little silly for an Imp to be a magical beast, but is this what happens?In my own game, we've houseruled it so that when an outsider is taken as an Improved Familiar, it gains the Native Outsider subtype, keyed to the home plane of the familiar's master.&nbsp; This avoids the resurrection issues, and etc.&nbsp; But out of curiosity, does anyone have any ideas what the official ruling would be?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="F5, post: 2077754, member: 4607"] Assume you've got a character with an Imp for a familiar, through the Improved Familiar feat. The Imp is an Outsider, and so it should not be possible to return the Imp from the dead with anything short of a wish/miracle. BUT, the description of the familiar specifically says that a slain familiar can be raised, and doesn't lose any levels/HD when it is. So which set of rules wins? Is it still an outsider when it becomes a familiar? Referring to the description of the summon familiar ability again, it says that the creatures' stats stay the same, but its' type changes to Magical Beast. It seems a little silly for an Imp to be a magical beast, but is this what happens? In my own game, we've houseruled it so that when an outsider is taken as an Improved Familiar, it gains the Native Outsider subtype, keyed to the home plane of the familiar's master. This avoids the resurrection issues, and etc. But out of curiosity, does anyone have any ideas what the official ruling would be? [/QUOTE]

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