Familiars' Int and skills

[Li Shenron]

Does a familiar get more skill points than a normal animal of its kind thanks to a higher Intelligence?

 

[drunkmoogle]

A familiar's hit dice does not increase and it's assumed that the creature had intellegience normal for its kind before being a familiar. Increases in INT don't retroactively increase skill points.

 

[Black Knight Irios]

I don't know, never thought about that.
Really good question.

 

[Black Knight Irios]

Good to hear drunkmoogle, so I never made a mistake!
And it sounds quite valid.

 

[CalrinAlshaw]

The way the PHB actually describes a familiars skill points...

Skills: For each skill in which either the master or the familiar has ranks, use either the normal skill ranks for an animal of that type or the master's skill ranks, whicher are better. In either case, the familiar uses its own ability modifiers. Regardless of a familiars total skill modifiers, some skills (such as Craft) may remain beyond the familiar's ability to use.

Calrin Alshaw

 

[Thanee]

Familiars cannot gain skills beyond what they start with, because they do not advance; they can use the master's skills, however.

Bye
Thanee

 

[shilsen]

True. Specifically the master's skill ranks modified by the familiar's ability scores. I love those toads with Craft (Alchemy)