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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deaths_Fist" data-source="post: 1744140" data-attributes="member: 7163">Fair enough, but requiring casters to take a familiar or nothing when creating the characters seems unimaginative.  It just doesn't fit the style of some characters.  I'm looking for options, not limitations.Nothing earth-breaking, I'm not looking to break the game here, but a theme-appropriate ritual to enable some minor abilities would be nice.Let's take the Arcane Earthbond as an example.  For 24 hours of time and 100 gp, the character gets alertness and DR 1/adamantine when in contact with the ground.Smaller limitation, but smaller benefit than the familiar.  Fits the character's theme well.I'm thinking as a result that such a ritual for other themes would grant some sort of feat, plus a minor ability, but what other abilities would be equal in power to DR 1/adamantine?  Or what would be equal if we didn't grant a bonus feat at all but granted a slightly more powerful ability?</blockquote>