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<blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 443972" data-attributes="member: 1331">I don't think it makes sense for familiars to gain their own levels.A familiar is supposed to be literally an extension of the master, sharing a portion of his mind. That's why they have the empathic link, and the same connection to an area (for purposes of Telport), and so on. It gains power as the master advances, but it doesn't advance on its own because it lacks a truly independent existence.I'd only allow a familiar to gain levels (or HD) if the connection between it and the master were severed first. As far as the master were concerned, it'd be as he dismissed the famliar; he'd lose XP, and wouldn't be able to summon a new one for a year and a day. The familiar would then be an independent creature, with its own XP total and the ability to gain levels.If you want your familiar to cast spells, work your way up to epic levels and take Familiar Spell. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="AuraSeer, post: 443972, member: 1331"] I don't think it makes sense for familiars to gain their own levels. A familiar is supposed to be literally an extension of the master, sharing a portion of his mind. That's why they have the empathic link, and the same connection to an area (for purposes of [i]Telport[/i]), and so on. It gains power as the master advances, but it doesn't advance on its own because it lacks a truly independent existence. I'd only allow a familiar to gain levels (or HD) if the connection between it and the master were severed first. As far as the master were concerned, it'd be as he dismissed the famliar; he'd lose XP, and wouldn't be able to summon a new one for a year and a day. The familiar would then be an independent creature, with its own XP total and the ability to gain levels. If you want your familiar to cast spells, work your way up to epic levels and take Familiar Spell. :) [/QUOTE]

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