Adding Spells to a Witch’s Familiar
Witches can add new spells to their familiars through several methods. A
witch can only add spells to her
familiar if those spells belong to the
witch’s spell list.
Spells Gained at a New Level: A
witch’s
familiar learns a certain amount of lore and magic as the
witch adventures. Whenever a
witch gains a level, she may add two spells from the
witch spell list to her
familiar. The two free spells must be of spell levels she can cast.
Familiar Teaching Familiar: A
witch’s
familiar can learn spells from another
witch’s
familiar. To accomplish this, the familiars must spend one hour per level of the spell being taught in communion with one another. At the end of this time, the
witch whose
familiar is learning a spell must make a
Spellcraft check (DC 15 + spell level). If the check succeeds, the
familiar has learned the spell and the
witch may utilize it the next time she prepares spells. If the check fails, the
familiar has failed to learn the spell and cannot try to learn that spell again until the
witch has gained another rank in
Spellcraft. Most
witches require a spell of equal or greater level in return for this service. If a
familiar belongs to a
witch that has died, it only retains its knowledge of spells for 24 hours, during which time it is possible to coerce or bribe the
familiar into teaching its spells to another, subject to GM discretion.
Learn from a Scroll: A
witch can use a
scroll to teach her
familiar a new spell. This process takes 1 hour per level of the spell to be learned, during which time the
scroll is burned and its ashes used to create a special brew or powder that is consumed by the
familiar. This process destroys the
scroll. At the end of this time, the
witch must make a
Spellcraft check (DC 15 + spell level). If the check fails, the process went awry in some way and the spell is not learned, although the
scroll is still consumed.
