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<blockquote data-quote="Delemental" data-source="post: 2544764" data-attributes="member: 5203">No, the familiar does not have to be at your side every moment of your life.&nbsp; It's true that you lose some benefits of the familiar if it's not close (such as the Alertness feat, or sharing spells), but on the other hand, other abilities sort of require that the familiar be able to be away from you (such as scrying on your familiar - kind of a useless ability if the familiar can't be in a different place than you).&nbsp; But regardless of how near or far away the creature is, it's still your familiar, unless you formally dismiss it, or it dies.And yes, you do have to feed the familiar.&nbsp; Being a magical beast doesn't stop it's biology.&nbsp; The only reason the type changes is that by definition in the rules, an 'animal' can't have an Intelligence over 2.&nbsp; In order for the familiar to have a higher Intelligence (as well as its other abilities), it has to become a magical beast.&nbsp; MOst DM's I know of don't make a big deal about the care and feeding of a familiar - they don't eat a lot, and many of them can forage for their own food.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Delemental, post: 2544764, member: 5203"] No, the familiar does not have to be at your side every moment of your life. It's true that you lose some benefits of the familiar if it's not close (such as the Alertness feat, or sharing spells), but on the other hand, other abilities sort of require that the familiar be able to be away from you (such as scrying on your familiar - kind of a useless ability if the familiar can't be in a different place than you). But regardless of how near or far away the creature is, it's still your familiar, unless you formally dismiss it, or it dies. And yes, you do have to feed the familiar. Being a magical beast doesn't stop it's biology. The only reason the type changes is that by definition in the rules, an 'animal' can't have an Intelligence over 2. In order for the familiar to have a higher Intelligence (as well as its other abilities), it has to become a magical beast. MOst DM's I know of don't make a big deal about the care and feeding of a familiar - they don't eat a lot, and many of them can forage for their own food. [/QUOTE]

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