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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fajitas" data-source="post: 1878572" data-attributes="member: 377">For anyone else who might be curious, Kiara is a Hengeyokai, a shape-changing race from Oriental Adventures with a +1 ECL modifier.  As far as the familiar aspects go, Kiara uses her own stats instead of any familiar stats.  Neither her AC nor her Int increase ith Annika's level (tho' Kiara's own level does increase with the party).  As for other familiar abilities, they do share an empathic link, and while they are technically capable of using the Share Spells and Deliver Touch Spells abilities, they rarely do; Kiara usually has much more interesting things to do than stay right next to Annika during combat.  Kiara does not have the improved evasion granted to a familiar, but since she's a rogue she has evasion anyone and, one assumes, will someday have improved evasion.  She doesn't need either Speak with master or Speak with animals of its kind abilities, 'cause, well, she can do that on her own.  When we get to 11th level, we'll see if the spell resistance kicks in.All told, ruleswise it works pretty well.  I suppose there are ways in which this could become abusive, but it's never been a problem for us.  We don't really powergame much, and, since I play Annika, I get to keep something of a reign on things.  Honestly, the biggest problem that arises from this for me is that I keep forgetting that the party has a scout that can fly a few miles ahead and see anything.And, in case this wasn't perfecly clear, Kiara is a complete and utter mystery to everyone.  She shouldn't exist, no one has every heard of anything like her, and, since it had only been a few months since Annika's last familiar died, it should have been impossible for her to bond to a new familiar.  It's all very strange...</blockquote>

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