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<blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 3235432" data-attributes="member: 1164">He is losing little, he deserves little. Eschew materials or alertness are fine choices for letting him trade out the familiar. Maybe some more skill points.&nbsp;A familiar is both a boon for those who use them well and a liability for those who fail to do so. The 100gp cost is there more to make sure the caster does not feel obligated to have the living bulleye hooked to his XP total. Wotc has released many overpowered options to replace the familiar with. I recommend avoiding any that do not have a similar liability as a familiar does.You'll notice the PHB has options for customising classes, pay attention to that signifigant abilities have to be traded of for other signifigant abilities. Like the fighter suggestion that accepts only Rogue Weapon and Armor Proficiency forClass SkillsAdd the following skills to the fighter's class skill list: Bluff, Gather Information, Knowledge (local), and Sleight of Hand. skill points per level equal to 4 + Int modifier (and has this number x4 at 1st level). Which became... <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#fighterVariantThug" target="_blank">http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#fighterVariantThug</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="frankthedm, post: 3235432, member: 1164"] He is losing little, he deserves little. Eschew materials or alertness are fine choices for letting him trade out the familiar. Maybe some more skill points. A familiar is both a boon for those who use them well and a liability for those who fail to do so. The 100gp cost is there more to make sure the caster does not feel obligated to have the living bulleye hooked to his XP total. Wotc has released many overpowered options to replace the familiar with. I recommend avoiding any that do not have a similar liability as a familiar does. You'll notice the PHB has options for customising classes, pay attention to that signifigant abilities have to be traded of for other signifigant abilities. Like the fighter suggestion that accepts only Rogue Weapon and Armor Proficiency for [I]Class Skills Add the following skills to the fighter's class skill list: Bluff, Gather Information, Knowledge (local), and Sleight of Hand. skill points per level equal to 4 + Int modifier (and has this number x4 at 1st level). [/i] Which became... [url]http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#fighterVariantThug[/url] [/QUOTE]

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