New Feat for Familiars or Psicrystals [Archive] - Wizards Community

New Feat for Familiars or Psicrystals [Archive] - Wizards Community

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ZocckCastlestorm
08-25-07, 10:37 PM Here is something I'd thought of a while ago:

Practiced Master

Prerequisite: Must have a Familiar or a Psycrystal bonded to you.
Effect: Adds + 4 Levels to the effective Master/Creature Bond.
This works like Practiced Caster does with Caster Level, but it is applied to the Familiar or Psicrystal Chart instead.

Example: Murack the Gish is a Human Wizard(6)/Fighter(2)/Eldritch Knight(1). He has a Familiar that is still at the 6th Level effect due to the Non-Wizard(or Sorcerer, cuz they stack) Levels. Still, it's his 9th Character Level, and so decides to take Practiced Master. Now his Familiar(a Bat) is treated as if Murack had 6 + 3 (only missing 3 levels) Levels of Wizard! If Murack gained another Level of Eldritch Knight, His Familiar will be at the 10th Level of power, but any more and he'll start to lag behind again. NOTE: This can be taken Twice, but each time it applies to either a Familiar OR a Psicrystal.
imakuni67
08-26-07, 12:30 PM Seems pretty cool, though probably more useful for the psicrystal user.

Question though: when you get to 18th level do you get the epic powers for psycrystal/familiar? That could probably break this feat if it did
Kouk
08-26-07, 12:34 PM I think you could even go for +5 levels, if you compare to Improved Familiar and such.
ZocckCastlestorm
08-26-07, 04:37 PM Seems pretty cool, though probably more useful for the psicrystal user.

Question though: when you get to 18th level do you get the epic powers for psycrystal/familiar? That could probably break this feat if it did

In answer to your question: No it does not allow the Effect Level to exceed Character Level, it only allows you to make-up for lost Levels of master due to Multiclassing. Sorry if I was unclear about this.

As to Psicrystals, I like both Psi & Magic, so, I figure it's probably best for a Cerebremancer(Psion/Wizard PrC, like the Mystic Theurge) so that if you have both a Familiar & a Psicrystal, they can catch up a bit(relative to the power they would have had if the master was single Classed).

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ZocckCastlestorm 08-25-07, 10:37 PM	Here is something I'd thought of a while ago: Practiced Master Prerequisite: Must have a Familiar or a Psycrystal bonded to you. Effect: Adds + 4 Levels to the effective Master/Creature Bond. This works like Practiced Caster does with Caster Level, but it is applied to the Familiar or Psicrystal Chart instead. Example: Murack the Gish is a Human Wizard(6)/Fighter(2)/Eldritch Knight(1). He has a Familiar that is still at the 6th Level effect due to the Non-Wizard(or Sorcerer, cuz they stack) Levels. Still, it's his 9th Character Level, and so decides to take Practiced Master. Now his Familiar(a Bat) is treated as if Murack had 6 + 3 (only missing 3 levels) Levels of Wizard! If Murack gained another Level of Eldritch Knight, His Familiar will be at the 10th Level of power, but any more and he'll start to lag behind again. NOTE: This can be taken Twice, but each time it applies to either a Familiar OR a Psicrystal.
imakuni67 08-26-07, 12:30 PM	Seems pretty cool, though probably more useful for the psicrystal user. Question though: when you get to 18th level do you get the epic powers for psycrystal/familiar? That could probably break this feat if it did
Kouk 08-26-07, 12:34 PM	I think you could even go for +5 levels, if you compare to Improved Familiar and such.
ZocckCastlestorm 08-26-07, 04:37 PM	Seems pretty cool, though probably more useful for the psicrystal user. Question though: when you get to 18th level do you get the epic powers for psycrystal/familiar? That could probably break this feat if it did In answer to your question: No it does not allow the Effect Level to exceed Character Level, it only allows you to make-up for lost Levels of master due to Multiclassing. Sorry if I was unclear about this. As to Psicrystals, I like both Psi & Magic, so, I figure it's probably best for a Cerebremancer(Psion/Wizard PrC, like the Mystic Theurge) so that if you have both a Familiar & a Psicrystal, they can catch up a bit(relative to the power they would have had if the master was single Classed).