Item Familiar + normal arcane familiar? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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LordPerrinOfNeomegaDotNet

04-18-04, 08:37 AM
Nowhere in the Item Familiar feat description nor the expalanation of the familiar itself did I notice anything to indicate that an arcane spellcaster couldn't have one along with his normal familiar, as opposed to the Improved Familiar feat, which explicitly states that you cannot have a standard familiar when taking it. Does this mean that an arcane caster can, in fact, have a normal familiar and an item familiar simultaneously?
Dartanel

04-18-04, 11:23 AM
Yes. The use of the word 'familiar' in Item Familiar is a bit of a misnomer. Item Familiar has literally nothing to do with any other familiar type ability.