Wizard Familiar, Greensting scorpion

Daltanious · 02:06 PM

Hello,

probably I've found a little bug related to the use of the "Greensting scorpion" as a wizard familiar.

The point is that when I select the scorpion as familiar I do not see the class skill highlighted properly.
If I select another creature (a Raven for instance) I see the 6 classic familias class-skills (acrobatics-clib-fly-perception-stealth-swim) highlited properly and with the consequent +3 bonus.

Is this a bug in the "greensting scorpion" definition or there's something else?

Thanks in advance!

Edit:
after additional checks it seems that the "Greensting scorpion" as Wizard's familiar is bugged: initiative is not evaluated properly (+2 (ApG) or +4(UM) but always +4) and also the basic 2-2-0 base template to the saving throw is not applied. Probably the "Greensting scorpion" isn't treated as a proper familiar at all.

Aaron · May 15th, 2013, 02:39 PM

* Frowny face * I just was fixing the mindless issue for this race recently. As near as I can see, the Initiative is correct, since the UM stats are more recent and therefore supplant the older printing, it should always be +4. I'll have to look into the rest of them. Please use the stickied thread at the top of the forums to report the rest of the bugs through our automated bug tracking system.

Daltanious · May 16th, 2013, 08:10 AM

Hello Aaron,

thanks for your reply.

I will follow your advice and I will use the stickied thread for the bug reporting.

Regarding the initiative "bug" I have not thought about the fact that the +4 initiative UM bonus superseded the ApG +2 bonus. For me the UM version of the scorpion was a different, "upgraded" version of the familiar (I do not have the UM book)... but probably you're right.

Aaron Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 6,793 May 15th, 2013, 02:39 PM	* Frowny face * I just was fixing the mindless issue for this race recently. As near as I can see, the Initiative is correct, since the UM stats are more recent and therefore supplant the older printing, it should always be +4. I'll have to look into the rest of them. Please use the stickied thread at the top of the forums to report the rest of the bugs through our automated bug tracking system.
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Daltanious Junior Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Italy Posts: 4 May 16th, 2013, 08:10 AM	Hello Aaron, thanks for your reply. I will follow your advice and I will use the stickied thread for the bug reporting. Regarding the initiative "bug" I have not thought about the fact that the +4 initiative UM bonus superseded the ApG +2 bonus. For me the UM version of the scorpion was a different, "upgraded" version of the familiar (I do not have the UM book)... but probably you're right.
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