Alchemist Tinkerer Familiar and Alertness

xeth1313 · October 3rd, 2018, 06:45 PM

Should this familiar be granting Alertness as per a normal familiar? It looks like the wording means that if I shape it like a specific animal "can take any shape" it doesn't grant the associated familiar bonus like "+X to Saves."

Dami · October 4th, 2018, 03:35 AM

You gain the Alertness feat for having a familiar. It isn't a bonus granted by a particular familiar, like the save or skill bonuses.

Ualaa · October 4th, 2018, 04:12 AM

If you go to the "In-Play" tab, and check the boxes for the familiar being within a mile and within arm's reach, you get the bonuses granted by that familiar. Some are tied to the one mile range and others to the arm's length range.

xeth1313 · October 4th, 2018, 07:30 AM

I am going to try submitting a bug report. The option is missing from the in-play tab as I would expect.

xeth1313 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 13 October 3rd, 2018, 06:45 PM	Should this familiar be granting Alertness as per a normal familiar? It looks like the wording means that if I shape it like a specific animal "can take any shape" it doesn't grant the associated familiar bonus like "+X to Saves."
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Dami Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 1,091 October 4th, 2018, 03:35 AM	You gain the Alertness feat for having a familiar. It isn't a bonus granted by a particular familiar, like the save or skill bonuses. Current RPG's: Pathfinder (GM), Pathfinder (Player), Gamma World (GM, Pathfinder homebrew). HeroLab: 3.5 & Pathfinder. HL User Files for PF: Greyhawk Setting, Gamma World (WIP). DM and player of D&D since 1980.
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Ualaa Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Vancouver, Canada. Posts: 813 October 4th, 2018, 04:12 AM	If you go to the "In-Play" tab, and check the boxes for the familiar being within a mile and within arm's reach, you get the bonuses granted by that familiar. Some are tied to the one mile range and others to the arm's length range.
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