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converting obtain familiar feat functionality

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Ladyofdragons

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Our group is starting another Pathfinder game, "converting" characters from a 3.5 campaign. We have a sorcerer with a familiar, and the GM is going to use the 3.5 obtain familiar feat to allow him to keep his familiar.

I'm trying to determine how to best have a sorcerer with a familiar in HL so we can work out his familiar stats. Any suggestions? I started creating a copy of the sorcerer to add on the familiar ability, but it seems so needlessly complex. It looks like I have to recreate every bloodline and every bloodline ability in order to adjust the sorcerer. There must be an easier way.
 
Try making an archetype whose only effect is to add the familiar to its parent class - that'll work with every bloodline. The feat won't do anything itself - it'll just be text-only, so that it takes up the feat slot.
 
Just added this archetype, and where as the familiar now shows in the specials list for the sorcerer, there is no option anywhere to actually add the familiar, am I missing something?
 
created the archetype for the sorcererer class just as you advised, giving it only the ability to add a familiar. It shows up just fine in the class abilities that my player with a sorcerer can know have a familiar, there just doesn't seem to be an option to actually add one.
 
not sure if this answers the question for settings or not, but I clicked to add a new archetype in the editor, set the class to modify as sorcerer, under Class Special Abilities I clicked Familiar, set the Player's guide as a source and saved it. When I went in to the character, the archetype was there (I named it Familiar friendly sorcerer), adding it to the character it then shows within the sorcerer class specials (albeit with text flavor that leads me to believe it defaults to an aquatic bard: see pic). But I still cannot figure out how to actually add the familiar to the character sheet. Thank You so much for taking the time to try and help me with this, I really appreciate it.

http://s1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff471/Joshua_Gullion/?action=view&current=Screenshot_1.jpg
 
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