Question about Shocker Lizard Familiar

[Lord Pendragon]

This may be obvious, but the question is prompted by an excel sheet I'm using, so I'll ask it just to be sure.

Say a wizard takes Improved Familiar (T&B) and selects a Shocker Lizard. Can the lizard create a Lethal Shock (treating the wizard as a second lizard for this purpose), or does it lose that ability unless in the presence of other actual shocker lizards?

In spite of my excel sheet, I'm guessing the answer is "no Lethal Shock unless other lizards are present." But I figured I might as well check for the possibility of a Sage ruling, errata, etc. that someone else may be aware of.

 

[melkoriii]

Nope. The lizard needs one or more other Shocker Lizards to use that ability.

I would also add that the other lizards need to be willing to use that ability for your lizard to use it.

 

[Lord Pendragon]

That's what I thought. Now, how would a wizard go about that? Can shocker lizards be trained via Handle Animal? Or is the only recourse to take the Extra Familiar feat, and get another one?

 

[melkoriii]

That's what I thought. Now, how would a wizard go about that? Can shocker lizards be trained via Handle Animal? Or is the only recourse to take the Extra Familiar feat, and get another one?

See if you can research a Summon spell to summon 1d4+1 Shocker Lizards. I would put it at a lvl simaler to the damage 2-5 Shocker Lizards can put out.

So thats 4d8-10d8 Electrical damage with Reflx DC 12-15 for a few rounds (or till they are killed).

I would put that at as a 5th lvl Spell.