III Character Options features (including creatures as diverse as dire lions, lamias, and rakshasas) regardless of language barriers Improved Evasion (Ex): If either the familiar sorcerer or the bonded spellcaster is at least 9th level, the familiar sorcerer gains improved evasion Spell Resistance (Ex): If either the familiar sorcerer or the bonded spellcaster is at least 11th level, the familiar sorcerer gains spell resistance equal to the higher-level character's level + Scrying (Sp): If either the familiar sorcerer or the bonded spellcaster is at least 13th level, the bonded spellcaster may scry on her familiar (as if casting the scrying spell) once per day, and the familiar sorcerer may the same on his bonded spellcaster once per day Linked Minds (Su): If either the familiar sorcerer or the bonded spellcaster is at least 15th level, they can communicate telepathically via their empathic bond If one fails a Will saving throw and the other is within range of their empathic link, the other can make a Will save against the effect On a success, the other's saving throw succeeds Each can use this ability to protect the other once per day Synergistic Intellect (Sp): If either the familiar sorcerer or the bonded spellcaster is at least 17th level, the familiar sorcerer gains a +2 inherent bonus to Intelligence Magical Conduit: If either the familiar sorcerer or the bonded spellcaster is 20th level, each can use the other as the point of origin to determine range for any spell Each can teleport to the other's space once per day as a standard action across any distance, even across planar boundaries If the familiar sorcerer’s bonded spellcaster is a shaman or witch, the familiar sorcerer still functions as a bonded shaman’s (or witch’s) source of spells, but cannot access any spells himself to cast them with the exception of shaman spirit magic spells If the bonded spellcaster is a shaman, the familiar sorcerer adds all of the bonded shaman’s spirit magic spells to the sorcerer spell list and to his own spells known as soon as both the familiar sorcerer and the bonded shaman are high enough level to cast the spirit magic spell If the bonded spellcaster is slain, the familiar sorcerer loses all benefits of this archetype (and does not gain the normal bloodline benefits) until his bonded spellcaster is restored to life or he finds a new spellcaster to bond with This ability replaces bloodline (including the bloodline skill, arcana, powers, spells, and feats the sorcerer would normally gain as the result of having a bloodline) Symbiotic Spellcasting (Su): As long as the familiar sorcerer and the bonded spellcaster are adjacent or sharing the same space, the familiar sorcerer can take advantage of minute, reflexive motions in his bonded spellcaster to satisfy the requirements of somatic spell components If the bonded spellcaster carries material components or focus components on her person, the familiar sorcerer can use those components as well Material components are consumed as the familiar sorcerer casts his spell In order to use a focus 81