Non-Caster Familiar?

[Necrosnoop110]

Anyway for a non-caster to get a familiar?

[ketaro]

Leadership :v

[Keldar]

1) Get an Arcane Caster level of 3, via feat or race.
2) ???
3) Get the Obtain Familiar feat.

[sambojin]

I'm almost certain that between the psionic feats Wild Talent, (maybe) Expanded Knowledge and some feat or sidebar I can't track down, you count as a level 1 manifester. Which gives you access to Psicrystal Affinity for a feat. Which is essentially an upgradeable familiar.

Probably not the best use of feats, but doable. I'll try and track down the book/feat/sidebar that says "This makes you a lvl 1 manifester, sort of."

[Rebel7284]

Magical Training may give you a caster level. Practiced spellcaster may or may not be needed.

[linklord231]

Must it be a Familiar?  Wild Cohort gets you something akin to an Animal Companion, and it's only 1 feat.  Or you could jut buy a pet with gold. 

[SorO_Lost]

Familiar: Requires a CL of 3, take Obtain Familiar.
Animal Companion: Spell-Less Ranger (CW) grants it.
Psicrystal: Requires an ML of 1, take Psicrystal Affinity.
Leadership: Requires ECL6, pick up 1/e you want.
Wild Cohort (online): Can be taken at the 1st level, pick an animal.
Shape Soulmeld (soulspark): Can be taken at the 1st level, gives you a pew-pew ball of light.
Purchase an Animal: A&E really expands on this area, it's a pet, it doesn't grow, but who cares right?
Buy a slave: I think LoM is the source on this, buy humans. Keep them chained up or they run away.
Dominate: Always a good route.
Animate: Sometimes even better!
Fission -> Metamorphosis: Be your pet.
Mind Rape: 2nd best option.
Ice Assassin -> Shapechange: Is there anything this won't solve?

[Necrosnoop110]

Wow. This is for a friend I'll run some options by him (and credit y’all of course). Thanks folks!

[awaken_D_M_golem]

I'm almost certain that between the psionic feats Wild Talent, (maybe) Expanded Knowledge and some feat or sidebar I can't track down, you count as a level 1 manifester. Which gives you access to Psicrystal Affinity for a feat. Which is essentially an upgradeable familiar.

Probably not the best use of feats, but doable. I'll try and track down the book/feat/sidebar that says "This makes you a lvl 1 manifester, sort of."

Wild Talent (not Hidden Talent) and a CPsi [Host] feat to get a real ML.
Some of the psi races, can do this right away.

[DancingFish]

I guess Silverbrow Human -> Obtain Familiar is the safest, quickest and least bookthrow-worthy way.

[SorO_Lost]

I guess Silverbrow Human -> Obtain Familiar is the safest, quickest and least bookthrow-worthy way.

Well I wouldn't say least bookthrow-worthy...

For feats or prestige classes requiring a minimum caster level, creatures that use spell-like abilities or invocations instead of spells use either their fixed caster level or their class level to determine qualification.

Since a SB human's Feather Fall scales by HD.

The least bookthrow worthy would be to use a Race with a fixed CL above 3 since it'd be perfectly legal. The wink wink nudge least bookthrow worthy would be Lesser Drow, since their CLs are based off their Class Level which kind of acts like a bridge there. Check with your DM to be sure that's allowed through.