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When choosing a familiar, you may choose a stitched flesh familiar. A stitched fl esh familiar appears similar to any of the standard familiars available in the Player's Handbook, except that the stitched fl esh familiar is obviously sewn together from many different creatures of that kind and, to a practiced eye, is clearly an undead creature. A stitched fl esh familiar is magically linked to its master in the same way as a normal familiar. A stitched fl esh familiar uses the basic statistics for a creature of its kind, as given in the Monster Manual, except as noted below. Hit Dice: A stitched fl esh familiar has a d12 Hit Die and gains no bonus hit points from Constitution (since it is an undead creature). For effects that depend upon Hit Dice, use the master's character level or the familiar's normal Hit Dice total, whichever is higher. Hit Points: Use 1/2 the master's total or the familiar's normal total, whichever is higher. Attacks: Use the master's base attack bonus or the familiar's, whichever is higher. Saving Throws: For each saving throw, use either the familiar's base save bonus or the master's (as calculated from his character level), whichever is higher. Familiar Special Abilities: Use the second table in the Familiars sidebar on page 52 of the Player's Handbook to determine additional abilities, just as you would for a normal familiar. Stitched fl esh familiars do not grant their masters any of the benefi ts that appear on the fi rst table in that sidebar. Instead of the noted special ability, a stitched fl esh familiar grants its master the ability to control 4 more Hit Dice of undead than he is normally capable of controlling (both through the rebuke undead ability and through spells such as animate dead).