PF familiars- details and compare

 Have to wait to get imprvd familiar feat at level  7 for Faery Dragon (altho i might wait till Level 13 bcuz i need them other feats yo) .  ONly level 3 for the Beheaded familiar, and it is GOOD. 

Normal Familiar

• Small dino good for init +4.

Improved familiars https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2p4h4 and https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tq34

• Faery dragon (CG) can use wands n scrolls too, eh?! https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tq34
• Languages Common, Draconic, Elven, Sylvan; telepathy 100 ft.
• Faerie Dragons are already Sorcerers, too, so they shouldn't even need UMD to cast Sorc/Wiz spells.
• Except Faerie Dragons, who are lvl 3 sorcerors (and thus can use any Wizard scroll or wand) 
• And have several little spells, like SLEEP, mage hand, grease, minor image, ghost sound. 
• Greater inviz x3!!
• Dancing Lights (so i should pick a diff Cantrip)
• Faery dragon good. Low level. Actually it is GOOD ALL AROUND... can use wands. Can cast magic naturally (no UMD check they say)
• https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tq34
• Beheaded (tiny undead familiar, improvd, level 3 u can get) - https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/beheaded/severed-head
• Beheaded can be created with any of the following special abilities. For every two abilities the beheaded possesses, increase the beheaded’s CR by +1 (except swarming which counts as 2 abilities by itself.)
• Spits energy (acid or something pick once) 30 ft, 1d6 ranged touch att
• Fire IMMUNITY, so FB all good
• Scream = fear (but affects all in 30 ft)
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• Azata, Lyrakien  - https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/outsiders/azata/azata-lyrakien/
• 2nd best. More defensive. Detect magic and evil all day. 
• Imps and such can ise wands n scrolls And some inviz all day till attack. 
• This talks about which ones can do wands... and https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2p4h4
• I saw something about compatible alignment... what??? https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/improved-familiar/

Tidbits:

1. at 5th level ALL familiars gain the ability to talk because of the Speak with Master familiar ability.
1. BUT Speak with Master (Ex): If the master is 5th level or higher, a familiar and the master can communicate verbally as if they were using a common language. Other creatures do not understand the communication without magical help.

2. It has been argued that way but the 2 lines in the description that states "using a common language" & "can communicate verbally" pretty much kills that idea. A common language lets them discuss anything their intelligence score can handle and a command word is exactly that, a single word that activates the magic item.

   Worst case imaginable with the worst GM in the game you just have the command word on that wand/item be in that shared language the wizard/familiar use and keep going.

2.  The actual requirements for a wand are that you hold it in "whatever passes for a hand," that you point it in the general direction of the target, and that you speak a command phrase.

3.  Mike Brock made a post about it on This thread

   Mike Brock wrote:

   Wand use doesn't require the book for those few improved familiars - brownie, faerie dragon, imp, lyrakien azata, mephit, quasit, sprite familiars - gained with the Improved Familiar feat

   It can use a wand since it is slotless. It uses its master's UMD. No other animal companions or familiars can activate a magic item.

Guy says:

Faerie dragons fall into the biped category of familiars, meaning wand use is no problem (I know it's weird, but dragons can use their front feet as hands, and a faerie dragon is still a dragon). Having them become a target may or may not be a problem. The share spells class feature can do a lot to protect a familiar, but so can stuff like natural flight, which a lot of familiars get. Also false life on the familiar can be a life saver.

As for best, Faerie Dragon, or if they're not available, Lyrakien Azata is my personal favorite.