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# Summoner
You have a tenuous connection to an eidolon, a bodiless being that shares your life force, and with effort you can manifest the eidolon into the world.

## [[Summoner Dedication]] Feat 2

**Prerequisites** Charisma 14

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Choose a [[Bloodline]]. You become trained in the bloodline's two skills; for each of these skills in which you were already trained, you become trained in a skill of your choice. You cast spells like a sorcerer. You gain access to the Cast a Spell activity. You gain a spell repertoire with two common cantrips from the spell list associated with your bloodline, from the spells granted by your bloodline, or any other cantrips of that tradition you learn or discover. You're trained in spell attack rolls and spell DCs for your tradition's spells. Your key spellcasting ability for sorcerer archetype spells is Charisma, and they are sorcerer spells of your bloodline's tradition. You don't gain any other abilities from your choice of bloodline.

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**Special** You cannot select another dedication feat until you have gained two other feats from the sorcerer archetype.

## [[Basic Synergy]] Feat 4

**Prerequisites** Summoner Dedication

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You gain a 1st- or 2nd-level summoner feat of your choice.

## [[Initial Eidolon Ability]] Feat 4

**Prerequisites** Summoner Dedication

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Your link to your eidolon becomes stronger, granting it a new ability. Your eidolon gains the initial ability for an eidolon of its type.

## [[Advanced Synergy]] Feat 6

**Prerequisites** Basic Synergy

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You gain one summoner feat. For the purpose of meeting its prerequisites, your summoner level is equal to half your character level.

**Special** You can select this feat more than once. Each time you select it, you gain another summoner feat.

## [[Basic Summoner Spellcasting]] Feat 6

**Prerequisites** Summoner Dedication

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You gain the basic bounded spellcasting benefits. You gain the Cast a Spell activity. Your key spellcasting ability for summoner archetype spells is Charisma, and they are summoner spells of your eidolon's tradition. You become trained in spell attack rolls and spell DCs of that tradition. You gain a spell repertoire and two cantrips. Each time you gain a spell slot of a new level from the summoner archetype, add a spell of that level or lower to your repertoire. Each time you lose spell slots of a particular level, remove those spells from your repertoire.

## [[Expert Combat Eidolon]] Feat 12

**Prerequisites** Summoner Dedication

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Your eidolon advances its capabilities in combat. Your eidolon becomes an expert in unarmed attacks. If you are an expert in unarmored defense, your eidolon also becomes an expert in unarmored defense. If you have weapon specialization, your eidolon also gains weapon specialization.

## [[Expert Summoner Spellcasting]] Feat 12

**Prerequisites** Basic Summoner Spellcasting; master in the skill associated with your eidolon's tradition

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You gain the expert bounded spellcasting benefits.

## [[Signature Synergy]] Feat 14

**Prerequisites** Advanced Synergy

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Your eidolon gains an evolution integral to its form, and it comes more easily than your other synergies. You gain one evolution feat from the following list:

*   [[Airborne Form]]
*   [[Burrowing Form]]
*   [[Ever-Vigilant Senses]]
*   [[Hulking Size]]

For the purpose of meeting its prerequisites, your summoner level is equal to your character level - 4.

## [[Master Summoning Spellcasting|Master Summoner Spellcasting]] Feat 18

**Prerequisites** Expert Summoner Spellcasting; legendary in the skill associated with your eidolon's tradition

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You gain the master bounded spellcasting benefits.