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Contents 1 Bonding Requirements 2 Known Abilities 2.1 Combat Bonuses 2.2 Petting the familiar 2.3 Vishuddha Chakra 2.4 Attribute Modifications 2.5 Specialty Bonuses 2.5.1 Tier 1 2.5.2 Tier 2 2.5.3 Tier 3 2.5.4 Tier 4 2.5.5 Tier 5 2.6 Charms 2.7 Additional Bonuses and Powers 2.7.1 Traits granted

Bonding Requirements

Running is required, as is fairly obvious from the bond failure message, certainly at less than 75 skill:

You sense that the black-spotted yellow female cheetah feels as though you could not keep
pace with her, much less form a bond with her.

Known Abilities

Combat Bonuses

Petting the familiar

You pet Kenya with your right hand.
You sense dynamic energies flowing from Kenya's body into your spirit.

This provides a temporary boost to the skills air affinity, earth resistance, vacuum resistance, crushing resistance, cutting resistance, piercing resistance, and running. It also restores one spell point.

Vishuddha Chakra

Being bonded to a cheetah will grant and automatically charge the Vishuddha (blue) chakra, which grants a large bonus to intelligence and numerous skills.

Attribute Modifications

Bonding the cheetah provides its consort a very large bonus to dexterity, a large bonus to strength, and moderate bonuses to willpower, constitution, and perception. Additionally, the Vishuddha chakra that the familiar grants will provide a large bonus to intelligence.

Specialty Bonuses

Bonus specialty degrees and access are provided as follows:

Tier 1

• Air Affinity
• Crushing Resistance
• Cutting Resistance
• Earth Resistance
• Piercing Resistance
• Plains Fieldcraft
• Pole Arm
• Vacuum Resistance

Tier 2

• Combat Reflexes
• Killer Instinct
• Massive Exertion
• Stamina

Tier 3

Tier 4

Tier 5

Charms

Initially the cheetah grants the following charms:

• Urge

Shortly after:

• Call Familiar
• Send Familar
• Kinsee

Additional Bonuses and Powers

Traits granted