From LSWiki

rough draft of page detailing differences in empathic bond faculty variants to possibly be later broken down into separate pages if the content calls for it

Contents 1 Astral Bond 2 Fractional Essence bond 3 Martial Bond 4 Mystic Bond 5 Shamanic Bond 6 Battle Bonds 7 Partial Essence bond 8 Sovereign Bond 9 Somatic Bonds 10 Surreptitious Bond

Astral Bond

 astral gets 20% attr/skills/aura, 50% charms (up from 10%), 50%
 special attacks (up from 0%) and 50% chakras (up from 0%) as well as 10%
 hooks/energy regen and some custom charms to use the familiar as an SP pool (even
 if the familiar doesn't normally get those charms).

 provided by Ordo Verbus Glacius

Fractional Essence bond

  everything at 20%

Martial Bond

  martial is 100% maneuvers/factors/speed, 10% attrs/skills/aura

Mystic Bond

 mystic bond gives 100% skills/charms/chakras/other, 50% attrs/aura, 0% traits

Shamanic Bond

 shamanic gets charms/special attacks/chakras at 100%, aura at 20%,  
 and nothing else

Battle Bonds

  battle bond is 50% anatomy/attrs/traits, 100% aura/maneuvers/ratings/speed

Partial Essence bond

 everything at 50%

Sovereign Bond

 kind of a huntmaster bond type,
 you get a max-power familiar but nothing for yourself, and the familiar gets
 special sovereignty over others of its kind
 mostly just for like having a big stompy familiar
 0% other
 100% traits

Somatic Bonds

 somatic gives 100% anatomy/attrs/traits/skills/speed/other,
 50% aura, no charms/special attacks/maneuvers/chakras/ratings

Surreptitious Bond

 Surreptitious is 0% traits/anatomy/chakras/specials/maneuvers/ratings, 
 100% attrs/skills/charms/speed
 10% aura
  surreptitious bonds don't change your external appearance with 
  any of the standard mechanisms (limbs, organs, chakras, traits, and
  so on)