Granted by Familiar

Granted by Familiar is a limitation that requires an Ally specified as being a familiar and is a prereq for Drains Familiar. The modifier Granted by Armor has the same price and probably operates in many of the same ways, but it is implied to require being INSIDE the ally (which has Payload) to be able to use it. That is very limiting to how familiars function and probably means many of the usual drawbacks are absent.
GBF was introduced in B38 with specific "no access" criteria
*failed appearance roll (this can be avoided by taking x4 FOA on your ally's value)
*familiar stunned ("physical stun" can be avoided by familiar having Supernatural Durability)
**Immunity to Mental Stun value is not known, Berserk involves immune to ALL "stun" but can result in ally attacking master
*familiar unconscious (as above, SD makes immune to knockout)
*familiar dead (SD makes this difficult to do, Unkillable or DR or IT are all options to make that harder, but raise the CP total of ally and their % of char's value and cost: note that per B37 you can't have allies more than 150% of value unless nonsentient
*"in areas where your special link does not function"
**this is noted as GM's decision but mechanically the 'special link' isn't really defined
==Changes==
Page 20 of DF5 Allies abbreviates it as GBF.
==See also==
*Usable only for spellcasting
Category:Limitations