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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5686961" data-attributes="member: 4937">Wait, they were?&nbsp; That was a rule somewhere?&nbsp; I don't recall anywhere in the rules where it explicitly stated who had full agency over familiars, animal companions, summoned creatures, and the like. This is something I believe is left up to the individual groups in 3e to work out how they prefered.For my part, I told the players in both editions the same thing.&nbsp; A wizard with a familiar was told, &quot;Ok, your familiar is an NPC.&nbsp; Ultimately, I have final say over the behavior of the NPC.&nbsp; I will occasionally choose to step in an 'animate' the character in order to add color or comedy to the situation.&nbsp; On the other hand, the familiar is magically bound and submissive to you.&nbsp; It treats you as its master.&nbsp; It won't disobey a direct order and has goals which are largely by necessity the same as your PC's.&nbsp; If you tell it not to do something, it won't (though it may bend or twist the letter of your instructions if you are treating it poorly and it may find ways to annoy you if you annoy it.)&nbsp; For simplicities sake, you may generally direct the activities of your familiar (assuming you are conscious) especially in combat, and if you choose from time to time to 'animate' the character as a counterpart to your own roleplay I pretty much won't mind. &quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5686961, member: 4937"] Wait, they were? That was a rule somewhere? I don't recall anywhere in the rules where it explicitly stated who had full agency over familiars, animal companions, summoned creatures, and the like. This is something I believe is left up to the individual groups in 3e to work out how they prefered. For my part, I told the players in both editions the same thing. A wizard with a familiar was told, "Ok, your familiar is an NPC. Ultimately, I have final say over the behavior of the NPC. I will occasionally choose to step in an 'animate' the character in order to add color or comedy to the situation. On the other hand, the familiar is magically bound and submissive to you. It treats you as its master. It won't disobey a direct order and has goals which are largely by necessity the same as your PC's. If you tell it not to do something, it won't (though it may bend or twist the letter of your instructions if you are treating it poorly and it may find ways to annoy you if you annoy it.) For simplicities sake, you may generally direct the activities of your familiar (assuming you are conscious) especially in combat, and if you choose from time to time to 'animate' the character as a counterpart to your own roleplay I pretty much won't mind. " [/QUOTE]

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