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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8773324" data-attributes="member: 7030563">It only has 60 move.  At best it can move in 30 feet and then move away 30 feet.  That is best case.  As I said earlier it is not always possible, but it often is .To start with yes they can.  Anything with hands can throw an improvised weapon 20 feet at short range and 60 feet at long range and the thing is while this is a really weak attack, it will still kill a familiar.I any case as I said you can't always get to them in melee, but often you can.I attack downed PCs because it is the most effective way to play bad guys and because the PCs are not dead.  If he is still breathing hit him again.  If it is not breathing move on.  Anyone who has watched a horror movie knows that downing someone is not enough.  If you prefer playing on easy mode then go for it, but the DM is not playing the enemy as effectively as he could if he is using kid gloves to keep from doing things like killing characters and sending familiars back to their home plane.I was in a party of 7th level point buy characters that defeated Orcus because the DM could not kill the Barbarian and we healed him every turn so he could get back up and attack again.</blockquote>