Bonded Summoner's Elemental

[Scharlata]

Hi, fellow Bonded Summoners! [Miniature Handbook]

A Bonded Summoner of 5th level gains an Elemental of Huge size as "familiar". So far, so nice....

What if the BoSu takes her Ele into a narrow dungeon where the corridors are only 5 feet wide? The space of the corridor is too narrow for the Ele to squeeze (PHB, p. 148), so it must use Escape Artist, DC 30 [Tight Space] (PHB, p. 73), to crawl through the corridor.

What spell(s) could be used to get a Huge Elemental through a narrow corridor on a regular basis? Reduce Person does not function because the Ele is no humanoid creature. Are there similar spells that do the trick?

Or are there feats that will suffice?

Thanx for your time.

 

[WinnipegDragon]

I'm not sure it's an issue...

Fire/Air/Water Elementals are of a rather amorphous physique which should allow them to extend and flatten rather than squeeze, and Earth Elementals could just use it's Earth Glide ability.

 

[dedicated]

And anway (if you're in 3.0) the problem can be solved with a belt of many pouches
(basically 64 mini bags of holding one of which can hold a characters familar and provide it with food and water)

And yeah I think that's right

 

[Scharlata]

And anway (if you're in 3.0) the problem can be solved with a belt of many pouches
(basically 64 mini bags of holding one of which can hold a characters familar and provide it with food and water)

And yeah I think that's right

Thanx for your suggestions. Maybe that's a general direction for the player to go.

 

[Jack Simth]

What spell(s) could be used to get a Huge Elemental through a narrow corridor on a regular basis? Reduce Person does not function because the Ele is no humanoid creature.

Haven't read the version you are using, but if the Share Spells ability is the same as the one in the 3.5 SRD:

Share Spells: At the master’s option, he may have any spell (but not any spell-like ability) he casts on himself also affect his familiar. The familiar must be within 5 feet at the time of casting to receive the benefit. If the spell or effect has a duration other than instantaneous, it stops affecting the familiar if it moves farther than 5 feet away and will not affect the familiar again even if it returns to the master before the duration expires. Additionally, the master may cast a spell with a target of “You” on his familiar (as a touch range spell) instead of on himself. A master and his familiar can share spells even if the spells normally do not affect creatures of the familiar’s type (magical beast).

(emphasis added)So the Wizard can Reduce himself, and share the spell with his familiar, to reduce it's size.

 

[Scharlata]

Haven't read the version you are using, but if the Share Spells ability is the same as the one in the 3.5 SRD:
(emphasis added)So the Wizard can Reduce himself, and share the spell with his familiar, to reduce it's size.

.... perhaps.... you are a GENIUS ...

Thanx a bunch!

 

[moritheil]

Didn't CA or UA have a "familiar pouch" that was just a pouch to put a familiar in? I forget the details, but if it works, it should be cheaper than buying the belt of many pouches.

 

[Jack Simth]

.... perhaps.... you are a GENIUS ...

Thanx a bunch!

You're welcome... although you will need to do something about the 1 min/level duration of Reduce Person, you have to keep your familiar close (5 feet), and you are reduced in size as well (of course, it is only a 1st level spell - there's got to be some drawbacks). Still useful for getting through the hallways, though. Perhaps you can convince your DM to let you research a "Shrink Self" spell that lasts longer, but has a range of Personal, so that you can cast it just on your familiar as a touch-range spell and have it last all day (or find something like that in a permitted campaign source book).

 

[Scharlata]

[...] Perhaps you can convince your DM to let you research a "Shrink Self" spell that lasts longer, but has a range of Personal, so that you can cast it just on your familiar as a touch-range spell and have it last all day (or find something like that in a permitted campaign source book).

Yupp, there is the 5th-level spell Improved Reduce [Person] in the Savage Species which is 10 min/level. Just in case I need a reference.

Thanx again