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<blockquote data-quote="Gospog" data-source="post: 100745" data-attributes="member: 2348">Hoppus MaximusThe only current familiar in my PCs' group and it is a collabrative effort on the part of the GM (me) and a player playing a Sorceress.Because Sorcerors &quot;teach themselves&quot; spells, instead of learning from a book, this player decided that her toad &quot;telepathically&quot; taught her spells.&nbsp; Of course these spells involve lots of toad-appropriate behaviors that the Sorceress must learn in order to get the spell to go off. (hopping about, croaking etc...)This does not become disruptive during the game (far from it) and I thought it was quite imaginative. (xp bonus for the player)In our last session, Hoppus Maximus (the toad) got his time in the spotlight, as the local toads of a nation (Led by the Lord of the Frogs), asked him to translate (using his Sorceress) for them when speaking to the queen of that nation.&nbsp; The queen had recently lost her familiar, and the toads had held a series of contests (strength, speed, wit and tougue length were all factors) to determine who would be presented to the Queen as a new familiar.In this instance, I used Hoppus as an NPC, and let the PC get some &quot;spotlight time&quot; for putting some work into her familiar.It worked great, and barely took any time away from the main plot.Tom</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gospog, post: 100745, member: 2348"] [b]Hoppus Maximus[/b] The only current familiar in my PCs' group and it is a collabrative effort on the part of the GM (me) and a player playing a Sorceress. Because Sorcerors "teach themselves" spells, instead of learning from a book, this player decided that her toad "telepathically" taught her spells. Of course these spells involve lots of toad-appropriate behaviors that the Sorceress must learn in order to get the spell to go off. (hopping about, croaking etc...) This does not become disruptive during the game (far from it) and I thought it was quite imaginative. (xp bonus for the player) In our last session, Hoppus Maximus (the toad) got his time in the spotlight, as the local toads of a nation (Led by the Lord of the Frogs), asked him to translate (using his Sorceress) for them when speaking to the queen of that nation. The queen had recently lost her familiar, and the toads had held a series of contests (strength, speed, wit and tougue length were all factors) to determine who would be presented to the Queen as a new familiar. In this instance, I used Hoppus as an NPC, and let the PC get some "spotlight time" for putting some work into her familiar. It worked great, and barely took any time away from the main plot. Tom [/QUOTE]

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