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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8577988" data-attributes="member: 7030563">Agree  with this for three reasons.1. A normal harmless animal is going to be out of place in a lot of scenarios.  IRL own a cat and a dog and I if a strange weasel or raven showed up in my kitchen one morning I would be very freaked out (and my dog would be too).  I am not saying 100% I would kill them on sight, but I darn sure would not be letting them stay in the house.  I might not be as surprised and freaked out by a snake, spider or rat in my kitchen, but then those would be "killed on sight" by me, my dog, my cat, my wife or whoever found them.There are places animals belong - a hawk circling overhead a field spying the enemy camp nearby while it looks like it is looking for food might seem normal, but an owl or bat doing the same thing during the day is going to be out of place (and well over half the familiars in my game are owls).2. This is a world where "normal harmless animals" are used to scout things3. Even harmless animals that are not out of place are often killed as pests or for food or for sport.  Spiders, rats and snakes are going to be killed by a lot of people (and other animals) period.  Dogs will usually attack cats.  Cats will attack anything smaller than them.  If you are in an area with small livestock hawks and owls will be killed by ranchers.  Ravens will be killed by farmers.In coastal areas where crabs, octopus and fish are common, most that just randomly show up would make it to the dinner plate.Finally I want to point out few players consider what happens when a familiar is attacked.  When the band of orcs decides to shoot my Hawk out of the sky just for sport - well instead of dying it disappears.  Now you have alerted that band of orcs you were scouting and it is a safe bet they know exactly what is going on.</blockquote>

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