Familiars

Marcantony · Oct 30, 2002

Im trying to figure out what sort of familiar to have. What have others picked as a favourite? Did anyone have anything really unusual?

Thanks

Jolly Giant · Oct 30, 2002

The ever-popular toad is of course every munchkins dream...

In my piratecampaign, parrot was a popular choice. (Treated as if it was a raven.)

If you're going with the Improved Familiar-feat, the coolest choices IMHO must be a pseudodragon if you're a good-guy or an imp if you're playing a not-so-good-guy.

herald · Oct 30, 2002

I like my raven. Since it can talk to people right off the bat. It can be a cool messenger.

Moe Ronalds · Oct 30, 2002

Cats, Ravens, rats, python, all fun stuff.

JoeGKushner · Oct 30, 2002

I loved the Mowz from Liber Bestarius. I did not want the Toad, but did want something that gave you a bonus. Mowz is +2 Dex.

hammymchamham · Oct 30, 2002

I love the Raven. I've had a Raven, Owl and Toad as familures. I took the Own once because I was playing a CN Drow Necromancer and found a picture of a Drow with an Owl on his arm, and thought it looked cool, and took the Owl as my familure. Took the Toad once for the +2 Con

Raven is my favorite though, its nice to have a familure that can talk, especially if your party gets seperated in a fight (you can have the familure with the rest of the party)

Ravellion · Oct 30, 2002

In some Dragon magazine (the Sorcery issue I believe) they had squirrels and mice and all kinds of cute very small animals. I really enjoyed my weasel as well, because I was playing a ranger/wizardish character (Arcane Archer)

The improved familiar feat is well worth it IMO, by the way. Makes your familiar a lot more useful, instead of an animal in a box.

Rav

Rel · Oct 30, 2002

Personally, I think you can't go wrong with a Bat. It can fly, it is at home in a dungeon and the Blindsight can be a lifesaver if you run up against invisible foes.

The last wizard that I ran was Gnoblin the Gnome and his familiar was Severus the Bat. Severus was the only survivor of the campaign.