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Message: <blockquote data-quote="5ekyu" data-source="post: 7594377" data-attributes="member: 6919838">Well, hang on tho."I don't like that the familiar is a spirit rather than a normal creature of its ilk. The spirit thing is neat, but for me it's not as cool as bonding with an actual creature."See, there is a bit of a thing here. If one wants the find familiar to be a more significant element, like a loving real creature, an actual bond, etc thrm the notion of pick up easy by feature **to me** runs afoul of that.To me you should have both options available- a quick and easy spirit friend that you can lose and get back **or** a real creature that you gotta do some work to get, not just feature on demand.In 5e both are available. But let me give you an alternative perspective - no house rule needed (technically.)Say that you fo as a find familiar bond to an actual creature- a sharing of spirits. You carry a spark of it with you. Each time you cast familiar you are calling on the same creature - and when you "call the spirit" into one of its many shapes - you are calling out that spirit essence and shaping it as z manifestation. So, you have the binding with real creature, the on-demand spirit forms etc, just that that real creature does not rush out to join you in risking it's life when its spirit forms do just fine.So, somewhere, out there, is a varmint that is your shared beastie. It just cut a deal that gave you a spirit on demand and got for itself... well, that could be an interesting question.</blockquote>

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