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Find Familiar, the Alert feat, and the loss of the fly-by Owl.
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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 9223564" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>I am not so sure the Druid-and-Paladin UA version of Find Familiar is going to make it to print. I don’t remember it being one of the things they really discussed the reception to, but we haven’t seen it in a UA since wild shape templates were scrapped. Also, in UA 5 (before the feedback on the Druid-and-Paladin UA was fully in), the first warlock draft had its Pact Familiar cantrip that worked similarly to the Druid-and-Paladin UA’s Find Familiar, with a scaling template that had small variations based on chosen creature type. But come UA 7 (after the Druid-and-Paladin UA feedback was in and wild shape templates were scrapped), the revised warlock went back to having an invocation that could grant regular Find Familiar, and allowed you to summon other monsters when you use it. The real kicker is that the other monsters went back to referencing monster manual stat blocks instead of having templates provided by the feature.</p><p></p><p>So, I suspect find familiar is going back to giving us a menu of monster manual stat blocks. Or, since a lot of beast stat blocks will be going in the PHB for druid, maybe it will reference those. Either way, I suspect the owl will be back on the menu. Though, I wouldn’t be surprised if they do change it to acting right after the caster instead of having its own initiative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 9223564, member: 6779196"] I am not so sure the Druid-and-Paladin UA version of Find Familiar is going to make it to print. I don’t remember it being one of the things they really discussed the reception to, but we haven’t seen it in a UA since wild shape templates were scrapped. Also, in UA 5 (before the feedback on the Druid-and-Paladin UA was fully in), the first warlock draft had its Pact Familiar cantrip that worked similarly to the Druid-and-Paladin UA’s Find Familiar, with a scaling template that had small variations based on chosen creature type. But come UA 7 (after the Druid-and-Paladin UA feedback was in and wild shape templates were scrapped), the revised warlock went back to having an invocation that could grant regular Find Familiar, and allowed you to summon other monsters when you use it. The real kicker is that the other monsters went back to referencing monster manual stat blocks instead of having templates provided by the feature. So, I suspect find familiar is going back to giving us a menu of monster manual stat blocks. Or, since a lot of beast stat blocks will be going in the PHB for druid, maybe it will reference those. Either way, I suspect the owl will be back on the menu. Though, I wouldn’t be surprised if they do change it to acting right after the caster instead of having its own initiative. [/QUOTE]
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