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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GM Lent" data-source="post: 7125859" data-attributes="member: 6798775">Of course, RAW the find familiar spell won't ever get you an imp (unless you are a Pact of the Chain Warlock; more on that later). An imp familiar is a result of a negotiated contract between the summoner and the imp, and the imp can't do normal familiar stuff like deliver touch spells. Essentially, having an imp familiar gives you an NPC servant or cohort, not a fey spirit bound to your service. So of course it will be more.powerful than the stuff you can get by casting the spell.As a warlock, the situation is a little different. The familiar uses the imp statistics, but still isn't a true imp; for example, if reduced to 0 hit points it vanishes and you have to cast the spell again to get one back. In this case, I'd argue that it still isn't a true imp, though I suppose when you have a fiend spirit that looks like and imp, has an imp's abilities, and acts like an imp, the distinction is pretty much academic.</blockquote>