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Bottom line: Real soon now, I'm gonna be eligible for and need a IMPROVED Lawful Good familiar (3.5 ruleset).
I'd prefer one that doesn't need a lot of attention IC or OOC. None of the group really likes annoying NPCs tagging along, and familiars, IME, can be quite annoying.
Most tolerant we've ever been in the past was when someone else was a Sorcerer, and I decided to play his toad familiar (when I wasn't otherwise occupied, and during "downtime") using Cheech Marin's voice. I considered and have tentatively rejected a pseudodragon, because I don't think it would like my character much -- our temperaments are radically different.
Right now, I'm kinda fixated on a Lantern Archon. (My character is pretty much LG to the hilt.) But a Lantern Archon is a little too powerful to be a familiar -- even an Improved Familiar.
So, any thoughts on other Improved Familiars appropriate for a serious (but not grim) and conscientious Lawful Good gnome wizard? Or perhaps a way to tone down a Lantern Archon to make it workable -- maybe knock off all its Celestial (package) abilities , and nix its ranged attacks? Would that work?
Help?
====character follows====
Male LG Gnome Wiz 6
Str9, Dex16, Con18, Int18, Wis13, Cha15, Fort+6, Ref+5, Wil+6, HP45, AC18 (w/Mage Armor), Spd 20', Init+3, Dagger+3 (d4-1), Light X-bow+7 (d6)
Feats: Racial (Dancing Lights, Ghost Sound, and Prestidigitation 1/day, +4 AC vs Giants, +1 ATK vs Kobolds, Goblins, Alchemy+2, Listen+2), Raven Familiar, Scribe Scroll, Brew Potion, Combat Casting, Point Blank Shot, Improved Familiar (indeterminate).
Skills: Craft(Alchemy)+15, Appraise+11 (w/gear), Concentration+17 (w/combat casting), Knowledge(Arcana)+13, Listen+3, Search+6, Spellcraft+13,
Languages: Common, Gnome, Burrowing Mammal 1/day, Dragon, Elf, Orc, Dwarf, Giant, Goblin
Spells: 0-All. 1- Mage Armor ( ), Unseen Servant ( ), Identify ( ), Magic Missile ( ), Magic Aura ( ), Ray of Enfeeblement ( ), Shield ( ), Feather Fall ( ). 2 - Arcane Lock ( ), Scorching Ray ( ), Knock ( ), Hideous Laughter ( ), Touch of Idiocy ( ), Glitterdust ( ). 3 - Haste ( ), Slow ( ), Fireball ( ), Arcane Sight ( )
Gear: Alchemical Lab, Boccob's Spellbook, Potion: Darkvision, 2xPotion: Cure Light Wounds, Scroll: Arcane Lock, Backpack, Waterskin, Bedroll, Leather pouch, Flint & steel, Magnifying glass, Merchant's scale, Bottle of ink, Pen, Scholar's outfit, 7x100 gp Pearl, 5gp, 7sp.
Bottom line: Real soon now, I'm gonna be eligible for and need a IMPROVED Lawful Good familiar (3.5 ruleset).
I'd prefer one that doesn't need a lot of attention IC or OOC. None of the group really likes annoying NPCs tagging along, and familiars, IME, can be quite annoying.
Most tolerant we've ever been in the past was when someone else was a Sorcerer, and I decided to play his toad familiar (when I wasn't otherwise occupied, and during "downtime") using Cheech Marin's voice. I considered and have tentatively rejected a pseudodragon, because I don't think it would like my character much -- our temperaments are radically different.
Right now, I'm kinda fixated on a Lantern Archon. (My character is pretty much LG to the hilt.) But a Lantern Archon is a little too powerful to be a familiar -- even an Improved Familiar.
So, any thoughts on other Improved Familiars appropriate for a serious (but not grim) and conscientious Lawful Good gnome wizard? Or perhaps a way to tone down a Lantern Archon to make it workable -- maybe knock off all its Celestial (package) abilities , and nix its ranged attacks? Would that work?
Help?
====character follows====
Male LG Gnome Wiz 6
Str9, Dex16, Con18, Int18, Wis13, Cha15, Fort+6, Ref+5, Wil+6, HP45, AC18 (w/Mage Armor), Spd 20', Init+3, Dagger+3 (d4-1), Light X-bow+7 (d6)
Feats: Racial (Dancing Lights, Ghost Sound, and Prestidigitation 1/day, +4 AC vs Giants, +1 ATK vs Kobolds, Goblins, Alchemy+2, Listen+2), Raven Familiar, Scribe Scroll, Brew Potion, Combat Casting, Point Blank Shot, Improved Familiar (indeterminate).
Skills: Craft(Alchemy)+15, Appraise+11 (w/gear), Concentration+17 (w/combat casting), Knowledge(Arcana)+13, Listen+3, Search+6, Spellcraft+13,
Languages: Common, Gnome, Burrowing Mammal 1/day, Dragon, Elf, Orc, Dwarf, Giant, Goblin
Spells: 0-All. 1- Mage Armor ( ), Unseen Servant ( ), Identify ( ), Magic Missile ( ), Magic Aura ( ), Ray of Enfeeblement ( ), Shield ( ), Feather Fall ( ). 2 - Arcane Lock ( ), Scorching Ray ( ), Knock ( ), Hideous Laughter ( ), Touch of Idiocy ( ), Glitterdust ( ). 3 - Haste ( ), Slow ( ), Fireball ( ), Arcane Sight ( )
Gear: Alchemical Lab, Boccob's Spellbook, Potion: Darkvision, 2xPotion: Cure Light Wounds, Scroll: Arcane Lock, Backpack, Waterskin, Bedroll, Leather pouch, Flint & steel, Magnifying glass, Merchant's scale, Bottle of ink, Pen, Scholar's outfit, 7x100 gp Pearl, 5gp, 7sp.
