D&D 5E Is there a point in getting mage hand and Pact of The Chain

[TrueBagelMan]

So when coming up with ideas for what pact familiars can do, something I thought about was how much they can carry. An Imp familiar can carry 45 pounds in total it can go 100ft away,lasts forever and if you wanted to you can have him go invisible. Is there any reason why a Chainlock should get Mage Hand? The only thing I can think of is Mage Hand can’t be destroyed but that’s it.

 

[FrogReaver]

So when coming up with ideas for what pact familiars can do, something I thought about was how much they can carry. An Imp familiar can carry 45 pounds in total it can go 100ft away,lasts forever and if you wanted to you can have him go invisible. Is there any reason why a Chainlock should get Mage Hand? The only thing I can think of is Mage Hand can’t be destroyed but that’s it.

Cheaper to set off traps with mage hand than with the familiar.

 

[TrueBagelMan]

Good point.

 

[Charlaquin]

Cheaper to set off traps with mage hand than with the familiar.

Relatedly: Mage Hand can be spammed as much and as often as you need. Find Familiar costs gold (though a fairly trivial amount) and either a spell slot or 10 minutes.

 

[TrueBagelMan]

Yes but a familiar is permanent as long as it doesn’t die.

 

[Charlaquin]

Yes but a familiar is permanent as long as it doesn’t die.

Yeah, but that does happen sometimes.

 

[MechaTarrasque]

Your familiar is a celestial, fey, or fiend, and there are spells that limit their use (in particular Hallow and Forbiddance). 99 out of a 100 games, that won't come up, but....