Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Yeah, scouting and getting advantage in combat seem to be the main uses of familiars. I do tend to throw in some AOE attacks that'll peg the familiar, if the PC overuses this tactic.
Part of me thinks losing a familiar should be more of a detriment, like the old days, so that PCs would be more cautious about sending a familiar ahead on its own, or spamming the help action in combat.
I don’t know, I feel like being able to scout ahead and distract enemies is like... the primary and secondary appeal of having