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<blockquote data-quote="tglassy" data-source="post: 7590547" data-attributes="member: 6855204">I've never seen getting advantage as overusing or spamming, but as the main use.&nbsp; It can scout and sometimes sense things you can't, but the only consistent use is to get advantage.&nbsp; That said, scouting can break things.&nbsp; I had a Sprite familiar once, and used it to great utility for our party, ruining whole questlines in Curse of Strahd the first time I played it by having the Sprite, invisible, map the area so we could plan our attack.&nbsp; In the werewolf den, the DM said &quot;Your sprite won't leave your side, he's scared.&quot;&nbsp; I took it, cause I had used him quite a bit.&nbsp; Then, in the Amber Temple, I had the Sprite go check out the statue with the darkness on it, where the Arcanoloth was hiding, and the book specifically said the Arcanoloth could see through invisibility, so it ate a fireball.&nbsp; Because of how much I'd come to rely on the familiar, it was a great blow to my strategies.&nbsp; i was not as effective.&nbsp; I was much more cautious with him from that point on.&nbsp; So yeah, be careful being too smart with it or relying on it too heavily.&nbsp; Knocking it out is a perfectly legit means to handicap you if you do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tglassy, post: 7590547, member: 6855204"] I've never seen getting advantage as overusing or spamming, but as the main use. It can scout and sometimes sense things you can't, but the only consistent use is to get advantage. That said, scouting can break things. I had a Sprite familiar once, and used it to great utility for our party, ruining whole questlines in Curse of Strahd the first time I played it by having the Sprite, invisible, map the area so we could plan our attack. In the werewolf den, the DM said "Your sprite won't leave your side, he's scared." I took it, cause I had used him quite a bit. Then, in the Amber Temple, I had the Sprite go check out the statue with the darkness on it, where the Arcanoloth was hiding, and the book specifically said the Arcanoloth could see through invisibility, so it ate a fireball. Because of how much I'd come to rely on the familiar, it was a great blow to my strategies. i was not as effective. I was much more cautious with him from that point on. So yeah, be careful being too smart with it or relying on it too heavily. Knocking it out is a perfectly legit means to handicap you if you do. [/QUOTE]

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