Item Familiars -- Experiences?

[Garnfellow]

Has anyone used an item familiar in their game? If so, how did it work for you?

I think these rules originally came from Unearthered Arcana, and maybe from a Game Mechanics product before that.

 

[Mark CMG]

Has anyone used an item familiar in their game? If so, how did it work for you?

I think these rules originally came from Unearthered Arcana, and maybe from a Game Mechanics product before that.

Could they have first come from Dragon mag before the sale to Paizo?

 

[Garnfellow]

Could they have first come from Dragon mag before the sale to Paizo?

Could be. There was an article early on in the 3e era on leveled items (it was in the Oriental Adventures issue). Similar concept but different implementation.

 

[Voadam]

The archmage arcane trickster in my 16th level group has one, a major ring of spell storing that was invested when he took the feat at 15th level. So no xp issue (Thankfully, the xp mechanics struck me as clunky when I read them). It is quite powerful giving spell slots, free intelligent item power of cure spells and free detect magic. Unlike a familiar it is not going to be attacked or subject to area of effect spells or be someone you have to track that much as an NPC, it is just another intelligent magic item perfectly tuned to the PC.

 

[JoeGKushner]

Thought it a touch too powerful when I used it.