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Message: <blockquote data-quote="udalrich" data-source="post: 5541355" data-attributes="member: 53796">Land speed is related to having the ability to move your body on land, not with the ability to breathe air.  8 strong, flexible tentacles certainly should let you move around on land much better than your typical fish.  (A quick youtube search should verify this.)  However, they are still built for breathing water, not air.  10 Con and 10 hold breath gives them 10 minutes out of water, which is pretty impressive.  Even 20 Con and 20 hold breath only gives them 40 minutes.  If you are in a non-aquatic campaign, you are going to need to carry around some sort of aquarium regardless of how good it is at holding its breath. A darkmantle is CR 1.  Most familiars appear to be in the CR 1/10 to 1/3 range.  It is also small, which means it can actually attack without provoking an AoO.  It seems reasonable for Improved Familiar, but not a generic familiar.A familiar granting +3 to grapple is also on the strong side.  Most familiars effectively grant a feat.  Weapon Focus (grapple) grants +1 to grapple checks.  So a thematically appropriate familiar with a CR of about 1/4 that grants +1 to grapple checks would be balanced.  That said, it's difficult to imagine a pure wizard who is unbalanced by the +3 bonus.  It does mean that any grappling build will contain at least 1 level of wizard, as the +3 to grapple checks more than offsets the lost -1 BAB.</blockquote>