Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 8468444" data-attributes="member: 7030563">You can't cast it as a ritual as an Arcane Trickster.  Arcane Tricksters do not have the ritual casting feature.   They need to use a spell slot every single time they cast find familiar or any other spell with the ritual tag.  If your DM is not enforcing this that is a big difference.If you are using it to cause advantage it must get to melee range and a smart enemy should attack it.  A familiar should never last more than 2 turns for level 3 players if it is helping every turn.   An Owl can do a bit better using flyby, as long as the enemy is not using an AOE or missile weapons.If your experience is that your DM never fights smart, then that is different than my experience.</blockquote>