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<blockquote data-quote="Khaalis" data-source="post: 1496522" data-attributes="member: 2167">Familiars – 3rd of 31st – thanks for the compliments. Always nice to know the project isn’t totally in vain./OnRantOn familiars…&nbsp; My issues are varied. For one I am not thrilled with the whole sacred-cow aspect of it. I personally think it is silly that ALL arcane casters have to have familiars. As I stated earlier this is a literary hold-over that never went away.&nbsp; From my stand, Familiars should be an option.&nbsp; Not all practitioners of the “Art” have familiars. This is a personal choice.&nbsp; Yet in game mechanics – its only a choice if the player wishes to give up one of his more potent class abilities.&nbsp; From a purely game mechanics point of view, in my opinion, Wizards should have gotten “Bonus Feat” at 1st level in place of Familiar and “Summon Familiar” should have been an optional feat.&nbsp; Its companion should also have been “Item Familiar”.&nbsp; When was the last time you saw the great wizards of literature – Gandolf, Saruman, Raistlin, Dalamar, Elminster, Merlin, etc. – with a familiar?&nbsp; You don’t. What do they almost all have in common though?? The Wizard’s Staff! Where is that reflected in D&amp;D? In crappy, incredibly expensive magic items. Bleh!/offRantNow as for Sorcerers with familiars, I don’t like them being able to use the “Summon” ritual aspect. Sorcerers specifically don’t have the knowledge to do such a thing at 1st level.&nbsp; What makes more sense to me is an Item Familiar – something that could absorb their magical presence and over time take on a Personality of its own that is a reflection of the sorcerer’s, or even as you say having something alive yet that is gained through the use of their personality – would be closer in mechanics to the Animal Companion (as per druid). Thoughts?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Khaalis, post: 1496522, member: 2167"] [b]Familiars – 3rd of 3[/b] 1st – thanks for the compliments. Always nice to know the project isn’t totally in vain. /OnRant On familiars… My issues are varied. For one I am not thrilled with the whole sacred-cow aspect of it. I personally think it is silly that ALL arcane casters have to have familiars. As I stated earlier this is a literary hold-over that never went away. From my stand, Familiars should be an option. Not all practitioners of the “Art” have familiars. This is a personal choice. Yet in game mechanics – its only a choice if the player wishes to give up one of his more potent class abilities. From a purely game mechanics point of view, in my opinion, Wizards should have gotten “Bonus Feat” at 1st level in place of Familiar and “Summon Familiar” should have been an optional feat. Its companion should also have been “Item Familiar”. When was the last time you saw the great wizards of literature – Gandolf, Saruman, Raistlin, Dalamar, Elminster, Merlin, etc. – with a familiar? You don’t. What do they almost all have in common though?? The Wizard’s Staff! Where is that reflected in D&D? In crappy, incredibly expensive magic items. Bleh! /offRant Now as for Sorcerers with familiars, I don’t like them being able to use the “Summon” ritual aspect. Sorcerers specifically don’t have the knowledge to do such a thing at 1st level. What makes more sense to me is an Item Familiar – something that could absorb their magical presence and over time take on a Personality of its own that is a reflection of the sorcerer’s, or even as you say having something alive yet that is gained through the use of their personality – would be closer in mechanics to the Animal Companion (as per druid). Thoughts? [/QUOTE]

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