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Spellbook familiars (final draft - scroll to end)
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<blockquote data-quote="Kyramus" data-source="post: 1897048" data-attributes="member: 7072"><p>It's a great idea.</p><p></p><p>I haven't done so, but if I were to do so. I would probably keep the stats of the familiar and apply it to the book then allow the book to shape change into 1 particular animal (see phb list.)</p><p></p><p>1) no alertness to spell caster, since the book familiar is not a real animal, it can just shape change into one.</p><p>2) eating scrolls will be equivalent of scribing said scroll into the book.</p><p>3) the heavier the animal, the more spells it can contain (think poundage = pages)</p><p>4) Eating a spell book might not be possible, but eating selected pages might be. see 3</p><p>5) booby trap? why, it already is a living creature. it can attack back. HOWEVER, maybe allow the book familiar to cast spells on it's own based on caster level /2 and uses the int score of the book familiar. remember the familiar does increases int as the spell caster goes higher in level.</p><p>6) I wouldn't agree to the teleport via library. It has it's own mobility as a book/animal.</p><p>7) Improved book familiar feat/s. I'd say 4 improved book familiar feats.</p><p>Mental Clarity Assistant (any knowledge skill rolled gets a +3 bonus.) Concentration Assistant (when in combat, concentration roll gets a +3 bonus), Mnemonic remembrance (allows 2 spells of 3rd or lower to be remembered per day), Soul Receptacle (allows the book familiar to store the spell caster's soul when he dies, ie phylactery effect)</p><p>8) Another thing you could possible think of is a personality in the book familiar, kinda like a psion's psicrystal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kyramus, post: 1897048, member: 7072"] It's a great idea. I haven't done so, but if I were to do so. I would probably keep the stats of the familiar and apply it to the book then allow the book to shape change into 1 particular animal (see phb list.) 1) no alertness to spell caster, since the book familiar is not a real animal, it can just shape change into one. 2) eating scrolls will be equivalent of scribing said scroll into the book. 3) the heavier the animal, the more spells it can contain (think poundage = pages) 4) Eating a spell book might not be possible, but eating selected pages might be. see 3 5) booby trap? why, it already is a living creature. it can attack back. HOWEVER, maybe allow the book familiar to cast spells on it's own based on caster level /2 and uses the int score of the book familiar. remember the familiar does increases int as the spell caster goes higher in level. 6) I wouldn't agree to the teleport via library. It has it's own mobility as a book/animal. 7) Improved book familiar feat/s. I'd say 4 improved book familiar feats. Mental Clarity Assistant (any knowledge skill rolled gets a +3 bonus.) Concentration Assistant (when in combat, concentration roll gets a +3 bonus), Mnemonic remembrance (allows 2 spells of 3rd or lower to be remembered per day), Soul Receptacle (allows the book familiar to store the spell caster's soul when he dies, ie phylactery effect) 8) Another thing you could possible think of is a personality in the book familiar, kinda like a psion's psicrystal. [/QUOTE]
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