I think it would have been fun having one of those hiding and spying for me. Usually I don't use familiars when playing a wizard or sorcerer, but with a ghost one, I just might...
1. Any creature with the shadow template
2.Gargoyle ('Cause come on, they're cool)
3.Mephits (because they just look like something that would be a familiar)
4.Will-O'-Wisp
5.Monsterous Spiders of any kind
1: Swarm o' Bees
2: Hmm, has otter been done already?
3: Someone in my group joked about a sloth familiar. Hehe.
4: Monkey.
5: Swarm o' Termites (What fortifications? My seige termites ate them).
6: Milkywhite the Cow (And I cast lactose intolerance at +2 caster levels...)
It's called a "fruit fox" in Chinese (sui guo li) and I'm still trying to figure out what it really is in English. It's not a fox, a raccoon or a skunk (definately not a skunk) and has a disposition like a cat.
Keep the vote going... and tell your friends to vote for what they want to see ;-)
Jaldaen
PS: The voting will end sometime next week... perhaps Wensday...
PSS: If someone wants to actually keep a running tally that'd be great, but if not I'll do it myself ;-)
PSSS: If you do wish to do a running tally for me... I'll let you chose one familiar type to appear in the work... btw this is first come first serve... so if you've read this far and want to make sure one type of familiar makes it in then... I'll look forward to seeing your tally tomorrow ;-)