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<blockquote data-quote="ivocaliban" data-source="post: 3227004" data-attributes="member: 17596">I didn't say it was unbalancing, I said it would be annoying. &nbsp; Of course, but if everyone had one that could talk they'd be all over the place. Fluttering in and out of windows and crawling through holes in the wall with messages. Nothing wrong with that world, but it makes communication much easier than it would be for many characters. One has to consider how it would affect the world at large. More importantly, how it would affect various storylines. (Imagine if all rogues had talking familiars, for example?)Agreed. So why make them all talking and give one to everybody?One of the questions asked was &quot;What if everyone had one?&quot; I assumed that meant everyone. I've never known a player to not take any possible advantage given to them. If they don't take the familiar, they'll want to use some optional rule to make up for the &quot;loss.&quot; Yes. The only cohorts available in my campaigns are half-orc mimes. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Bottom line is...if you want everyone to have familiars and/or you want all familiars to talk in your campaign, that's fine by me. However, you should be aware that your players will take absolute advantage of the situation. You should be ready for them to use it in ways that were never intended, just like any other rule. Personally, the idea just doesn't appeal to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ivocaliban, post: 3227004, member: 17596"] I didn't say it was unbalancing, I said it would be annoying. Of course, but if everyone had one that could talk they'd be all over the place. Fluttering in and out of windows and crawling through holes in the wall with messages. Nothing wrong with that world, but it makes communication much easier than it would be for many characters. One has to consider how it would affect the world at large. More importantly, how it would affect various storylines. (Imagine if all rogues had talking familiars, for example?) Agreed. So why make them all talking and give one to everybody? One of the questions asked was "What if everyone had one?" I assumed that meant [I]everyone[/I]. I've never known a player to not take any possible advantage given to them. If they don't take the familiar, they'll want to use some optional rule to make up for the "loss." Yes. The only cohorts available in my campaigns are half-orc mimes. :p Bottom line is...if you want everyone to have familiars and/or you want all familiars to talk in your campaign, that's fine by me. However, you should be aware that your players will take absolute advantage of the situation. You should be ready for them to use it in ways that were never intended, just like any other rule. Personally, the idea just doesn't appeal to me. [/QUOTE]

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