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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xiag" data-source="post: 2938577" data-attributes="member: 40071">Familiar question...No, the question isn't familiar, it's a question about familiars...Two things are starting to dovetail nicely for me, but I wan't some input on what could happen, should, happen and why before I just jump into all of this.The mage in our party has suddenly decided it might be time for a familiar.Now for a seemingly unrelated story...The party recently fought the kobold wizard, his guard, and krenshar.  They managed to take one of the weak kobolds alive, and began pumping him for information.  Some wanted to use torture, others took pitty.Some wanted to kill him out right, lock him in the room and stake the door shut, or just turn him back into the dungeon without equipment.The mage and the druid talked the rest of the party into keeping him alive as long as he served as a useful guide.  He's drawn a rough map back to the kobolds old hide out (through the maze, but not telling exactly how to get through the maze).  But some in the party still think they're safer if he just dies.Most of you should see where I'm going with this.The party dynamic is finally starting to get some depth through stress of how do you handle evil, and what is, and isn't ok.  (the torture debate alone took 45 minutes at the table, and resulted in one alignment shift).Having the mage get his wish of a familiar, and haveing it be the kobold, would really be a great source of tension without breaking the party.  The hint of claustriphobia from a long roadtrip with people you like, but have just had enough of would eventually set it, and it would be real interesting to see how it plays out.But I'm concerned about what a kobold familiar would mean rules wise, and if I'm missing a better option for story.Thanks for your ideas,</blockquote>

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